Velocity Technology Partners Blog

One month ago, the United States Federal Communications Commission put forth a ban on the sale of all Wi-Fi routers made outside the US, giving manufacturers the option to apply for a conditional approval exemption on the agency’s website.

Let’s talk about what this ban is going to mean to your business (and to your entire team’s personal lives) as things progress. Fair warning, things aren’t going to be simple.

Most IT companies try to sell you software by scaring you half to death. I prefer a different approach: straight talk. You don't need a doom and gloom script to understand that the stakes for your business have never been higher.

Small businesses tend to believe that the best IT partner you can have is the one that swoops in at 2 a.m. to fix a crashed server or combat a cybersecurity threat. We celebrate their heroics, provided they get your network back online in record time… but if your IT provider is constantly having to save the day, it means your day was ruined in the first place.

The biggest time thief in 2026 isn’t a slow computer; it’s a software silo. This happens when your various tools, including your CRM, accounting software, and project management apps, don’t talk to each other. When your apps are siloed in this way, your employees become the human bridges that connect them, and that comes at a cost.

Is Microsoft, the company that effectively kicked off the generative AI arms race with its multi-billion-dollar partnership with OpenAI, losing its grip on its own creation?

For years, the firewall was seen purely as a defensive tool—an all-in-one solution with antivirus, web filtering, and intrusion protection. Nowadays, they can potentially serve a much greater purpose beyond simple network security. When leveraged right, you can use the immense amount of data firewalls track to identify bottlenecks, optimize workflows, and make smarter infrastructure investments.

The current year has already delivered massive strides in innovation, particularly for tools that offer real utility. Today, we will go into five developments currently reshaping the landscape and how they might influence the way we work in the future.

Let’s say you recently started working with us. We’ve signed a contract, payments have been exchanged, and your IT is now under our care. One day, after your payment has successfully transferred, one of your workstations suddenly freezes up. One could hardly blame you for wondering why you were paying money to us if these kinds of issues still happen.

The truth of the matter is that our proactive IT services aren’t about eliminating issues and errors; it’s about avoiding everything possible and having strategies in place to address what can’t be.

On the surface, it sounds like a great get-out-of-jail-free card: “Oh, I’m so sorry, the AI said this, and I just went with what it said.” Not so fast!

While it would be nice to have a default scapegoat like that, it didn’t work when you blamed Rover for eating your homework, and it won’t work now. Let’s discuss why AI makes mistakes, how these mistakes can trip you up, and how to avoid these pitfalls.

Imagine one of your top employees suddenly stops caring. They aren’t leaving the company—they’re just leaving the conversation.

This is the reality of quiet quitting, and it often starts with something as small as a "ping." We’re talking about notification fatigue, the silent productivity killer. Let’s break down why your team is drowning in pings and how you can throw them a lifeline.

Does your business operate in the moment, or does it prioritize what’s just around the corner? As a business owner, you have a tricky balance to strike between the two, and where technology is concerned, the answer is not always so clear-cut. But it’s generally better for your business to look at technology management with the perspective offered by an IT roadmap to inform your decision-making, from everyday implementations to major deployments.

Forget the sophisticated cyber-attacks you see in the news. Often, the real business killer is much more mundane: that aging server in your storage room. Many business owners assume that if it’s still humming, it’s still working. Unfortunately, hardware doesn’t just retire; it crashes; usually at the worst possible moment. When a primary server fails, it doesn't just take your data with it; it takes away your ability to compete.

Have you ever stopped to ask yourself if the person you’re talking to on the phone is an AI system or an actual, honest-to-goodness human? It’s expected that in 2026, you’ll be asking this question a lot more often—especially with the rise of agentic AI. This development takes the vulnerability that already exists in your human infrastructure and attempts to make it impossible to stop. Today, we’ll explore agentic AI, what it looks like, and what you can do to put a stop to it in the years to come.

Money needs to move in order for the economy to work. Traditionally, banks are the major lending institutions, and as a result have to adhere to a myriad of regulations. To provide an equitable system that people aren’t afraid to utilize, there are a lot of checks and balances that have put in place by the bank and regulators, alike. Today, there is growth of what are called marketplace lenders (MPLs) that are changing the way people (and organizations) can access capital and it is fueled by what is referred to as FinTech, or financial technology. Today, we will take a short look at FinTech and how it is changing the way we manage, borrow, pay, see, and use money.

Uh oh - your critical business systems are acting up again, and you aren’t sure what’s causing the problem. Fortunately, you aren’t caught up in this alone. There are those that can help you, just like a doctor would if you were ill. However, instead of calling your healthcare provider, you want to call a managed services provider.

At Google I/O 2018, the latest occurrence of Google’s convention for developers, a stunning new technology was demonstrated to those in attendance. Called Google Duplex, it adds a new level of utility and capability to the Google Assistant, in that it enables the Google Assistant to make phone calls on the user’s behalf that are almost indistinguishable from human conversation.

Depending on who you ask, RAM will mean a different thing, but in computing, there is only one true meaning. RAM stands for Random Access Memory, and it’s a major component in your computer. But what exactly does it do, and what role does it play in ensuring that your organization stays productive and efficient?

Have you ever wondered where the commonly accepted perception of cyber investigations comes from? You might be surprised to find out that the world of suits, ties, and data terminals is far from the reality of what these investigations are--or, at least, considerably more dramatic. For today’s tech term, we’re going to get to the bottom of this by investigating what computer forensics really looks like.

It seems like everywhere you go, you can see a Chromebook. These specialty laptops have a few features that make them highly desirable in some circumstances, and poorly suited to others. Seeing as ‘Chromebook’ is our Tech Term for this week, why not take a few moments and examine them a little closer?

Wireless charging is a challenging technology. While the benefits are clear as day (imagine, only having the one cord to supply power to the charger itself!), the concept has yet to see the mass implementation and adoption one would expect it to. Today, we’ll look at this underperforming technology’s history, a few applications that could be seen in the future, and the holdups it is seeing currently.