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AI ROI: How to Prove the Value of AI in 6 Months
AI ROI is the question most business leaders get stuck on. Everyone agrees AI is worth exploring, but it's harder to know which projects are worth paying for and how to tell whether they're working. In our recent webinar, AI Is Here. Now What?, Chad Hiatt laid out a...
AI Productivity: Why AI Users Gain an Edge at Work
AI productivity isn't about replacing people. It's about what happens when capable people get better tools. In our recent webinar, AI Is Here. Now What?, Chad Hiatt put it simply: "You're not going to lose your job to AI, but you could potentially lose your job to...
How AI Delivers 50% Productivity Gains at Work
Most conversations about AI in the workplace start with tools: which chatbot, which license, which plan. The more useful question is where AI is actually saving time today, and for whom. In our recent webinar, AI Is Here. Now What?, Chad Hiatt shared what Aldridge is...
IT Budget for Small Business: How to Plan Your 2027 Tech Spend
Building an IT budget for small business is one of those year-end tasks that gets pushed until the last week of December. Then January arrives, a laptop dies, a software renewal jumps in price, and the "budget" turns out to be last year's number with a few percent...
HIPAA Compliance Checklist: The IT Controls Every Practice Needs
A HIPAA compliance checklist is only useful if it covers the systems where patient data actually lives. For most practices, that means email, the EHR, laptops, phones, backups, and the vendors who touch all of it. Policies matter, but the IT controls behind them are...
Client Spotlight: PAX Financial Group
PAX takes its name from the Latin word for peace, and that idea runs through everything the San Antonio firm does. For nearly 20 years, PAX Financial Group has helped business owners, individuals, and families bring clarity and calm to the biggest financial decisions...
AI Safety Commitment: Your AI, Your Responsibility
On September 29 in Washington, D.C., the leaders of six of the most influential AI companies (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Meta, xAI, and Nvidia) signed a commitment setting the pace for how the industry will develop AI. It is important for you to understand what this...
Is Your MSP a Strategic Partner or Just a Help Desk?
When most organizations sign with a managed service provider, they're promised more than IT support. They're promised a partner, someone who understands the business, plans ahead, and helps technology keep pace with growth. For a lot of companies, that's how it...
Are You Still Getting What You Pay for From Your MSP?
Most businesses review their insurance, phone plans, and vendor contracts every so often to make sure they're still getting a fair deal. Managed IT services rarely get the same attention. That's a problem, because IT service quality can change over time without...
Claude AI: Your Fastest Way to Create Content
Most people know AI tools exist. Fewer have figured out how to actually use one in a normal workday. Claude is worth a closer look, not because it does the work for you, but because it changes how you get started. It helps you move faster while keeping you in control...
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AI ROI: How to Prove the Value of AI in 6 Months
AI ROI is the question most business leaders get stuck on. Everyone agrees AI is worth exploring, but it's harder to know which projects are worth paying for and how to tell whether they're working. In our recent webinar, AI Is Here. Now What?, Chad Hiatt laid out a...
AI Productivity: Why AI Users Gain an Edge at Work
AI productivity isn't about replacing people. It's about what happens when capable people get better tools. In our recent webinar, AI Is Here. Now What?, Chad Hiatt put it simply: "You're not going to lose your job to AI, but you could potentially lose your job to...
How AI Delivers 50% Productivity Gains at Work
Most conversations about AI in the workplace start with tools: which chatbot, which license, which plan. The more useful question is where AI is actually saving time today, and for whom. In our recent webinar, AI Is Here. Now What?, Chad Hiatt shared what Aldridge is...
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Microsoft Lowers Copilot Pricing for Small and Midsize Businesses
Microsoft recently restructured its Copilot licensing to better fit how businesses are actually organized. The most meaningful change for small and midsize organizations is a new lower-cost plan and a promotional rate that runs through June 30, 2026. If you have been...
Microsoft Copilot Just Changed How You Work in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
If you have Microsoft 365 Copilot and you opened Word, Excel, or PowerPoint recently, you may have noticed something different. The Copilot experience you were used to, the one that answered questions and offered suggestions you could choose to accept or ignore, has...
5 New AI-Powered Features Coming to Microsoft Teams in 2026
Microsoft continues to invest heavily in Microsoft Teams, pushing it far beyond chat and video calls and into the center of how work actually gets done. New AI-driven enhancements rolling out through 2026 are designed to make meetings more productive, collaboration...
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AI ROI: How to Prove the Value of AI in 6 Months
AI ROI is the question most business leaders get stuck on. Everyone agrees AI is worth exploring, but it's harder to know which projects are worth paying for and how to tell whether they're working. In our recent webinar, AI Is Here. Now What?, Chad Hiatt laid out a...
AI Productivity: Why AI Users Gain an Edge at Work
AI productivity isn't about replacing people. It's about what happens when capable people get better tools. In our recent webinar, AI Is Here. Now What?, Chad Hiatt put it simply: "You're not going to lose your job to AI, but you could potentially lose your job to...
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AI ROI: How to Prove the Value of AI in 6 Months
AI ROI is the question most business leaders get stuck on. Everyone agrees AI is worth exploring, but it's harder to know which projects are worth paying for and how to tell whether they're working. In our recent webinar, AI Is Here. Now What?, Chad Hiatt laid out a...
AI Productivity: Why AI Users Gain an Edge at Work
AI productivity isn't about replacing people. It's about what happens when capable people get better tools. In our recent webinar, AI Is Here. Now What?, Chad Hiatt put it simply: "You're not going to lose your job to AI, but you could potentially lose your job to...
How AI Delivers 50% Productivity Gains at Work
Most conversations about AI in the workplace start with tools: which chatbot, which license, which plan. The more useful question is where AI is actually saving time today, and for whom. In our recent webinar, AI Is Here. Now What?, Chad Hiatt shared what Aldridge is...