Blue Technologies Blog

When it comes to staying competitive, businesses need every advantage they can get. That’s especially true for small businesses in Ohio, which are seeing some of the highest growth rates for small companies compared to the rest of the US.

Small businesses constitute 99.6 percent of all businesses in Ohio and employ 2.2 million individuals or 46 percent of the state’s total workforce. It’s a thriving ecosystem and one that can be difficult to break into if a startup or SMB doesn’t have the right technology at its back.

Staying ahead of schedule is every contractor’s dream, but it doesn’t have to be an unachievable one. With so many moving parts in a project, it can be exceedingly difficult to stay atop each development in a project. It’s necessary. In fields such as construction and engineering, one misstep is unacceptable. The best contractors understand this and leverage every opportunity they must maintain visibility and contact with their team. How? The answer is deceptively simple: managed services.

Managed services – both for printing and IT infrastructure – represent one of the best-kept secrets for contractors. Whether on construction job sites, in engineering consulting, or project management for architectural firms, contractors leverage managed services to keep pace with their projects and stay ahead of schedule.

Managed print services are a valuable tool within any business context, including supply chain operations. In the naturally dynamic environment of logistics, being able to access, print, scan, and fax documents at a moment’s notice helps an office keep pace with changing conditions. However, with so much focus on managing the supply chains, it is easy for printing infrastructures to go untended.

In such cases, a managed print service provider is an invaluable tool for ensuring that a company’s print environment remains capable and well-oiled. Such a specialist oversees the print environment while the company focuses on work, helping a business maintain its critical productivity.

The primary manufacturing industry is awash in technology. While it does not lack for talented individuals, either, these impressive minds depend on technology to manage and execute large projects, maintain communication, protect sensitive data, and so much more.

Modern financial institutions offer a wide array of services, ranging from simple check cashing to handling payroll.