Thoughts From Abbott’s Inbox March 3rd, 2023

Thoughts from my inbox March 3rd, 2023 You’re reading this on Friday, but I compiled and wrote it on Tuesday. Winter at home this year has been miserable, so I hope Sun Valley, ID looks in real life as it does in the picture below. We came out on Wednesday, having never been here before. […]
Thoughts From Abbott’s Inbox February 10th, 2023

Thoughts from my inbox February 10th, 2023 For the third week in a row, the header image is that of an email scam. This one claiming to be about corporate compliance. I’ve highlighted a couple of the items that show this is most likely a scam; both the “high importance” exclamation point in the inbox, […]
Ashton Provides Technology Consulting for Edgewater Capital Partners’ Acquisition of NeoGraf Solutions

Ashton Provides Technology Consulting for Edgewater Capital Partners’ Acquisition of NeoGraf Solutions Ashton is proud to have provided technology support to Edgewater Capital Partners through its acquisition of NeoGraf Solutions, LLC (NeoGraf) from Aterian Investment Partners. Based in Lakewood, Ohio, NeoGraf is a global designer, formulator, and manufacturer of specialty natural graphite products for a […]
Paying Attention to Your Cybersecurity Is Just Good Risk Management

Paying Attention to Your Cybersecurity Is Just Good Risk Management Small businesses have plenty of problems as it is without the added stress that poor security practices can bring about. Deeming themselves too small to be of any value to a hacker, small businesses often overlook security. This outlook, however, is short-sighted and irresponsible at […]
Thoughts From Abbott’s Inbox February 3rd, 2023

Thoughts from my inbox February 3rd, 2023 It’s been a busy week here at Ashton Solutions, but as a prospect said earlier in the week, “that’s better than the alternative”! Keeping this week’s edition of Thoughts From My Inbox short and sweet, albeit with lots of good info. We have IRS scams and dating app […]
Ashton Featured in “Workflow for MSPs” Podcast

Ashton Featured in “Workflow for MSPs” Podcast Ashton EVP Travis Grundke was recently featured on the second episode of the “Workflow for MSPs” podcast, with Jennifer Tribe. A recent hiring push forced Travis to shift his recruitment strategies for a post-COVID world. Travis shares how hiring is different now than before the pandemic, what candidates […]
Thoughts From Abbott’s Inbox January 13th, 2023

Thoughts from my inbox January 13th, 2023 Sorry for the delay in getting you your favorite email of the week. We’ve been swamped all week (always a good thing when you’re trying to sell something), and this just kept getting pushed further and further back. Lots of interesting stuff today, including encryption for Gmail, pig […]
Thoughts From Abbott’s Inbox January 6th, 2023

Thoughts from my inbox January 6th, 2023 I always thought that Heat Miser and Snow Miser were ubiquitous Christmas characters. Kind of like Ralphie, Clark Griswold, and Frosty. In my last edition before the holidays (and before I kind of forgot to publish for two weeks in a row), I included a poll questioning which […]
Thoughts From Abbott’s Inbox December 16th, 2022

Thoughts from my inbox December 16th, 2022 Well, it’s getting to be that time of year… Our engineering team is busy wrapping up projects and clients with budgets to use up are buying lots of hardware. I spent much of this week getting our company Christmas cards out the door and am now finalizing plans […]
Thoughts From Abbott’s Inbox December 9, 2022

Thoughts from my inbox December 9th, 2022 I mentioned a few weeks back that Ashton Solutions had been included on this year’s Weatherhead 100 listing of the fastest growing companies in Greater Cleveland. Last night was the awards dinner, and a few of us made it downtown to celebrate and collect our hardware. Congrats to […]