For some industries, the pressure to perform is highest just when most people are clocking out. At least, that’s the challenge Celebration! Cinema faces every weekend with its movie theaters throughout Michigan. From online ordering to finding the right seat, customers expect a lot from the small number of people that make up the staff. Kenneth Baas, the VP and CTO, often uses outside technical resources to keep ahead in the progressive entertainment industry.

It’s only growing – in popularity, in offerings, even into pop culture. In almost every new project I start, the client mentions cloud hosting from services like Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure. In January, a survey of more than 1000 IT professionals showed increased adoption and changing perspectives of cloud computing benefits and risks. I would guess that anyone in an Infrastructure decision-making role has researched the possibilities. But in reality, making the move from internal hosting to Infrastructure as a Service is often a difficult step.

We talk a lot about our process — Insight, Clarity, and Enablement — and how that translates into activities and deliverables. But as this process becomes more and more ingrained within our culture, it's obvious that it is bigger than simply a checklist of activities.

When one of our team members mentioned a new fiber Internet provider coming to Downtown Grand Rapids, our team at Springthrough was automatically intrigued. Fiber Internet is known to provide better business Internet speeds, and we thought it was worth investigating to see the cost difference. Who doesn’t want better value from their Internet Service Provider (ISP)? It was perfect timing when we came acrossLightSpeed Communications.

IBOAI, a Trade Association that bridges individuals and enterprise, emphasizes the importance of relationships in all facets of their business. They wanted a technology partner who they could count on for the long term.