Working with other Departments By Randy Johnston, Executive VP, K2 Enterprises, LLC Finance has historically been a consumer of information. Today’s market demands much more interaction and cooperation to get and give the information needed to run a business effectively. Besides top management, finance...

How to Get What Your Business Needs By Randy Johnston, Executive VP, K2 Enterprises, LLC Bringing in outside expertise can help significantly when you have limited time or capability. Consulting help can be most beneficial when you are getting ready to enter a new market, a new business strategy, work...

We have had almost a whole year to experience the productivity gains from Vista and Office 2007. If your organization has provided you these technology tools, now is a good time to assess your use of the new technology. Are you using the new technology in the best way possible? Vista, when combined with...

Common knowledge is that computing has driven up productivity by 25%. This has been observed by former Federal Reserve Chairman, Alan Greenspan, as well as by many other studies. I’m quite sure it applies to me, and even though you may take it for granted, I’ll bet it applies to you, too. How can we...

Virtualization can improve performance while helping with issues like business continuity and performance. What is virtualization or a virtual machine? Virtual machine technologies enable one physical server to run one or more operating systems and related applications. A virtual machine uses software...

A new generation of software runs best on a new generation of hardware. 2007 is a great year for you to choose to upgrade both. The new technologies can certainly improve your productivity and the quality of your technology life. Most businesses I visit have hardware issues that need attention and correction...

It has become quite apparent from many business measures that technology is a lever that can improve productivity. But just throwing technology at a problem will not automatically make things better. In fact, we have seen situations where using technology actually was more expensive than a manual method...