Entries by Michael Fillios

How Technical Debt Opens the Door to Cyber Attacks— and Steps to Protect Your Small Business

The virus pandemic of 2020 is severely disrupting the economy and the large and small businesses that drive it. Poor practices such as ignoring safe distancing, insufficient sanitation, and not mandating mask-wearing open the door to infection of customers and staff and threaten the viability of a business. Similarly, poor practices that allow a business […]

The CVBT Audio Interview Podcast: Michael Fillios

• How to spot the hidden technology reefs that could shipwreck your small business • “You can be leveraging technology in the same way that a Fortune 500 company” (Total Recorded Time is 13:35)   Let’s just add another major worry when it comes to keeping your small business afloat in these troubled times of […]

Leveraging Technology to Protect Your Small Business During the COVID-19 Crisis and Beyond

Michael C. Fillios, the Founder and CEO of the IT Ally Institute, a nonprofit organization providing small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) access to knowledge, research, and practical tools to improve their tech bottom line joins Enterprise Radio. His new book is called: Tech Debt 2.0®: How to Future Proof Your Small Business and Improve Your Tech […]

The Extended Enterprise: Outside Help for SMBs Managing Technical Debt

2020 has brought business leaders challenges, undercutting established business plans and negating processes and practices leaders have developed and relied on for the health and success of their business. The pandemic and resulting economic disruption have taken a toll on all businesses, but especially small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), which typically do not have the […]

How To Recognize and Manage Tech Debt 2.0®

Years of experience working in finance and technology at large, mid-sized, and small businesses have taught me that business leaders face real challenges managing the technology their company needs to operate effectively and stay competitive. This is especially the case for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs), which typically do not have the resources available to […]

Measuring Technical Debt to Manage It

Years of experience working in finance and technology with small enterprises has shown that business leaders face real challenges managing the technology their companies need to operate effectively and stay competitive. This is especially the case for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs), which typically do not have the resources available to large enterprises. The challenge […]

Movers and Shakers Interview with Michael C. Fillios

Michael C. Fillios believes that every business leader, and particularly leaders of small and mid-sized businesses, needs to be well-informed and actively involved in managing their company’s investments in technology. As a  consultant, he brings his extensive experience as a global business and technology leader and entrepreneur to advise his clients on leveraging state-of-the-art tools, taking cybersecurity seriously, and […]