Updates on the technology decisions facing Wisconsin businesses.

We summarize what matters, skip what doesn't, and translate the rest into language a business owner can act on.

You'll find three kinds of posts here:

  • Security updates. New attack patterns, vulnerabilities, and account-takeover trends — and what we recommend doing about them.
  • Productivity and AI. Practical updates on Microsoft 365, Copilot, and the AI tools showing up in everyday business software.
  • Operations and IT strategy. Topics like technical debt, IT budgeting, and how small businesses can run technology without a full in-house team.

Newly Discovered Linux Malware Has Been Around For Years

Recently, researchers at Qihoo 360 Network Security discovered a particularly stealthy piece of malware designed to create backdoors in the Linux ecosystem. It was so good at its job, and so stealthy that it went …