Most people treat outdated technology like a favorite sock with a hole in it—clearly past its prime, but not bad enough to throw out yet.
You notice it here and there, like when it suddenly takes forever to send a simple email, or when you hit save and the screen freezes like it forgot what it was doing.
Taking a reactive approach to IT might not feel like a problem in the moment.
Most issues start small: a system slows down, a warning appears, or something feels slightly off but still works. Because nothing is actually broken, it gets pushed off in favor of more immediate priorities.
Every year around late June, we get the longest day of the year—more daylight, more usable hours, and at least in theory, more time to get things done.
But most business owners don’t experience it that way.
Even with extra daylight, the day tends to fill up just as quickly as any other.
School’s out, which means for many people the workday doesn’t look quite the same as it did a few weeks ago.
Maybe you’re starting earlier so you can wrap up sooner. Maybe you’re working from home more, with a little extra background noise—Brutus barking, Johnny Jr. crying—and fewer stretches of uninterrupted time.
The proposal looked great.
It was polished, professional, and exactly the kind of document that makes a business look like it has everything under control.
Then the client called.
The market research cited in section two — the statistics that anchored the entire recommendation — didn’t exist.
While you’re firing up the grill or sitting in beach traffic, someone else is getting to work.
They’ve been planning for this.
They know which businesses will be running on skeleton crews and which alerts will go unanswered.
The email shows up on a Tuesday morning.
It looks like it’s from the CEO. The name matches. The tone is right. Even the signature looks familiar.
“Hey, can you help me with something quickly? I’m in back-to-back meetings.
Picture walking up to a house and lifting the welcome mat to find a key underneath.
It’s convenient, predictable, and exactly where someone with bad intentions would look first.
Most businesses treat their passwords the same way.
Is your organization currently bleeding money due to its reliance on outdated technology? The answer is likely yes. A recent survey by Deloitte revealed that a staggering 82% of companies failed to meet their cost-reduction targets last year, with an inefficient technology infrastructure being the primary culprit.
If the software your organization used to close deals and pay employees unexpectedly went down and you had no idea when it would be fixed, what would you do? Could you continue doing business? How much money would you lose? Unfortunately, in June, this happened to over 15,000 US- and Canada-based car dealerships when two cyber-attacks occurred on the popular industry software provider, CDK Global.