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Voyage Technology has been serving the Beaver Dam area since 1999, providing IT Support such as technical helpdesk support, computer support, and consulting to small and medium-sized businesses.

The 5 Legacy IT Headaches Modern AI Solutions Have Finally Eliminated

The 5 Legacy IT Headaches Modern AI Solutions Have Finally Eliminated

Our primary goal is to carry the burden of technical risk so you can focus on your business’ growth. The nature of that risk has fundamentally shifted. In 2026, the ghosts in the machine that used to haunt office managers and CEOs have been largely exorcised by AI-driven automation and resilient cloud architecture.

The manual labor of the past has been replaced by strategic oversight. Here are five legacy IT headaches you can officially stop worrying about.

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You Want Your IT to Be Boring… Here’s Why

You Want Your IT to Be Boring… Here’s Why

In storytelling, there’s a structure that the vast majority of stories follow, regardless of the format: introduction, rising action, conflict, falling action, resolution. The rising action and the conflict are what give the story its appeal—they’re the source of all the tension that keeps things moving forward. They’re where the stress and the drama live; they keep the story interesting.

That said, when it comes to your business (and its IT in particular), you want its story to break this format. You want things to be, for lack of a better term, boring.

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You’ll Be Shocked By How Much Managed IT Helps SMBs

You’ll Be Shocked By How Much Managed IT Helps SMBs

Sometimes the scariest part of running a business is not knowing what tomorrow will bring, particularly when it comes to your IT. Break-fix IT is one of the leading causes of anxiety amongst small business owners, but it doesn’t have to be. Managed IT offers a reprieve from the chaos and the unknown so you can be confident about the direction your business is heading.

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4 Ways to Change the Way You Think About IT (For the Better)

4 Ways to Change the Way You Think About IT (For the Better)

IT is more than a necessary expense; it’s a tool to get your business into a more advantageous position, one where you can make more money and help more people. The only way you can get to this point, however, is if your IT is yielding a return on your investment; otherwise, it will always feel like a money pit.

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How to Keep Your IT From Holding You Back

How to Keep Your IT From Holding You Back

Many businesses think of IT as nothing but an expense, often represented by losses on your budgeting reports. You might dump countless dollars into your IT only for it to eat it all up without providing any discernible return on investment. Here’s the truth about IT: when it’s managed properly, it can represent opportunity and investment rather than expense.

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Your IT Partner Should Make It Easy to Fire Them

Your IT Partner Should Make It Easy to Fire Them

I have a question to ask you that is incredibly important that you can answer, despite its relation to a particularly sensitive business topic: how prepared and able are you to fire your vendors, especially the one currently handling your IT?

There are situations where you could find yourself having to make this call, but can’t without severely impacting your business’ operations. Let’s talk a little bit about these situations, and why it’s crucial to have an IT provider whom you know you could fire if necessary.

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Can You Expect Accountability from Your IT Resource?

Can You Expect Accountability from Your IT Resource?

It’s tough to own up and take the blame, especially when you know it was you who made the mistake. Unfortunately, in IT, there’s a lot of blame thrown around, so it’s something that those in our profession have to get accustomed to. When you work with a technician, you want them to take responsibility for their mistakes and take action to prevent them in the future—and that’s exactly what we aim to accomplish with our managed IT services. Here’s how we make sure our clients can hold us accountable so they get the best services possible.

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How Tech Debt Will Hold Your Business Back from Seeing Success

How Tech Debt Will Hold Your Business Back from Seeing Success

While it might be tempting to take advantage of deals, sales, and even “free” technology, it’s crucial that you acknowledge you’re losing something valuable as a trade-off. The problem with tech is that “cheap” and “quick” doesn’t translate to “effective” and “valuable.” If you’re not careful, you might find yourself a victim of “tech debt,” an issue that can create serious problems for your business.

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How to Make Sure Your Vendors Are as Secure as They Say

How to Make Sure Your Vendors Are as Secure as They Say

You rely on your vendors to conduct business, but these vendors are just as susceptible to cyberattacks as your business is. How can you make sure you’re working with vendors who prioritize security? That’s what we’re covering in today’s blog.

