Fortinet now charging a $200 “Handling Fee”
About the $200 FortiGate Handling Fee We’ve been using FortiGate firewalls for years—the 30, 60, and 80 series have been our go-to for SMB customers. As the FortiGate 60E reaches…
Read moreNo Long-Term Contract Required: Try the MyIT Program Risk-Free
Your IT provider shouldn’t lock you in. We’ve heard from several local businesses recently whose IT provider is switching to an MSP-only model—requiring long-term contracts and monthly fees regardless of…
Read moreApril 2026 News & Updates
CTC News Industry News Updates Microsoft released patches for approximately 90 vulnerabilities in the April 2026 Patch Tuesday update. This includes several critical Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerabilities affecting Windows,…
Read moreMicrosoft Outage (again)
Déjà vu? Not quite—Microsoft is experiencing another widespread outage, and early signs point to a familiar culprit (remember January?). Official details are still emerging. We’ve included relevant links below and…
Read moreMarch 2026 News & Updates
Updates Microsoft patched either 77, 82, 83 or 93 vulnerabilities with it’s March 2026 Patch Tuesday, depending on who you ask. The one thing that seems consistent across the board…
Read moreBut my computer can’t *DO* Windows 11, what can I do?
On 14 October 2025, Microsoft officially ended support for Windows 10 and, even though the upgrade to Windows 11 was free, Windows 11 won’t run on a lot of otherwise…
Read moreNo contracts, what’s the catch?
As I type this, we are working with a new prospective client that’s locked in a contract that auto renewed with another MSP. They approached us last year and, when…
Read moreFebruary 2026 News & Updates
Updates Microsoft only released around 50 updates _in the February Patch Tuesday release_ but, a) that release includes at least six actively exploited zero day vulnerabilities AND there have been…
Read morePossible Microsoft 365 Outage
We don’t have any details as of the time of this post but we are currently experiencing issues with inbound mail from Microsoft 365. We have confirmed that that mail…
Read moreBad Weather Plans
With the growing possibility of bad weather moving in this weekend and possibly impacting the work week next week, I wanted to make certain that everyone knew how to find…
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