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Small Business Technology – “I Did It My Way”
Early this morning I talked shop with one our clients at our local gym. We’ve had a project on tap for several months and it’s been tabled here and negotiated there, but now it’s GO time… they’d like the job done yesterday, and they’d like to do some of the work...
Custom Software Development – Invent Your Own Wheel
Raise your hand if you’ve had a great app idea that no one’s thought of yet. Is there anyone among us who hasn’t hit our head on a wall trying to find ways to make technology work the way we want it to? If you’re like most, you’ve reached that point and said “fine…...
Integration – Connecting the Dots of Modern Technology
For the past few months, I’ve been writing about ways business leaders can build technology solutions that will help their business blossom. Last month we covered customization, which is where an off-the-shelf solution like QuickBooks is tweaked to meet specific...
Customizing Software to Meet Your Business Needs
Last month I introduced a short series of articles aimed to help business leaders like you and I evaluate the ways we can “invent our own wheel” in terms of technology systems, software, and mobile apps. I divided the paths forward into three categories -...
Am I Ready for Custom Software?
“There’s an app for that.” This slogan is the “Where’s the beef?” of our time - a marketing slogan so ubiquitous that it’s all over popular culture. There’s a lot of truth to this statement, whether you’re implementing a collaboration tool for your team or managing...
Digital Profiles – Trading Privacy for Convenience
What was the last piece of private information you posted online? Was it a PM on Facebook about problems with your boss? An electronic bill-payment to your mortgage company via your bank’s website? Maybe you journaled some private thoughts in Google Docs. The...
Now Hiring – Solutions Architect / Developer
Position: Solutions Architect / Developer C2IT Consulting, Inc. (“C2IT”) is an Indianapolis based technology firm with over 20 years experience in helping organizations achieve more with tech. C2IT designs, builds, and supports data-driven mobile apps, websites, and...
The “One Stop Shop” – A Rare Breed in Tech
I own a technology consulting business. I’m often asked, “What kind of consulting do you provide, exactly?” This has always been a tough transition to my elevator pitch because the answer of “almost all of it” doesn’t open the door to a specific, exciting, and...
Customizing e-commerce search results in WordPress
We recently built a WordPress / WooCommerce website for a client to help them sell their product online. WooCommerce does a great job at displaying groups of products in nice neat grids when you're looking at categories, but when you do a search, the system refused to...
Tying Up The Loose Ends of Technology
I was meeting a prospective client earlier this week and was early, so I stopped in to see friends who had recently moved their growing business from a shared office space to their own brick and mortar in the heart of downtown Plainfield. After the tour, we had a few...
Remote Access – What are my Options?
Here we are, deep in the midst of winter, and if your business is anything like mine, you’ve already had to declare at least one “snow day” for your team. Whether it’s a foot of snow or just an eight of an inch of ice, winter weather can wreak havoc on commutes to the...
Good Enough Is Good Enough
I’ve had this column on my mind for a few weeks now, but haven’t figured out how to get it “just right.” I laugh at myself as I write that, because the entire point of this column is that you don’t have to get it perfect to get it DONE. I’m reading a book right now...
Trends in Tech: Email and Files in the Cloud
It’s that time of year… Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday are upon us. I’m like many in that I’m always on the lookout for the newest piece of trending technology, whether it fits in the palm of my hand or exists “somewhere out there” in the Cloud. For the...
Trends in Tech: Mobile Friendly Websites
Last month I wrote about the bleeding edge tech, which can be defined as promising new technology that pushes conventional limits so far that should it fail, could lead early adopters to incur painful hardship and expense. This month and next, I will be sharing about...
The bleeding edge of tech… Is it worth it?
For publication in the Hendricks County Business Leader - October, 2017 Is it possible that 16 years have passed since Steve Jobs stood on stage and boldly proclaimed that Apple’s new device, the iPod, would put “1000 songs in your pocket?” Until that time, taking...
Press Release – C2IT Consulting, Inc. Brings Full Service Tech to Hendricks County
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 8/18/2017 C2IT Consulting, Inc. Brings Full Service Tech to Hendricks County Technology Firm Experiences Strong Growth and Establishes Itself in Plainfield Plainfield, IN: C2IT Consulting, Inc., a full-service technology firm specializing in...
Our Sign is Up! A quick update on C2IT’s move to Plainfield
Today our new C2IT sign went up on our building. We couldn't be more pleased with how it turned out. We're already meeting neighbors and other new companies in our area that want services we provide or know people that do, and it's exciting to see this new home not...
What is USB Type-C? How does it change the game?
I ran across my first USB Type-C connector today as I set up a new USB hub for my laptop in our new office. I won't actually use it on my computer, but I'd heard about them in the new MacBooks, so it was a good time to check out what they're really all about. Sounds...
Russia’s VPN Ban: What business travelers need to know
We have several clients with staff that travels the world selling and supporting their products and services. China is a hub of manufacturing and the "Great Firewall" is something you have to consider when setting up your business network, cloud services, and email....
We’re Moving – News about C2IT’s New Plainfield Office
As you may know, C2IT has been in business since 2003. Joe Newlin and I rode a roller coaster of on-call IT support and custom software development for well over a decade. Over the last 3 years, we’ve dialed in our vision to help organizations leverage technology in...
Benefits of a Windows Domain
What are the benefits of a Windows domain? We recently brought on a client with over 30 computers, 2 sites, and several users that roam the earth who still need access to company resources. The company does not have a Windows domain in place for central...
Amazon is going to kill your brand. And your job.
[Amazon's] biggest stroke of genius was to comprehend early a key consumer insight: people value their time. Source: Amazon is going to kill your brand. And your...
Setting Up Your WordPress Development Environment
We're currently lining up about 4-5 WordPress websites for clients - some long term clients moving from one CMS to another, and others for small businesses ready to move away from a 10 year old "online billboard" to something that can grow with them. The WP...
Adding Material Design To Your Website With Divi | Elegant Themes Blog
This is a nice article about the background of Material Design, as well as how to incorporate into the WordPress UI packages we use at C2IT Consulting. While the end result is simple, it takes some thought to implement the first time around, and this is a great...