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Plain-English IT notes for Alaska businesses.

Honest writing about managed IT, cybersecurity, the configuration mistakes we see most often, and how Anchorage businesses can run their tech better. No filler.

Latest post Websites Oct 14, 2026

Security headers: the five lines your website should be sending, and probably is not

Most small-business websites send no security headers at all. Here is what HSTS, a Content Security Policy, and the three smaller headers actually do, in plain English, and how to check your own site in ten seconds.

Oct 7, 2026

QuickBooks says "insufficient permissions to the specified file." Nobody changed anything.

One of the most common QuickBooks Desktop errors in a multi-user office, why it shows up on a Tuesday for no reason, the five things that actually cause it, and how we fix it so it stays fixed.

Sep 30, 2026

One network across several buildings, without trenching a foot of fiber

A property owner with commercial buildings across town wanted one network, one Wi-Fi, one bill. Here is how we linked the buildings with point-to-multipoint wireless, why we did not use 60 GHz, and what it cost compared to the alternatives.

Jul 4, 2026

The 3 settings every Anchorage law firm should change in Microsoft 365 today

Most Microsoft 365 tenants are set up to work, not set up to be secure. For law firms, the gap between those two things is larger than it is for most businesses. Here are the three settings that matter most.

Jul 3, 2026

Why backup verification matters more than backup itself

A backup that reports success every night is not the same as a backup that restores. Here is the gap most businesses do not discover until they are in the middle of an incident.

Jul 2, 2026

How to read your monthly Microsoft 365 bill (and find the licenses you don't need)

Most business owners auto-pay their Microsoft 365 bill without reading it. Here is how to walk through it line by line, what the license SKUs actually mean, and where the waste usually hides.

Apr 22, 2026

Microsoft 365 vs. Google Workspace for Anchorage Small Businesses

An honest, vendor-agnostic comparison of Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace for Anchorage small businesses. Which one is right for your shop, and what most local MSPs get wrong about the choice.

Apr 15, 2026

The single network mistake we find on almost every Anchorage coffee shop

Almost every coffee shop and restaurant we audit in Anchorage has the same network configuration error. It's a PCI compliance problem and a security problem, and it's been baked into the wiring since day one.

Apr 8, 2026

What an MSP actually does, in plain English

Most small business owners have a vague sense of what 'managed IT' means and a worse sense of what they get for the monthly fee. Here's the actual list, written for non-IT operators.