Technology Best Practices An Independent Review of Today's Top Hardware for Business This Site is primarily intended to augment our educational seminars and consulting practices. Those looking for independent information are welcome to review content and contact us if you have questions or need help. Randy Johnston Editor-In-Charge - Dr. Bob Spencer Editor-At-Large For more information please contact:  Randy Johnston Network Management Group Inc. 324 East Fourth Avenue Hutchinson, KS  67501 (620) 664-6000  Fax: (620) 669-8302

NMGI is a leading managed services provider and technology consulting company. TSIF is a boutique, high-end consulting company. K2 Enterprises is an internationally recognized provider of technology related continuing professional education to the accounting profession. This site is intended to supplement and support our attendees but is offered as is without warranty of any type for any who visit.

Introduction:

The technology recommendations made at this site are independently prepared by Randy Johnston, EVP NMGI and K2 Enterprises, and Dr. Bob Spencer, President TSIF.  The information provided here is primarily intended for seminar and conference attendees, as well as clients and readers of our articles and publications. We both have nearly 40 years experience EACH.  Both of us has independently owned computer hardware retail stores, and Randy is currently in the business as a co-owner of Network Management Group, Inc., out of Hutchinson, Kansas. Bob was president of a computer retail business owned by he and his shareholders of a regional accounting firm in Florida for a number of years. We have had the good fortune to have consulted with an incredibility wide range of businesses from Governmental, Finance, Manufacturing, Distribution, Retail and Professional Services. We are both very entrepreneurial by nature and have owned a number of businesses over the years.  We have authored and co-authored a number of books on business and technology from Risk Management, Accounting Software Selection and Implementation, Paperless, and Technology Best Practices. You can find out more about Randy from his blog, www.randyjohnston.com, and about Bob, www.bobspencer.com.

About this site:

We both try to be as vendor agnostic as possible in order to be independent, both in our consulting practices as well as our seminar presentations. However, like most people, we have our favorites, and like most people, this is often based on what we have actually used and have experience with. We have used Hewlett-Packard desktops, laptops, and printers for nearly two decades now and while, like everyone, we have purchased a model we were less than happy with, over all, we have been very pleased.  We also have direct experience with Toshiba and Fujitsu Desktops as well as IBM (now Lenovo.)  Perhaps less direct experience with Sony and Dell, but mostly because of their retail channel and Dell selling direct to end-users for so many years.  Today we realize that innovation is short lived, when one vendor comes out with a great idea, others will follow quickly with similar or improved versions. We have dropped any Operating System prejudice we may have had many years ago and both are active with Windows, Linux and OS X. We go back to pre-DOS, something called CPM!  Actually we go back to before they punched holes in cards and connected wires on a plug-board, but that is just embarrassing.

This site is intended to give guidance on selecting computer hardware. We have other sites to help with software selection to include;  www.AccountingSoftwareWorld.com, www.TotallyPaperless.com, and www.CPAFirmTech.com. But rather than try and dictate what you should buy, we will try to describe what you should look for as you make your decision. We will also try and develop this site as we have questions and learn from you what your needs are.

So there you are. Navigate around the site, let us know if you have any problems, and if we can be of help, or you need help implementing your technology please contact us from the links above.

Bob and Randy