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News & Events

IPM Computers is Attending Spark ILM 2025

Come visit us at Spark ILM! Fifteen years after its debut, the WilmingtonBiz Conference & Expo has transformed in...

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Cyber Security Updates

Protect Your Harvest: Fall Cyber Readiness for Agribusiness

The fall harvest season is a crucial time for agribusinesses, where every moment is important to gather crops before win...

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Cyber Security Updates

Cybersecurity for Furniture Manufacturers: Don’t Let Cybercriminals Reupholster Your Data

The furniture manufacturing industry is facing increasing challenges from cyber threats, with ransomware attacks making ...

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Cyber Security Updates

The Windows 10 Deadline: A Strategic Guide for a Smooth Transition

In business, we’re constantly navigating deadlines. Some are internal project goals, while others are external market sh...

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Managed IT

Cultivating a Digital Harvest: A Year-Round Guide to Managed IT for the Agricultural Industry

The image of a farm is one of soil and sky, of hard work and heavy machinery. But you know the reality. Today’s farm is ...

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Quick Tips & Helpful Info

The 3-2-1 Backup Rule Explained (And Why It’s Still Relevant in 2025)

It’s an early Monday morning. Your system boots up, and instead of dashboards and email notifications, you see a ransomw...

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Managed IT

Smart Farming Meets Smart IT: The ROI of Managed Services for Agribusiness

Agriculture has always been about inputs and outputs. For generations, that meant seed, soil, sun, and sweat. Today, tho...

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Quick Tips & Helpful Info

Right-Sizing Your Cloud Infrastructure: How to Optimize Costs Without Sacrificing Performance

Cloud computing can be a double-edged sword: it can fuel rapid innovation and scalability—but without proper oversight, ...

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Managed IT

Farm to Server: The Benefits of Managed IT for the Agricultural Industry

In agriculture, every day is different—but technology is now as much a part of your work as tractors, irrigation, and fe...

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Managed IT

Beyond Break-Fix: Wilmington Managed IT Services for Strategic Growth

The phone call comes early on a Tuesday. The server is down. Your team is at a standstill, unable to access files, serve...

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Quick Tips & Helpful Info

Beyond the Buzz: What Can AI Actually Do for Your Business?

The term “Artificial Intelligence” gets thrown around so much it’s started to lose its meaning. It conjures images of sc...

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Cyber Security Updates

Your Cybersecurity Guide: How Keyloggers Spy & Top Detection Techniques

Keyloggers are tools designed to record every keystroke you make on a computer or mobile device. These programs or devic...