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Tier 2 / Tier 3 IT Technician
Tired of babysitting broken tickets and fighting with outdated tools? We’re hiring a Tier 2/3 technician who wants to work smarter, not just harder. You’ll...
How an Engineering Firm Secured a Major $600,000 Contract Through IT Compliance
IT compliance has become crucial for the success of engineering firms in today’s digital world. It’s not just about following regulations; strong IT...
Regain Your Privacy and Security by Taking Your Email Back from Microsoft and Google with HCL Domino
In the digital age, where privacy and security concerns are paramount, many individuals and businesses are seeking alternatives to mainstream email...
Customizable, Flexible IT Services: How We Tailor Your Package to Fit Your Business
In today’s fast-paced business world, customizable and flexible IT services are essential. Companies are realizing the benefits of personalized IT solutions...
How Do Managed IT Services Deliver Value To Your Organization?
In today’s fast-paced business world, Managed IT Services have become essential for organizations looking to stay ahead of the competition. By outsourcing...
Unlocking the Value of Managed IT Services: A Guide to Measuring ROI
In today’s fast-changing digital world, Managed IT Services have become an essential solution for businesses looking to optimize their IT operations and...
Choosing the Right Managed IT Provider: A Non-Technical Business Leader’s Guide
Non-technical business leaders face significant challenges when it comes to evaluating Managed IT Providers. The complexity of IT services and the technical...
Top Cybersecurity Threats to Small Businesses
Of course, you’ve heard of cyber criminals, and know you need better cybersecurity. You’ve read the headlines, such as the Colonial Pipeline Ransomware...
Automate Time Recording Reminders
The Problem A professional services company billed clients by time and materials, and struggled to get employees to record billable time. The Approach The...
Capitalize on Big Opportunity
The Problem A civil engineering company had an opportunity to win a big contract, but the potential customer required compliance with the NIST Framework The...
Smooth Sailing Through Flood
The Problem Without warning, a client’s prized fish tanks flooded the second floor of the building, leaking downstairs into the server room. The Approach...
Automate Sales Leads From Website
The Problem A large communications infrastructure company was not responding to form submissions from the website in a timely manner. This was causing...
Control Corporate Devices & Assets
The Problem A rapidly growing company had lost the ability to manage devices, and control what’s on their network or has access to key assets. The Approach...
Standardize Onboarding & Offboarding to Reduce Risk
The Problem A rapidly growing company could not keep track of the equipment in the field and in the office. Onboarding and offboarding was inefficient and...
Top 5 Reasons Cyber Criminals Target Small Businesses
It’s easy to assume that small businesses have less to worry about when it comes to cybersecurity. They can just stay under the radar and avoid being...
Top 9 Objections to Increasing Cybersecurity
Business leaders have plenty to worry about. From regulations to customer relationships to team management to vendor and supply chains, challenges are...
Why Growing Businesses Need a Managed IT Provider
You pour so much into running your business. You just want to see it thrive. So, you spend the extra hours learning about technology and new ideas and...
Network Administrator
Job Summary: The Network Admin is responsible for the networks of a variety of clients of an IT Managed Services firm. The Network Admin will work as part...
Southeastern Technical Core Values
Every successful business has core values and goals that guide the direction of the organization and keep management and employees aligned. When I founded...
Why Should An Employer Inform Their IT Provider When An Employee Leaves?
When an employee leaves a business, it’s a big deal. There are the big questions of course, like will the employee be replaced and who will take over the...
12 Ways an IT Provider Can Improve Cybersecurity at Your Company
Many small and medium businesses know that cybersecurity is important, but it seems out of reach. Doing it right seems like too large an investment. And...
Should Cybersecurity Matter to SMBs?
Cybersecurity is vitally important, and not just for the big guys. Many small and medium businesses think that cybersecurity isn’t something they need to...
Does Your Network Infrastructure Need A Checkup?
Your company’s network infrastructure is a behind-the-scenes player in your overall IT portfolio, one that doesn’t always get that much attention. Other...
Bookkeeper
Trustworthy and detail-oriented bookkeeper is responsible to maintain financial records, including purchases, sales, receipts and payments.
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Network Technician
The Network Technician is responsible to assist with the installation and configuration of our expanding network infrastructure. The Network Technician sets...
System Administrator
The System Admin is responsible for the networks of a variety of clients of an IT Managed Services firm. The System Admin will maintain and administer...
Technical Account Executive
Job Summary: Tech-savvy Technical Account Executive is responsible to build our client base and increase customer satisfaction. The Technical Account...
Tier 1 IT Technician
New to the industry — but not new to figuring things out? We’re looking for a Tier 1 tech who’s ready to jump in, learn fast, and earn their way up. You’ll...
April 2021
Why You Should Keep Software Up-To-Date
Whether it’s a tablet, phone, desktop, we all know what it’s like to get software reminders. Usually, they pop up at the most inconvenient times, making it...
March 2021
1Password: Choosing Between Teams and Business Tiers
1Password is a powerful business-grade password manager. While the tool was initially built with individuals and families in mind, 1Password has built an...
1Password: Solve These 5 Business Problems with One Solution
Businesses and individuals alike have a problem with passwords. The username and password system is outdated and tends to be very insecure. Yet so far...
5 Benefits Of Adopting More Secure Password Practices
We’ve got something controversial to say: passwords are terrible. Everyone who uses the internet has dozens if not hundreds of username and password...
