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Featured · News
Sep 3, 2026

From a Borrowed Office to Two Decades Independent: The IP Consulting Story

As IP Consulting marks 20 years in business, founder Milton Moore looks back on the path from a one-person shop to a company that never sold.

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Compliance
Aug 27, 2026

Is CMMC Still Required in 2026? What the Phase 2 Pause Actually Means

If you are a defense contractor trying to figure out where your compliance obligations stand right now, you are not alone. On July 13, 2026, the Department of War suspended CMMC Phase 2 requirements and opened a 60-day review through a newly formed Reform Task Force. That pause has left a lot of contractors unsure what still applies to them and what can wait. Here is a straight answer.

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Uncategorized
Apr 22, 2026

The 2026 Stanford AI Report Says Your Team Is Already Using AI. Are You Governing It?

The Stanford AI Index 2026 is the most comprehensive data snapshot of where artificial intelligence actually stands. If you lead an organization of any size, several findings deserve your direct attention because they describe what's happening inside your business right...

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Security
Apr 7, 2026

Shadow AI Breaches Are Here: The $670,000 Problem Most Companies Can't See

It's Already Happening Most companies didn't decide to adopt unvetted artificial intelligence. It happened quietly, one productivity shortcut at a time. An account manager pastes a client proposal into ChatGPT to sharpen the language. A developer uses a free AI...

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AI & Emerging Technology
Mar 24, 2026

The Real Cost of Ungoverned AI: What SMBs Need to Know Before It Shows Up on the Balance Sheet

Most small and medium-sized businesses have an AI problem they cannot see. Their employees are already using AI tools every day, uploading client contracts, financial spreadsheets, HR records, and internal strategy documents into platforms that operate entirely outside of IT...

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AI & Emerging Technology
Mar 6, 2026

The Hidden Language of AI: Why Tokens Are the Currency Running Every Tool You Use

You open ChatGPT. You type a question. The AI answers in seconds. What just happened under the hood? Most people have no idea. And that gap in understanding is costing businesses, in money, in strategy, and in missed opportunity. The...

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AI & Emerging Technology
Feb 23, 2026

Why AI Adoption Stalls (Even When Everyone's "Using" It)

If you're a leader right now, AI probably feels like two things at once: I can't ignore this. I can't tell if we're doing it "right." That tension shows up in SMBs and in large enterprises. The stakes are different...

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Security
Feb 13, 2026

Cyber Resilience Is a Team Sport: How the Right MSP and Cyber Insurance Work Better Together

Cyber Resilience Is a Team Sport: How the Right MSP and Cyber Insurance Work Better Together At 8:17 a.m. on a Tuesday, someone in accounting clicks something that looks like a voicemail alert. Nothing explodes. No sirens. No movie hacker...

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Infrastructure
Feb 9, 2026

When VMware Changed, IT Leaders Had to Rethink What "Stable" Meant

The day VMware stopped being boring, everything changed. For years, VMware was the infrastructure equivalent of plumbing. Nobody talked about it at dinner parties. It didn't make headlines. It just worked, virtualizing servers, running workloads, keeping the lights on in...

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Data Protection
Jan 29, 2026

Data Privacy Week in the AI Era: The "Small" Data Leaks That Add Up

I want to tell you about a privacy problem that doesn't look like a privacy problem. It looks like a normal workday. Someone is trying to write a client email faster, so they paste a paragraph of notes into an...

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Infrastructure
Jan 26, 2026

VMware News: Another Costly & Critical Security Flaw

If your business is still running VMware infrastructure, the latest VMware news around remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in vCenter Server should be more than a security concern. It's a reminder that staying with VMware isn't just risky, it's expensive...

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News
Jan 15, 2026

Communication is Vital

Communication and collaboration are always important, but they are critical in a hospital setting. Thank you to our team (Project Manager, Ross Sweetman and UC Engineer, Blondyna DeBoever) for delivering new hardware to keep our local health care teams, patients...

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Infrastructure
Jan 9, 2026

Switching from VMware: Hypervisor Options and the Backup Decision Most Teams Miss

Read Time: 10 Minutes If you're evaluating a move away from VMware, you're not alone. Since the Broadcom acquisition, VMware has publicly communicated a simplified product lineup and a shift to subscription-first bundles like VMware Cloud Foundation and vSphere Foundation...

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Infrastructure
Jan 6, 2026

WEBINAR | VMware Alternatives for Small and Medium-Sized Organizations: A Practical Migration Roadmap to Cut Hypervisor Costs

January 21st, 2026, 2pm est Join us as we kick off our webinar series for 2026! You'll hear expert guidance on evaluating Proxmox, Hyper-V, and other cloud options to reduce your hypervisor operating expenses. Register to Attend Here: https://ipc1.webex.com/weblink/register/r29d64cec18002d0ca13b8a5200bed3f4 About...

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Infrastructure
Dec 26, 2025

U.S. Data Center Load Forecasts Exposed: The Hidden Risks Behind the 90-GW Power Narrative (2026 Guide)

Reading Time: ~6 minutes Why U.S. Data Center Load Forecasts Suddenly Matter So Much Few planning assumptions have shifted as fast, or as dramatically, as U.S. data center load forecasts. In just three years, long-range utility projections ballooned from manageable...

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