FAQ: Can My Business Take Advantage of Sourcewell and Cooperative Contracts?
Sourcewell is a government agency that helps out nonprofit organizations, educational institutions and government entities. For quite some time, qualifying organizations have been using Sourcewell cooperative contracts to make purchases more quickly and efficiently. If you’re int…
3 Common IoT Applications for the Workplace
We’re connected–all the time–and I’m not just talking about email and phone calls. I thought about this as I walked into my family’s business and the song I was listening to in my truck came on in the building. It was not coincidence. It’s because of the phone in my pocket.
4 Myths about Sourcewell Cooperative Contracts
With how complex everything seems to be these days, we tend to get a little cautious when we happen upon a well-meaning organization claiming to have a way to bring simplicity to one or more areas of your professional life. I get it. People usually have pretty good reasons for ap…
Better Invoice Management Once & For All
Paperwork: the crux of all businesses everywhere. Even with modern updates to document management systems, it's still a large part of business operations accompanied by the most headaches. When it comes to invoice processing especially, there's often a lack of accountability. Tr…
Are You Ready for a Sourcewell Cooperative Contract?
Sourcewell helps qualifying organizations like nonprofits and government entities streamline the purchase of goods and services. As it turns out, the traditional way these organizations have had to handle purchasing is difficult to navigate and full of inefficiencies. Sourcewell …
Zero Trust: Three Must-Have Components
In a previous blog, I provided a general introduction to zero trust and explained why so many organizations are moving to this new security paradigm. As a follow-up, I’ll offer a deeper dive into some of the main components that make up a zero trust solution. There are a number o…
The WAN Design and Setup Process, Explained
When I tell enterprise organizations that SD-WAN (software-defined wide area network) is easy, I encounter a fair share of disbelief. And honestly, I get it. Something as beneficial, cost-effective and user-friendly as a wide area network has to be complex and timely, right? Wron…
6 Types of Organizations that can Benefit from Sourcewell Cooperative Contracts
When we talk about Sourcewell and the cooperative contract business model, we often talk about the big three customers: state government agencies, school districts and nonprofits. But in under the nonprofit umbrella, there is a lot of variety. We called David Duhn, Sourcewell's L…
6 Stats and Facts to Prove Using Sourcewell Leads to Success
Sourcewell is an organization whose sole purpose is to aid government agencies, school districts and nonprofit organizations in obtaining products and services in a more efficient manner. Below, I've gathered a few statistics and facts to prove why using Sourcewell leads to posit…
Zero Trust: Why Companies Are Switching To A New Security Paradigm
You may be hearing the term "Zero Trust" more often these days. Though the concept has been around for years, it’s gained more traction since the mass migration of employees working remotely. Zero trust centers around a strict methodology that requires everyone and everything try…