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Should You Hire an IT Professional? As a business owner or manager, you can’t do it all…but sometimes you feel like you have to. Budgets need to stretch after all. However, your time is valuable too so hiring out for specialists in certain areas is important. Some choices are obvious....

Buy Local (is Good for Service Too!)   Most of us like the concept. Buy American has been popular for years but in the last decade “Buy local” gained a lot of traction. Towns exhibit this trend with Buy Local bumper stickers with the name of the town, farmers' markets,...

Many SPAM Calls Start with A Roundabout Meandering Introduction But I don't want any SPAM!   At the height of lockdown, Americans were streaming a lot of television. Although much new content was produced, viewer hunger tended to gravitate toward comfort food comedy nostalgia. And the number one program people...

More Business is Great! If You Can Handle it...   Across Virginia, pandemic restrictions have been winding down. Crowds have increased. We’re seeing fewer masks. Capacity limitations have been removed. And with the restriction wind down has come a pick-up in business. Having additional customers is always a positive development!...

If You Don't Have Simple Voicemail, You're Probably Not Using It to Its Fullest Potential Have you ever received a letter or bill addressed to your home address but to a person who doesn't live there? Addresses don't move with people and sometimes updating a particular company or even friend...

Isn't Cybersecurity Fun? If you are a regular reader of the RCI blog, you may notice that today’s blog is a little late. Why? Our site was down earlier in the week. Why? The host of our site, one of the leading hosting sites in the world was having “connectivity...

Call Logging We’ve all been there. You hang up with a customer and say, “Gee, I wish I recorded that.”  Maybe things went poorly. Maybe you’re having a difficult time remembering a date, time, or name. Maybe you need a coworker or supervisor to weigh in on something and you...

Choosing an IT Company Choosing an IT company is the most important tech decision you'll make. Good help is hard to find... Its hard to find companies that will take good care of you. That's true whether you’re selecting a pediatrician for your child, your regular lunch spot or a...

Safety First? Well, not always it seems... Not Safe workplace Tech   Safe Workplace Technology The old adage “Safety First” is a good one to live by.  But at work, sometimes safety can take a back seat to profit or efficiency. It’s not alway deliberate negligence (to coin an oxymoron)....

The 7 Business Telephone Users RCI has been in business providing and servicing telephone equipment in the greater Roanoke Valley, Southwest and Central Virginia for over 40 years. When you’ve been in business that long you come to know customer needs. Every business telephone user is different but you come...