Trailblazers Tech Solutions Blog

For years, the telephone has been one of the most tried-and-true business communications solutions, and that trend will continue into 2025. If you’re still using the phone solutions of the past, however, you’ve got some upgrading to do. Here’s what you need to know about the best communications investment you can make: Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP.

Have you ever noticed how expensive tech stuff can get? Well, businesses feel the same way, especially when prices are going up fast. That’s why many companies are turning to the cloud. It’s like a virtual space where they can store and run everything they need—without buying a bunch of pricy equipment. Let’s see how SMBs can use the cloud to save money. 

Imagine a life without any clutter from random papers or random sticky notes floating around your desk. A paperless life isn't just a cool trend—it's a way to be more organized, save money, and even help the environment. So what would it take to go 100% paperless? In today’s blog, we break it down.

Cloud computing has become a massively beneficial tool for businesses, offering scalability, flexibility, and significant cost savings. However, despite its many advantages, businesses often face several challenges when adopting or managing cloud-based solutions. One common issue is data security and privacy concerns. 

Cloud computing has seen some incredible developments in the past few years, giving businesses and individuals access to a wide range of powerful cloud options. These innovations have completely changed how we store, access, and manage data, offering organizations nearly unlimited computing options, robust scalability, and some pretty substantial cost savings. Today, we’re diving into some of the top advanced cloud solutions available today and what makes them so great for the growing business.

Data backup, while crucial to an organization’s continuity and sustainability, hasn’t had too many innovations over the past few years. Ever since businesses have started to do away with the resource intensive backups that required manual effort or antiquated methods (we’re looking at you, tape), backups and backup strategies have standardized a bit. In today’s blog, we’ll take you through that process and how emerging technologies are improving backup technology.

The cloud is a technology that can fundamentally change how a business operates, and in many more ways than one. We wanted to review what the cloud is and touch on the utility it can bring in pursuit of various operational goals and needs.

Today’s businesses have access to greater capabilities than ever before, largely thanks to the development of scalable and budgetable cloud computing. One of the most well-known cloud providers is Amazon, via Amazon Web Services, as it offers various options for businesses, covering multiple needs that businesses commonly have.

Let’s talk about some of the needs that AWS can help you fulfill.

Profitability is less the measure of being able to turn a profit, and more the measure of how much profit you can make. For the successful small business, the integration of technology can dictate what kind of annual margins you are looking at. For the new company, however, it can be something even more critical: the difference between setting a course for success, or wallowing in failure. Today we analyze the cost difference between hosting your IT in-house, or choosing to host it in the cloud.

The cloud has proven to be an extremely useful tool for the modern business. Not only does it provide anywhere-anytime access to applications, processing, storage, et al; it also delivers those products as a service, allowing you to budget for recurring costs rather than major upfront ones. This provides your organization with functional, supported, and secure computing environments that eliminate a lot of the support costs that traditional computing environments require. It sounds like a perfect scenario for small and large businesses alike, but things aren’t always what they seem, as a lot of cloud users have found that they have incurred several hidden costs by using cloud platforms. Today, we take a look at these hidden costs.