AfterGlow Productions - Brett and Lori Burnett

09/10/2026

That "it could have been so much worse" feeling is not just relief; it is a question the business has not answered yet. Our latest article walks through four near misses and what each one is actually telling you. Read here:

A business runs an access review, sometimes because it was scheduled, sometimes because someone asked a question that happened to prompt one, and a name appears on the list that should not be there. A staff member who left months ago, not on good terms, still has active credentials to the business s...

09/09/2026

🌊 Fun Fact!
When you send an email, stream a video, or visit a website hosted overseas, that data usually isn’t traveling through satellites—it’s traveling through fiber-optic cables on the ocean floor.
Undersea cables carry the vast majority of international internet traffic, connecting continents and keeping the world online every second of the day.
The internet is a lot more “underwater” than most people realize! 🌐

09/08/2026

QuickBooks running fast for one person and slowly for everyone else is not a software problem. It is a hosting problem, and it is one of the most common setup mistakes in small business.

If your team has to wait for someone to get out of the file before anyone else can work, this is worth reading.

In most offices the company file is sitting on one person’s computer, usually the one in accounts or on the bookkeeper’s desk.

09/07/2026

That cracking sound when you open your laptop isn't the hinge being stiff. It's the hinge pulling away from the chassis, and it gets worse every time you open the lid. Left long enough, it tears the display cable and turns a simple repair into a screen replacement.

Read this before it gets to that point.

The hinge on your laptop is a mechanical pivot point bolted into the plastic chassis of the lid, and over thousands of open-and-close cycles, that mounting point works loose. When you hear the crack or pop, it’s the hinge pulling slightly away from the plastic it’s anchored to, flexing the chass...

09/03/2026

If it is not broken, do not fix it" sounds reasonable until you realise the report that takes two days could take twenty minutes, and the software nobody questions stopped receiving security patches a year ago.

Stagnation and stability look identical from the inside. Read the full article to find out what a fresh look at your technology actually uncovers.

The most expensive inefficiencies in a business are rarely dramatic. They are the report that takes two days to compile manually when a modern tool would produce it in twenty minutes. They are the approval process that runs through three email chains because nobody has set up a shared workflow syste...

09/02/2026

💾 Fun Fact!
Ever wonder why the Save button still looks like a floppy disk?
The floppy disk became the universal symbol for saving files decades ago—and even though many younger computer users have never actually used one, the icon stuck!
It’s a perfect example of how old technology can leave a lasting mark on the digital world. 💻

09/01/2026

Picking the cheaper IT quote feels like a win until someone qualified looks under the hood. Fake security coverage, no strategic planning, and helpdesks that can't resolve complex tickets are what often sit behind a low monthly rate. The cleanup costs more than the second quote would have.

Read this before your next IT decision.

A network migration looks finished when staff can log in and files are accessible. A server setup looks finished when email flows and the shared drive appears. A security rollout looks finished when the antivirus icon shows green. But none of that tells you whether the work underneath is sound.

08/31/2026

Thinking about wiping your computer for a fresh start? Before you hit reset, make sure you know what "Keep my files" actually keeps because it might not be everything you think.

Read our latest article to find out what a factory reset really does, and what to do before you start.

When you factory reset a Windows PC (sometimes called a reformat), you’re given a choice: keep your files, or remove everything. It sounds straightforward, but the “keep my files” option trips a lot of people up. It doesn’t mean your computer stays as it is with a light tidy-up.

08/27/2026

Many small businesses lose contracts before anyone looks at their work. A security questionnaire arrives at renewal or tender time, the answers aren't there, and that's the end of it. The businesses winning bigger contracts aren't necessarily more secure.

They're just better prepared on paper. Are you?

The questionnaire a client sends is rarely about whether you have antivirus software. It tends to go further: written security policies; evidence of multi-factor authentication across your accounts; documented backup and recovery procedures; confirmation that staff have received security awareness t...

08/26/2026

Can you spot the two differences in this photo 👀
Hint: its nothing to do with the time of year.

Leave your guesses in the comments!