Kendall Friel writes RJ2's cybersecurity and IT articles, turning what the engineering team sees every day into something a business owner can act on. She holds a BBA in Marketing from the University of Iowa. Kendall writes on threat awareness, security hygiene, and the practical side of protecting a small or mid-market business.
Almost Friday! Let’s spend today on something that is moving fast and quietly at the same time: AI regulation. While most of the public conversation around AI has focused on what the technology can do, governments and regulators are increasingly focused on what businesses are allowed to do with it, and the rules are tightening…
Happy Tuesday! Today we are talking about a topic that comes up in almost every business conversation we have, and yet it is still something most small businesses have either avoided or significantly underprioritized: cyber insurance. In 2026, the rules around it have changed, the requirements have gotten stricter, and the cost of not having…
Happy Monday and welcome to a brand new week! This morning we are pulling straight from one of the most talked-about reports in the technology world right now: Gartner’s Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2026, released just a few weeks ago. If you have not had a chance to dig into it, do not…
Happy Friday! What a week it has been. To close out September strong, let’s talk about a shift that has been building for years and is now clearly the dominant model for how smart businesses handle their IT: managed services. If you are still thinking of IT support as something you call when something breaks,…
Almost Friday! Let’s spend today talking about something that quietly drains business resources every single month without ever showing up as a clear line item on your budget: the hidden cost of outdated IT. Not the dramatic failures, but the slow, steady bleed that happens when technology is just old enough to be a problem…
Happy Wednesday! You are halfway through the week and we are talking about something that is generating a lot of conversation in IT and business strategy circles right now: the race between Microsoft and Google to become the AI layer that runs inside your business. This is not just a product comparison. It is a…
Happy Tuesday! Let’s talk about something that is transforming physical workplaces in ways that are both practical and genuinely fascinating. The smart office is no longer a concept reserved for tech giants with unlimited renovation budgets. In 2026, the technology that makes a workspace intelligent, responsive, and efficient is accessible to businesses of every size,…
Happy Monday! Let’s start this week with a topic that is becoming impossible to ignore and one that is catching a lot of businesses off guard: data privacy compliance. If your business collects, stores, or processes customer information in any form, the rules around how you handle that data have changed significantly in 2026, and…
Almost Friday! Let’s close out the week strong with the technology conversation that is happening in boardrooms, break rooms, and strategy sessions across every industry right now: which AI tools are actually delivering results, and how do businesses cut through the hype to find the ones that genuinely move the needle? Let’s cut through it.…
Happy Wednesday! You are halfway through the week and we are going deep on a topic that does not always make the big headlines but is absolutely shaping the cybersecurity landscape right now: the sheer volume of software vulnerabilities being discovered and exploited in 2026, and what it means for businesses that are not keeping…