For the past several years, you have probably been looking into ways to maximize efficiency through automation and continue to help your organization’s bottom line by reducing capital spending and ongoing costs. You already know the cloud is the answer, but you may not know where to begin or how to gain adoption across all departments of the organization. The first thing you should do is capture your plan (or at least the reason for needing a plan). Let’s get you started down the right path by playing a little game of 20 questions.

Technology plays a role in every business. Understanding that role and how it aligns with your business's goals and objectives is sometimes difficult. In the following video series, our executive team highlights a few of the ways businesses can use technology to gain a competitive edge and grow in their industries. 

The average small company spends 6.9% of revenue on IT, mid-sized companies spend 4.1%, and larger companies spend 3.2%. These percentages have steadily increased over the last few years and all signs point to that trend continuing. Despite these spending numbers, organizations aren’t strategically planning for IT and how it is affected by future planned growth of the business as well as future products and services delivered. As your organization heads into budget season, you should be thinking about how IT aligns with your overall business objectives and how to position 2020 so that it sets you up for 2021, 2022, 2023, and so on. 

The Project Management Office (PMO) industry is growing at an exceptional rate and is set to exceed $6.6 trillion by year 2020, according to PMI. What is the value of a PMO and is it worth a company’s investment? Changes in the marketplace have led to fast-paced development, competitive pressures intensifying and businesses going global. Companies have begun to recognize the benefits of structure and guidance that a PMO can provide.

Involta is proud to announce its Technology Drive Data Center, in Duluth, Minnesota has received the ENERGY STAR certification.

The “edge” is about providers trying to get data in close proximity to their customers. The amount of data is growing exponentially and we still are struggling with how to consume all that data from a business perspective. Listen to Involta CFO Jim Buie describe how Involta closes the gap for its customers.

Take time out of your day to hear from our Chief Financial Officer, Jim Buie as we sit down with him to talk about how technology and predictability are key elements in an organization's business strategy. Also, learn what three areas to look at when assessing your organizations financial stability and growth.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa: Involta announced today they have established a mutually beneficial technology partnership with Allscripts®, a leading provider of health information technology solutions. To better serve the company’s mission to build open, connected communities of health, Allscripts will leverage Involta’s nationwide footprint of world-class data center facilities and managed service offerings.

Modern business exists in the cloud and having a strong cloud strategy is an essential component of an overall business plan. Shifting applications to the cloud offers several key benefits: easy access, reliability, collaboration capabilities and more.

Want to know what its like to work at Involta? Hear from our Director of Human Resources Sue Sedrel as we sit down with her to talk about ways to attract new talent and how HR teams continue to improve with advances in technology.