Posts by Nancy Balois
How can VDI or Desktop As a Service help me solve remote work
Welcome to another installment of Design Under Influence—a show dedicated to helping architecture and design firms use technology as their competitive advantage. People in business circles are buzzing about VDI services. In this episode, we’re going to unpack this as a potential solution to remote work. Solving problems related to remote work is on the mind…
Read MoreMy IT guy says: “We cannot do this…”
Hey there, welcome to another episode of Design Under Influence, a podcast that informs you how technology can be a competitive advantage for your business. Today, we’re talking about a subject that is near and dear to all of us business owners and business leaders: My IT guy says: “We can’t do this.” These are dreaded words, and ones…
Read MoreHow scammers use phishing and social engineering to steal your money and data.
Hello there—you’ve found your way to another episode of Design Under Influence! This is Boris and Alex, here to give you as much information as we can to make technology your competitive advantage at your architecture, design, and engineering firm. Improper use of technology is about as good as designed under the influence of drugs or alcohol, a…
Read MoreUsing Spreadsheets vs. Deltek vs. Airtable for resource management
Welcome to another episode of Design Under Influence! This is Boris and Alex here, back to talk through ways that architecture, design, and engineering firms can use technology as a competitive advantage. Boris is the founder of an IT company called ArchIT, and Alex is the VP of growth for the business. Today we’re tackling the use of spreadsheets…
Read MoreWe have files everywhere. Can we bring them all together in one place?
Welcome to Episode 2 of Under Influence Architecture and Design! It’s Alex and Boris, your hosts here to help architecture and design engineering firms create their competitive advantage via technology. We feel that the inability to utilize tech to its fullest advantage is like designing under the influence. This might be desirable in certain situations, but it’s…
Read MoreSolving the challenge of having to use many different collaboration platforms, as required by clients and partners.
Hey there, welcome to ‘Under Influence Architecture and Design.’ We’re your hosts—Alex and Borris. We run a company called ArchIT. We help architecture design and engineering firms make technology their competitive advantage. The concept of this series is to prove that companies who aren’t using the proper technology are basically designing while drunk. Now we know what you might…
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