UPSTATE BUSINESS JOURNAL
  • Economic Development
    • Manufacturing
    • Healthcare
    • Government
    • Events
    • Energy
    • Education
  • Management
    • New to the Street
    • On the Move
    • Profile
    • UBJ Exchange
  • Retail and Hospitality
    • Finance
    • Front Row
    • Real Estate
  • Tech and Design
  • Business License Reports
Community Journals Greenville Journal
TOWN Magazine atHome Upstate
Subscribe
UPSTATE BUSINESS JOURNAL
Print Issues
UPSTATE BUSINESS JOURNAL
  • Economic Development
    • Manufacturing
    • Healthcare
    • Government
    • Events
    • Energy
    • Education
  • Management
    • New to the Street
    • On the Move
    • Profile
    • UBJ Exchange
  • Retail and Hospitality
    • Finance
    • Front Row
    • Real Estate
  • Tech and Design
  • Business License Reports

Posts by author

Katherine Elrod

121 posts

Year-end cash? Some keys to making good tech purchases

  • Katherine Elrod
  • November 22, 2019
2019 is coming to a close and you’ve got some budgeted cash to spend. What should you do with it?  Server or cloud? If you already have a server and…
Share

The good, the bad and the ugly of location services

  • Katherine Elrod
  • November 7, 2019
You’ve probably noticed popups on your iPhone advising you of how apps are using your location and offering preference changes. This big change has come largely because tech providers and…
Share

Mobile technology expands payment options for small businesses, NGOs

  • Katherine Elrod
  • October 25, 2019
How do you get paid? I’m talking to solopreneurs, freelancers, nonprofit organizations who want to collect payments or donations quickly and provide low-barrier options that go beyond checks or cash.…
Share

1,300 new voting machines arrive at County Square ahead of November elections

  • Katherine Elrod
  • August 22, 2019
This week, seven tractor-trailers arrived at County Square heralding a new era of voting for Greenville County. The 1,300 new voting machines and 160 optical scanners will be uncrated and…
Share

Got Vendors?

  • Katherine Elrod
  • February 13, 2019
Vendors. We’ve all got them. And we’re pretty careful who we do business with. Right? Or are we? I’m not talking about price or value or previous customer satisfaction, but…
Share

Data Privacy Reminder: Five risks and remedies

  • Katherine Elrod
  • February 2, 2019
Privacy and security may seem unattainable. Every day, we learn of some new hack, some new incidence of a trusted partner or service exposing or selling our information. Securing your…
Share

Importance of testing technology

  • Katherine Elrod
  • January 31, 2019
New year, new stuff. Many companies steer clear of major system upgrades in the fourth quarter. So depending upon your industry, it’s very likely you’ve got an implementation coming up.…
Share

Archive or backup? Answer these four questions

  • Katherine Elrod
  • December 17, 2018
Whether you’re thinking of moving your business data to a cloud-storage solution or you’re already there, there may be a potentially costly consideration you’ve overlooked: Archiving versus cloud storage and/or…
Share

Inbox Zero? You don’t need something new; just learn how to use Outlook

  • Katherine Elrod
  • November 19, 2018
Who among us isn’t tortured by that nagging mail icon with the red badge of horror above it? Is it possible to have 1,600 unread messages? Or no unread messages…
Share

Has technology fulfilled the promises of 2012?

  • Katherine Elrod
  • November 5, 2018
This column is appearing exactly six years to the day since the first one I wrote for the first issue of Upstate Business Journal. As I approached this milestone, it…
Share
Latest Issue
  • March 2021
View Archive

GET UBJ DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX

Subscribe for UBJ's free weekly digest of the Upstate's business news.

Town MagazineGreenville JournalTown MagazineAtHome Upstate
UPSTATE BUSINESS JOURNAL
  • Legal
  • Submit News
  • Sponsorship Request
  • Advertise
Upstate South Carolina Business News

Input your search keywords and press Enter.