We Will Fail and Disappoint You, and That is a Good Thing
Recently, a prospective client shared how the IT firm they had been using for years was failing to deliver. They felt it was time to switch to a new IT partner. When they switched, they didn’t become a Waident client; they hired someone else. A month after they...
What is Your New Normal Going to Look Like?
Times of transition are strenuous, but I love them. They are an opportunity to purge, rethink priorities, and be intentional about new habits. We can make our new normal any way we want. – Kristin Armstrong, Three-time Olympic gold medalist Many of us...
Cybersecurity In The Days Of COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic is not fun for anyone. Well, except for maybe your pets since you are home all day and they have someone to pet them all day long. But for the rest of us, it is disruptive in all aspects of our lives and especially for work. If you suddenly have...
Basic IT Hygiene to Prevent Ransomware-10 Steps All Financial Firms Must Take
These are some thoughts from John Wooden, legendary coach of 10 UCLA Bruins NCAA Championship teams, which included notable NBA Hall of Fame players, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Walton, and Gail Goodrich. “I believe in the basics: attention to, and perfection of, tiny...
Take Ransomware Seriously…Seriously
I cannot tell you how often I hear company executives saying something like this: “No one wants my data, so why is anyone going to spend the time to hack me? I’m not too concerned with security”. Ugh. That point may be true to them, but it has no...
John Ahlberg
CEO, Waident
CIO in the corporate world and now for Waident clients. John injects order and technology into business process to keep employees productive, enterprises running, and data safe.