Author Archives: Carmine Tiano

About Carmine Tiano

Carmine Tiano has more than a decade of experience as an IT consultant helping individuals and organizations reach their business goals. He oversees service and resource management aspects for Manawa Networks. This includes delivering and maintaining that service levels align with the company’s technical and professional standards, talent recruitment, training and development and sales. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Devry University. In his spare time, he plays ball hockey, lacrosse and is a student of the martial arts.

Managed IT Services – More Than Just Keeping the Lights On

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Carmine Tiano

Managed IT Services – A Cost-Effective Alternative to “Break-Fix” It’s natural when something breaks down to want it fixed fast and for as little money as possible. That’s how car repair works right? But when it comes to an organization’s information technology (IT), companies that stay only in reactive “break-fix” mode miss out on a huge IT return on investment opportunity, not to mention potential competitive advantage.  On the surface, it may at first look more economical to wait until … Read More →

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How to Have Remote Access to Your Office PC or Office Server

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Carmine Tiano

The Benefit of Centralized Document Storage In an earlier “Business Insider Tech Tip” How to Use Dropbox for Better Document Management and Team Collaboration,  we had discussed how solutions like DropBox, with centralized cloud-based storage, can enable effective document management and team collaboration, especially when team members are not always in the same office. We also highlighted how valuable DropBox can be if your organization does not yet have its own central server installed in your office. But if you already … Read More →

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Power User Habits, Tips n Tricks #1 – Email Flags, BlackBerry Space Bar

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Carmine Tiano

As we use information technology and software in everyday business life we can stumble on productivity techniques that once we start using, make us wonder how we ever got along without them.  Seldom do you learn about these time-savers by reading the manual. You might accidentally discover it when you ask yourself “I wonder what this command does?”, or by seeing someone else use it. Or maybe you come across it from a blog post like this one. We will … Read More →

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How to Use Dropbox for Better Document Management and Team Collaboration

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Carmine Tiano

The Cost and Confusion of Having More than One Version of the Truth Imagine a scenario where your annual budget is being saved on each of the separate computers of the three people working on it – the CEO’s laptop, the Controller’s desktop PC, and by the outside financial analyst working from his home office. Which of those three documents is the current one? All of them. Which version is the most complete? Again, every one of them. A classic … Read More →

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Manawa launches ‘Business Insider Tech Tips’ series to help business leaders make better IT decisions

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Carmine Tiano

If you want to be a better leader, start asking more questions. Albert Einstein famously once said, “I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.” At Manawa, we encourage team members, customers and our entire network to ask questions all the time. In some small way, finding an answer always benefits at least one person and often many more. We are passionate about technology and how to use it to transform and grow businesses. Our customers are smart … Read More →

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