Technology Unwrapped

Imagine your internal IT lead just gave notice. You've already been stretching a two-person team to cover helpdesk tickets, vendor issues, cloud migration, and cybersecurity threats, and now there's an unfilled gap with no backup plan in place. If that sounds familiar ... you're not alone. Small and mid-sized businesses across Omaha and Lincoln face growing IT demands with shrinking resources. The result? Overworked teams, delayed projects, mounting security risks, and budgets that never seem ...

Nonprofits, like any organization, rely on technology and data in order to operate. When you receive donations, you are required to collect and protect certain data elements in order to make the process function. But, collecting and using data comes with baggage. You’re responsible for properly securing that data, even to the point of criminal liability. At CoreTech, we work closely with nonprofit organizations to help them secure systems and simplify compliance. This guide will break down core ...

Today's news reports state modern threat actors are turning to AI-based automation solutions, enabling them to attack swiftly, precisely and faster than human defenses can comprehend or react. In fact, according to Accenture's Cost of Cybercrime Study, 43% of cyber attacks target small businesses, but only 14% of SMBs are adequately prepared to deal with them. Why are the attack numbers so high for SMBs? These organizations are pursued using artificial intelligence (AI), advanced threats, ...

Meet Colin Theron, a key member of CoreTech’s IT Project Services team. His passion for IT started simultaneously with his gaming hobby at a young age. Read on, and find out more: Gaming One of my hobbies is gaming, and I became interested in it and IT at about the same time. My father was in IT, so we built computers to play certain games. And that is how my hobby and interest in IT began. Growing Up I grew up in Sarasota, Florida, with its white sand beaches and heat. Friends and I would play ...

Every Omaha and Lincoln business needs IT support, which can take many forms, from help desk services to IT security to strategic planning. These days, significant events can take you completely offline, whether the event stems from weather, cyber attacks, or something as simple as internet interruption. You need a strong plan to anticipate, prevent, mitigate, and rapidly respond to such events. Disaster recovery planning is crucial for business leaders, and learning the essentials of disaster ...

You’ve put your growth strategy in place, the execution is happening, and you are beginning to reap the benefits. With growth comes challenges. A key element to improve and sustain your business growth is the technologies and structure you have in place. When it comes to technology, did you know that IT support provides the keys to overcoming many risks and challenges? A talented IT partner can help you with all of it, and when you understand how, you’ll see why prioritizing your search for the ...

Small and medium-sized business owners make a lot of decisions that impact their staff, clients, vendors, and business goals. From financing to legal support to a whole lot more, each shapes the future of your business. Many of those decisions relate to technology, and ultimately, you have to decide how you will utilize the technology, applications, and equipment you invest in. You can manage everything yourself or outsource some or all of that effort to a managed IT provider. To help you with ...

We’re excited to celebrate 25 years of IT support in Omaha and Lincoln! Join us while we review the journey that got us here, from modest beginnings to exciting expansions. CoreTech, a proud member of our local business communities in Nebraska, has provided technology support since 2000. While the company has grown and we’ve learned a lot along the way, we want to thank our staff and clients who got us here. Thank you all for your support; we truly value you! With that said, let’s start with a ...

As each year winds to a close, you might find you have a big pile of tasks waiting to be completed. Anything from budgeting to taxes to inventory management and more, the end of the year sneaks up on the best of us. IT tasks are no different. Keeping up with technology requires a regular, organized effort, and at the end of the year, we often see gaps that emerge from the previous months.

Have you ever looked at a network closet and seen a tangled mess of wires that makes no discernible sense? Every IT professional has seen this, and it’s the stuff of nightmares for people who have to work with it. And what you see in the network closet usually resembles the cabling behind the walls and ceilings. The truth is that random cables running in haphazard patterns create problems in building, improving, or even maintaining a network. And, once a jumble of optical cables exists, it ...