February 2021
5 Myths About Business Technology
As a leader and decision maker, you’ve developed an extra sense for detecting hype and nonsense. You’ve gotten pretty good at separating fact from fiction....
Common Problems the Right Tech Tool Can Solve
With an overabundance of technology today, it’s common for businesses to struggle with which tools are best for them. Small and medium businesses might...
January 2021
Southeastern Technical Helps Software Developer Become SOC-2 Compliant
the company The company is a developer of an advertising technology intended to empower media buyers to deliver the full potential of local advertising....
What Value Does A Managed IT Provider Bring To A Business?
Many companies operate for a long time without dedicated IT Support. Maybe an employee or friend doubled as a “computer guy/gal”, and helped out when the...
Information Security Is Vital for Medical Practices: Here’s Why
We live in a world that’s full of digital security threats of all kinds. To give just one example, data breaches can be extremely dangerous for businesses...
Southeastern Technical Helps Engineering Firm Invoice Accurately & Efficiently
the company Southern Cathodic Protection is an innovator in the corrosion industry protecting concrete and metallic structures. A well-known and respected...
6 Common Sense Steps to Increase Digital Security
Digital security is a massively important topic for small and medium businesses in every industry. Digital threats are everywhere, and it’s challenging for...
Is Your Business Prepared for Disaster? 9 Elements of a Disaster Recovery Plan
Is your business prepared for disaster? This question creates anxiety for many business leaders, but it doesn’t have to. Others are overconfident in...
8 Reasons Managed IT Makes Sense for Your Medical Practice
Do you lead a medical practice or other healthcare-related business or organization? If so, you know there’s so much more to doing so than offering quality,...
Backups, Disaster Recovery or a Business Continuity Plan: Which One Comes Out on Top?
Small business owners can lose their data due to any number of potential mishaps. Force majeures, physical theft, cybercrime: your business’ devices and...
How Often Should You Review Your Backup and Disaster Recovery Solutions?
As a business owner or high-level leader, you know the importance of being prepared. Whatever industry you’re in, you know the stakes are high. As hard as...
Why Is Having a Disaster Recovery Plan Important?
According to FEMA, as many as 60% of small businesses don’t reopen after a disaster. But FEMA says, “you can” if you take some time to create a disaster...
Your Business Has Been Phished – Now What?
Small businesses are huge targets for hackers today, and they unfortunately hit their mark far too often. The good news is that even hackers who have wormed...
7 Reasons To Choose Southeastern Technical for Managed IT Services
You don’t want a plan that works for someone else. That’s not what you’re paying for. When you need IT support, you need a team that values team...
Why You Should Rethink Cybersecurity for Remote Workforces
Cybersecurity has long been an essential component of every company’s IT plan (at least, that’s the way things ought to be). But COVID-19 has changed the...
A Layered Cyber Defense That Works For Small Business
According to CNBC, 43% of cyberattacks target small businesses, and the average victim of these attacks will end up paying $200,000 to clean up after a...
Business Technology Trends That Are Here To Stay
COVID-19 has had serious impacts on the way work gets done at many businesses. The most obvious and visible change has been the sudden and drastic increase...
The Most Common Technology Problems Affecting Small Businesses (and How to Address Them)
A small business is staffed by employees who need to adapt quickly to the shifting winds of both their company and larger industry. This go-with-the-flow...
How Does 2-Factor Authentication Add Security To Your Accounts
One of the simplest ways to add a significant layer of security to online accounts and digital credentials is called 2-factor authentication. This...
Why Ongoing Training Is the Best Defense Against Phishing
Hackers all over the globe have managed to make their livings on phishing, a type of fraud where an imposter will pose as a legitimate source of...
What Can a Criminal Do With Your Email, (Even If You Change Your Password)?
Have you ever sent your social security number in an email? Maybe not. But could someone tell where you bank from your emails? Most likely. A lot of us...
Why Is It So Difficult to Detect Phishing Emails?
The digital tools we all use every day have gotten impressively smart: Google’s spam filter, for example, has gotten so good that most Gmail users very...
Why Is Phishing So Dangerous?
Businesses today are more reliant on digital tools than ever before. Those tools have created impressive gains in productivity and capability, but they have...
Does Your Business’s Technology Protect or Expose Your Data?
When you’re trying to protect your data, it’s necessary to keep tabs on both your infrastructure and the ways in which employees interact with various...
Can The Right Technology Choices Make Your Business More Profitable?
Business technology is expensive. There, we said it. But the right technologies cost a lot for a reason. They can make your business significantly more...
What Should Be Included in a Managed IT Services Package?
If your company is considering partnering with a managed IT services firm for the first time, you likely have a lot of questions. The same goes if you’re...
In House IT Staff or Outsourced Managed IT Support: Which is Better for Your Business?
If you’re trying to decide between outsourced managed IT support or in-house staff, you might be weighing the decision from every angle. Efficacy, cost,...
Are Employees Unknowingly Putting Your Business’s Data At Risk?
Today’s businesses face digital threats of all sorts. Data breaches make the news just about every week (and those are just the ones we know about). Bad...
Why Do I Need Managed IT Services?
Many events can prompt an organization’s decision to explore managed IT services–recent data breach, unpredictable downtime, unreliable IT service, or...
What are the Benefits of Managed IT Services?
No matter what kind of business you run, you’re eventually going to run into some serious IT problems. If you’re like many companies trying to conserve...