Employee Spotlight: Micah Ulrick

Behind the Screens- Meet Micah Ulrick Get to know Micah Ulrick, a key member of the CIO Solutions team for nearly three years! Micah is a vCIO, or Virtual Chief Information Officer, in the San Luis Obispo office. As a vCIO, he acts as a C-Suite consultant for clients, advising them on long-term strategy, security,… Read more »

Why You Should Let Your IT Team Know When You’re Going Out of the Country

Wish You Were Here: Why You Should Let Your IT Team Know When You’re Going Out of the Country The Importance of Keeping Your Conditional Access Policies Current  IN THIS ARTICLE:  Understanding Conditional Access Conditional Access: Location Restrictions Why Your IT Team Needs to Know About Travel Plans How to Notify Your IT Team When… Read more »

Embracing Growth: Lessons From a Global IT Outage

Embracing Growth: Lessons From a Global IT Outage By Eric Egolf, CEO We are a little over 1 week after the CrowdStrike-related incident and the chaos that ensued from it. There are many, many articles that have already been written about this incident, so I don’t want to spend too much time rehashing what’s already… Read more »

Staying Frosty: How to Keep Calm and Stay Alert Against Spoofing and Phishing

Staying Frosty: How to Keep Calm and Stay Alert Against Spoofing and Phishing By Micah Ulrick, vCIO IN THIS ARTICLE:  Understanding Spoofing & Phishing: What You Need to Know How to Spot Spoofing and Phishing Red Flags Advanced Threats to Be Aware Of Remember These Best Practices We’ve said it before, but I’ll say it… Read more »

Employee Spotlight: Adam J. Fernandes

Behind the Screens- Meet Adam Fernandes Meet Adam, a versatile member of the CIO Solutions team! For the past 2 years, Adam has used his wealth of expertise to ensure smooth hardware deployments for our clients. As a Deployment Technician, he visits our clients’ offices and interacts with people at all levels of the organization… Read more »

Employee Spotlight: Fernando Rivera

Behind the Screens- Meet Fernando Rivera Let’s introduce you to Fernando Rivera, who has been an integral part of the team at CIO Solutions for 16 years. Fernando works out of our Costa Rica office, where he leads a team of talented and dedicated IT professionals while also performing his duties as a security solutions… Read more »

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Employee Spotlight: Billy Godfrey

Behind the Screens- Meet Billy Godfrey Billy Godfrey is a long-time member of CIO Solutions, celebrating 10 years with us as of this month! He is the supervisor of one of the Support Department’s Dedicated Client Teams (team Helios, to be exact). These Dedicated Client Teams are just that- dedicated to a specific set of… Read more »

CIO Solutions Recognized on CRN 2024 MSP 500 List

CIO Solutions Recognized on CRN® 2024 MSP 500 List Santa Barbara, CA, February 13, 2024 — CIO Solutions, Productivity Enhanced, announced today that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named CIO Solutions to its Managed Service Provider (MSP) 500 list in the MSP Pioneer 250 category for 2024. The MSP 500 list is compiled… Read more »

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Employee Spotlight: Kevin Tran

Behind the Screens- Meet Kevin Meet Kevin, a seasoned Project Engineer out of our San Luis Obispo office with six years of dedicated service at CIO Solutions (time flies!). Born on the island of Honolulu, Hawaii, at the age of 4 Kevin moved to Perris, California. He spent much of his life in the Inland… Read more »

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Employee Spotlight: Blake Abbott

Behind the Screens- Meet Blake Introducing Blake, one of our tech wizards from our Fresno office. Blake is a local, born and raised right here in California’s Central Valley. Having joined our ranks two years ago (come June), Blake brings an impressive arsenal of skills, including an A.S. in Information Technology and a collection of… Read more »