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We will be the first to admit it: we are obsessed with security.

In an era where cybercriminals are more sophisticated and persistent than ever, that obsession is a necessity. Modern security requires a fundamental shift in mindset: you cannot implicitly trust anyone. Not outside hackers, and—uncomfortable as it may be—not even the people inside your organization.

This trust-no-one approach is the foundation of Zero-Trust Security.

It is fascinating to think that in 2026, our workdays will be defined by orchestrating AI agents, optimizing cloud-native environments, and deploying self-healing security protocols. But if we rewind exactly 40 years to 1986, business technology wasn’t just "retro," it was a different reality entirely.

In 1986, the cloud was something that ruined your Saturday tee time, not a place where you stored your database. Here is what the cutting edge looked like when high-tech involved a lot more physical heavy lifting.

The emergence of Artificial Intelligence as a ubiquitous productivity tool marks a profound inflection point in the human story that parallels that of the printing press. For centuries, progress was measured by what could be created with hands and how they used the tools at their disposal. What’s changed is that we have now entered an era where the tool itself begins to think, synthesize, and create for itself. This shift represents more than just a technological upgrade; it is a fundamental reconfiguration of how we work. This month, we wanted to take a long look at the benefits AI is bringing humanity.

It isn’t rare for business owners to seek out opportunities to trim expenses and cut costs wherever possible. Your security should never be someplace you look… particularly if you hope to ever secure the increasingly crucial business insurance you need.

Now you may be saying, “But my IT is surely good enough.” Unfortunately, that standard isn’t sufficient in the eyes of insurance providers, and as a result, it actually becomes more expensive than having the right technology protections in the first place.

As IT administrators, we spend our days securing networks and managing cloud migrations, yet one of the biggest budget leaks often sits right in the corner of the office: the printer.

If you haven’t taken a serious look at your organization’s printing costs lately, the numbers are staggering. The average organization spends between 1 percent and 3 percent of their annual revenue on printing. That comes out to roughly $750 per employee every year. With a strategic digital transformation, however, these costs stop skyrocketing; they start vanishing.