Our Client, a local Non-Profit here in Portland, Oregon, wanted to consolidate their IT infrastructure and move to a fully remote work model. Though they already had Microsoft 365, they knew they were underutilizing it and paying for multiple redundant services.
2019 was a year of continued growth at SpireTech. We’d like to thank all our clients for your continued support and your referrals – we don’t advertise much, so we appreciate every referral! Review of 2019 Business Activity We spent a lot of the year focused...
Spire reaches another milestone - our 25th anniversary! SpireTech turned 25 years old on Feb 25th, 2018. In the technology business, that’s a few lifetimes. While our services continue to evolve with new technologies many of our clients have been with us since day...
As you may be aware, the software company Kaspersky has recently been a heated topic of discussion in the media and amongst the IT security community. Last month U.S. government agencies were told to use other security solutions. SpireTech, as are most IT...
After the recent dumpster fire, our electricians have been hard at work to get everything back to normal. New permanent conduits, transfer switch, and wire have been installed, and repairs to one of our two generators are under way. While our generator is being...
At SpireTech, we've noticed an increase in certain types of "Brute Force" attacks on Microsoft Windows operating systems, particularly those allowing Remote Desktop. A 'brute force' attack is a repeated automated attempt to gain unauthorized access by...
Wrapping up 2016 and our plans moving into 2017 2016 was another year of double-digit growth at SpireTech! I’d like to thank our employees and clients for making it possible. Here are some highlights of our major accomplishments in 2016: Our “VIP support”...
How do you sound to your customers and co-workers? First impressions are lasting impressions. That's why every telephone conversation counts. The impression you make on your co-workers and customers is based on your tone of voice, energy and attitude. Because so many...
Given the critical importance of your business's IT infrastructure and operations, we believe it is becoming increasingly important to effectively vet all prospective new IT service vendors. This is certainly applicable to Managed Service Providers (MSP). Given...
At Spire, we're constantly on the lookout for new technology that gives us or our clients the competitive edge. While we don't want to be bleeding edge, we do want to be ahead of the mainstream. We take vendor and technology selection very seriously, and only a few...