For new installations, run two Category 6A cables to every wireless access point location. This follows TIA TSB-162-B, the industry guideline for access point cabling. Cat6A carries 10 Gb/s to 100 meters and handles high-power PoE with less heat. One

Cat6A is the better choice for most new Dallas office installations in 2026. It carries 10 Gb/s Ethernet the full 100 m channel, handles high-power PoE in large bundles with less heat, and matches the 5G and 10G uplinks on

Texas does not require a TDLR electrical license to install network, data, fiber, or other communications cabling. Texas Occupations Code §1305.003(a)(12) exempts that work. Dallas is a separate question. Its permit code lists no exemption for low-voltage cabling, while its

Ransomware recovery is the process of containing a ransomware attack, removing the attacker, restoring systems and data from clean sources, and meeting legal reporting duties. If your Dallas business was just hit, do five things now: isolate affected systems without

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) for business is a sign-in control that requires employees to prove their identity with two or more independent factors, typically a password plus an authenticator app, passkey, or security key. For a Dallas small or mid-sized business,

It’s 4:30 on a Friday afternoon in Dallas. Someone decides it’s a good time to “quickly” update the office firewall. By 5:15, nobody can reach the shared drive. The phones are down. The person who made the change has already

Picture a Friday afternoon at a 20-person office off Stemmons Freeway. It’s 4:45. Your office manager gets an email: “Your FedEx package couldn’t be delivered. Reschedule here.” She clicks. It happens to good, careful people every single day. Now here’s

Here’s a question we ask almost every Dallas business owner we meet. If your office manager handed in her notice this afternoon, could you list every account she can log in to? The bank portal, QuickBooks, the Microsoft 365 admin

It’s that time of year again. Your accountant wants next year’s numbers. Payroll is mapped out. Rent is locked in. Marketing has a plan. And then there’s the IT line, which usually gets filled in with something like “same as

Here’s a question I ask almost every Dallas business owner we meet: If a stranger walked into your office and plugged a laptop into the Ethernet port in your conference room, what would happen? Most people pause. Then they admit