Deck The Halls & Deck Bob From Accounting
“Time to clock in, let’s see what’s on sale at Best Buy and Chinchilla’s R’ Us today” Bob from Accounting exclaimed. He tore open his Chrome browser, darted to his Yahoo email account, signed in, and…
An IT Thanksgiving Tale Fit For The Hallmark Channel.
As ASSI owner Tom Craig was roaring down the Bee Line in his turbo charged V16 F-SuperF-150 a thought occurred to him that brought a tear to his eye. You see, our reflective owner had just…
Spooky Spooky Scareware: The Haunted Hacking of Rodney.
“Not today, Traffic.” Rodney shouted out while behind the wheel on the way to work. It was a zippity do da kind of day for Rodney. Birds were chirping, the sky was blue, the humidity was…
The Haunting Reality of Running a Small Business Without ASSI
WARNING. What we’re about to share with you will make your skin crawl. It’s going to be terrifying, it’s going to be straight-up haunting. These bone-chilling tales of devious data breaches and misguided menacing IT software…
Cybersecurity Awareness Month: A Hero Emerges at The White Oak Chartastic Whiskey Barrel Factory
October is Cybersecurity Awareness month and here at ASSI, we celebrate it ALL YEAR ROUND. I mean, the cupcakes and cake are a bit much every day, AND the balloons, streamers, etc., BUT it’s VERY important…
The ASSI Difference Is Night And Day.
When Rick and the fine folks at Advanced Structural Connectors were sick and tired of burning time on their cell phones trying to get the Cable company to restore their office phones, they set out on…
Tales From The City: The Curious Case of Corner Cutting Carl
When most of the kindergarten students in Carl’s class were learning to tie their shoes, Carl was finding ways to not learn that skill. Flip-flops were the solution. There. Problem solved. When Carl was in his…
The Most Epic Customer Service In The Galaxy
“Do or do not. There is no try” - YodaWhile this pint sized little bucket of wisdom is fictional, customer service from your IT company doesn’t have to be. Time after time we hear stories on…
Hold On To Your Donut Holes: A Tale of Two IT Departments
Mike knows his stuff, AND everyone else’s. It’s his job as an IT manager for the Delicious Double Decker Donut Emporium to know where all of the passwords are. He’s been with the Delicious Double Decker…
Darth Vader, Superman, and Managed IT Services
Mike is traditionally a pretty sound sleeper EXCEPT when he is abruptly awoken by a very distinct ringtone. It was 4:20AM and just like that, he was jostled by the Star Wars Imperial March theme song…