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Everything You Need to Know About Business Tech Updates

Everything You Need to Know About Business Tech Updates

While technology is an important part of your business, it shouldn’t be distracting you from carrying out your company’s mission. Indeed, it can be difficult to stay up-to-date on the latest practices and solutions, and it can feel impossible to keep up. While you could adopt the “good enough” policy that many businesses settle for, we think you should take a different approach—one that will make you impossible to compete with if carried out appropriately.

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There are a Lot of Layers to a Solid IT Strategy

There are a Lot of Layers to a Solid IT Strategy

Running a small business is already a juggling act. Now toss managing IT into the mix and watch the balls start to bounce in every direction. IT for small businesses isn’t just plugging in a few computers and setting up Wi-Fi. It’s an ever-growing web of systems, tools, security measures, and the occasional mysterious error message that nobody understands. Let’s take a look at some of the things that every small business owner needs to look at as far as their technology is concerned.

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Here Are Just a Few Ways Outsourced IT Saves Your Money

Here Are Just a Few Ways Outsourced IT Saves Your Money

One of our favorite questions to answer for our clients is, “How do you help us save money?” When you outsource your IT, saving money is one of the big goals, so we thankfully have a full-fledged answer to this question. Today, we will share three of the best ways you’ll save money and resources by working with Voyage Technology for managed IT services.

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Three Qualifications You Should Look for in an MSP

Three Qualifications You Should Look for in an MSP

Many small and medium-sized businesses have serious difficulties when they try to balance their technology needs against the limited resources at their disposal. Fortunately, this serious issue can be resolved effectively by working with a managed service provider (or MSP). The approach that these professionals take outpaces the value that more traditional forms of IT support have been able to offer—whether that support is through an external provider or even an in-house team.

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Let’s Solve Your Business’ Greatest IT Challenges

Let’s Solve Your Business’ Greatest IT Challenges

Technology is crucial to the success of modern-day business operations, so you must ensure efforts are made to keep your IT in proper working order. A managed service provider, or MSP, can make this a much easier task. Today, we want to discuss some of the common IT challenges businesses encounter and how we can address them.

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Managed IT is the Best Way to Approach Business Technology

Managed IT is the Best Way to Approach Business Technology

Information technology, or IT, is an indispensable component for most contemporary businesses and serves as the backbone of their operations. To ensure a smooth operational infrastructure, it is crucial that businesses manage their IT in the most effective manner possible.

One such way businesses can do this is through working with a managed service provider, or MSP. These types of arrangements can provide businesses with clarity and ease of mind as it pertains to IT and operations.

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What Are the Big Benefits that Outsourced Managed Services Give You?

What Are the Big Benefits that Outsourced Managed Services Give You?

Your IT team plays a crucially important part in your business machinations. However, many small and even medium-sized businesses may not have the in-house resources to effectively cover their needs. If this could easily describe your business, you might want to consider outsourcing some of your technology management needs to a managed service provider. 

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Choose a Managed Services Provider Over a Typical Computer Repair Company

Choose a Managed Services Provider Over a Typical Computer Repair Company

If your business needs to revisit its technology management model, look no further than a managed service provider. Let’s discuss some of the notable benefits of working with a managed service provider—benefits that are demonstrable and impactful enough to shift the trajectory of your business moving forward.

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Why an MSP Is the Best Call For Your 2024 IT Budget

Why an MSP Is the Best Call For Your 2024 IT Budget

Now that we’re in Q3 of 2023, it’s time to start planning out your budget for the next fiscal year—including your IT services budget. Let’s go over some of the considerations you’ll need to keep in mind for this remarkably important aspect of running your business.

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Are Managed Services All They’re Cracked Up to Be?

Are Managed Services All They’re Cracked Up to Be?

Spoiler alert: They certainly are.

Ever since the advent of Internet connectivity enabled the managed service model to develop, Managed IT Service Providers (MSPs) have been able to deliver a uniquely beneficial service to businesses of all sizes. If you’re on the fence about working with an MSP, we have a few reasons that you may just want to do so.

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Maximize Profitability with Managed Services

Maximize Profitability with Managed Services

Your business relies on its profits and continued profitability to succeed, but this priority is surprisingly challenging. By investing in a managed service provider, however, you can gain a considerable advantage while improving your productivity, thus resulting in increased profits for your business.

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