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The holidays are about giving — and few teams give more to an organization than IT. They ensure employees have the tools they need, keep systems running, and solve problems long before anyone else notices them.

This holiday season, don’t let your IT assets disappear faster than the Whos’ holiday feast.

Today, employees — especially remote workers — are entrusted with far more sensitive and far more expensive equipment.

Companies are losing track of laptops, monitors, phones, security tokens, and data access at alarming rates.

It’s been a busy month for workforce reductions across major companies and sectors globally. A few standouts: Amazon announced it will cut approximately 14,000 corporate jobs , citing the need to streamline operations and invest further in AI-driven infrastructure—about 4% of its corporate workforce. Paramount Global (via its merger with Skydance Media) is initiating a first wave of 1,000 job cuts  this week, as part of a plan to reduce around 2,000 positions to achieve $2 bi

There’s one overlooked risk hiding in plain sight: employee equipment.

There's less than a month left before Windows 10 hits EOL!

In 1999, a 15-year-old hacker known online as “c0mrade” pulled off one of the most audacious cyber infiltrations in history.

Today, we rely on passwords for nearly everything — from logging into email to protecting financial data. But did you know the very first computer password dates back to 1961?

One day, disaster struck: the system went down. Hard drives crashed, files became corrupted, and it looked like months of painstaking animation work might be lost.

Learn about best practice for ensuring IT equipment is returned - and what to do if it still isn't!

Many states have their own laws that require a signed, written agreement from the employee authorizing the deduction ahead of time.

Did you know firewalls are named after actual walls built to stop fires? In the digital world, they do the same thing — blocking dangerous traffic from spreading across networks. From basic packet filters in the '80s to today’s AI-powered security layers, firewalls have come a long way. We rounded up some fun facts — and broke down their full evolution!

In the digital world, "cookies" aren’t baked — they’re tracked.

When an employee is issued a company laptop, phone, or other IT equipment, it's not just about hardware—it's about responsibility.

A comprehensive IT offboarding checklist designed to ensure a smooth and secure transition.

Use this checklist to stay compliant with federal and state laws when managing unreturned company property during employee offboarding.

Remote work has made managing company assets more complex—especially when employees leave and don’t return their IT equipment.

When an employee leaves without returning company equipment — like a laptop, monitor, or phone — it’s tempting to withhold their final paycheck until it’s returned. But is that legal?

It’s a common and frustrating situation: an employee leaves your company, and the laptop, monitor, or phone you issued never comes back. Naturally, you might wonder — can we hold their final paycheck until they return the equipment?