Mar 30, 2020Ways To Reduce Your AWS CostsIf you’re reading this article, chances are that you’re pretty happy with your current setup but you wish you could find ways to reduce your AWS hosting costs. We’ll assume that you’re not all that interested in migrating to a different hosting provider. Frankly, you’ll probably spend more short-run money…AWS14 min readAWS14 min read
Mar 29, 2020Mobilize Your Verifone P400If you’ve been looking at our Stripe Terminal plugin, chances are you’ve been interested in bringing your in-person transactions out on the road. Like many small business owners, WooCommerce and WordPress offer really affordable solutions for an eCommerce experience which makes this plugin a much more appealing solution than custom-coding…Pos4 min readPos4 min read
Mar 28, 2020A Case For Immediate Small Business Tax ReliefQuestion: Why is our legislature largely dismissing tax policies targeted at keeping small businesses afloat? I’ll reserve my opinion on that and focus on the important stuff (earth to Americans, now is time to focus on important things, not the 24/7 partisan bologna). Proposition: The details of the stimulus package…Small Business6 min readSmall Business6 min read
Mar 27, 20209 Questions To Determine If Your Business Needs The CloudWe asked Arcane Strategies’s engineers to come up with a 9 Question questionnaire to help business owners determine if the cloud is right for their business. These questions and answers will help participants learn about the capabilities and downsides of both Managed Cloud Support Providers and Dedicated Servers. CLICK HERE…Cloud Computing3 min readCloud Computing3 min read
Mar 27, 2020The “Leagues” of Cloud Support ProvidersSubscribe To Our Channel Talking to customers about their current hosting providers has revealed that there is some uncertainty between which providers have which features. Mike and Lou break down common Cloud Support Providers into different “MLB style leagues” to help listeners understand which providers will be able to…Cloud Services1 min readCloud Services1 min read
Feb 14, 2020What is Managed Services?There are a lot of terms and phrases to learn in the IT field: Hosting Provider, Integrated Solutions, DevOps, CI/CD, Managed Services, and many others. …Msp3 min readMsp3 min read
Feb 7, 2020Stripe Card Readers: What Are My Options?Trying to figure out which Stripe Card Readers work best with Arcane’s Stripe Terminal for WooCommerce plugin, we’ve got you covered. Some card readers may not be compatible with your setup. Or perhaps you just want to know what alternatives there are for working with Stripe. We’ll go through…Stripe4 min readStripe4 min read
Jan 31, 20202020 DevOp Trends: Buy, Sell, or Hold?Now that 2020 has begun, there have been a lot of tech bloggers talking about the top 2020 DevOps Trends to look out for. Mike and Lou review some of these to let you know if they are real changes or just noise. …DevOps2 min readDevOps2 min read
Jan 31, 2020Stripe Terminal with WooCommerce Setup VideoWe decided to put together a quick Stripe Terminal with WooCommerce Setup Video to help users install and activate their Terminal for Stripe and WooCommerce plugin. In this video, we walk through how to download, install and activate the plugin as well as the Verifone p400. …Stripe2 min readStripe2 min read
Jan 24, 20203 Easy Steps to Connect Your WooCommerce Store and Your Stripe AccountOur Stripe Terminal for WooCommerce plugin has been getting a lot of attention and questions from users. Most of the questions have dealt with availability and installation. …Stripe2 min readStripe2 min read