Blogs

By Roxanne Rabich, Service Coordinator at Umbrella Managed Systems, talking about a recent LAN party at the Umbrella offices in the River Market area of Kansas City.

With the age of information sharing via the internet, we're able to talk, share ideas and play games without leaving our bed, couch or computer chair.

By Curtis Bagnall, Solution Engineer at Umbrella Managed Systems, talking about ways the team reduces stress.

The world of IT support is not for the faint of heart. Sometimes we're trying to resolve an issue quickly, but have to wait on a loading bar that's been sitting at 99% complete for what seems like an eternity.

By Jason Volk, Service Delivery Engineer for Umbrella Managed Systems, talking about the recent transition to ConnectWise Manage

What is ConnectWise?
ConnectWise, Inc. was founded in 1982 and is based in Tampa, Florida. ConnectWise is the industry standard in IT managed business solutions.

By Roxanne Rabich, Service Coordinator at Umbrella Managed Systems talking about Umbrella's unofficial security ambassador... James Butcher.

One of our Service Delivery Engineers, James Butcher, has declared himself Umbrella’s Security Ambassador. When asked how this happened, James said, "One day I found safety goggles in the basement, so I took them to my desk.

By John King, Business Development Manager at Umbrella Managed Systems, talking about working with Grin Eye Care.

The livelihood of any business is the clients they serve. I think we have some of the best clients anyone could dream about.  One of the first clients that I worked with when I joined the Umbrella Family is Grin Eye Care.

By Curtis Bagnall, Solution Engineer at Umbrella Managed Systems talks about Two Factor Authentication.
A Lazy Saturday Gone Wrong
I want to tell you about an event that happened to me on a sunny lazy Saturday morning about 6 years ago. I'd just finished my weekend morning ritual of cooking up and eating some B&Gs (biscuits and gravy) and didn’t have any other plans.

By John King, Business Development Manager at Umbrella Managed Systems

Last month, I wrote about why we blog. The more I thought about why we blog, the more I realized we do more than write a bunch of words that someone will hopefully read. We do this entire exercise to make an inherently complex or boring topic interesting.

By Curtis Bagnall, Solution Engineer for Umbrella Managed Systems

With the increase of Ransomware attacks this past year, it's more important than ever to protect the data on your network.

Somebody in your office can accidentally click a questionable link on a website or in an email.

By John King, Business Development Manager for Umbrella Managed Systems

Umbrella has been blogging for one year now, and we have four pages of blogs on our website. When I first read Umbrella's stories, we were doing the "should-I-work-for-them-should-they-hire-me?" dance.

By Curtis Bagnall, Solution Engineer for Umbrella Managed Systems

Hello all! Recently, we've had some great new hires. And I've had the privilege of getting to know a pretty cool guy named Zack Lakin. I would like to introduce him to you by sharing our interview!

Curtis: Hey Zack, if you're free, I’d like to ask you a few questions for an upcoming blog that I’m writing to help our clients get to know you better.