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Jefferson County, mark your calendar 🎆

The Twin City Firecracker Festival is happening June 26–27 in Festus, MO — the perfect way to kick off the Fourth of July week.

Great fireworks. Great community. Great excuse to fire up the grill a few days early.

See you out there. 🇺🇸

Dad always said back up your files before you need them.

Dad was right about a lot of things.

Happy Father's Day to all the dads, granddads, and father figures in the STR community — and across St. Louis. Whether your Sunday looks like the golf course, the backyard grill, or just getting the remote for once, you've earned it. 🍺

45 years. On the Washington, MO riverfront. With wine.

If you know, you know. 🍷

The Washington Art Fair & Winefest is back May 15–17 and we could not be more ready. This is one of our favorite weekends of the year — great artists, local wineries, the river, and the whole community showing up together.

If you're in or around Washington, don't miss it. We'll see you there.

Mom told you to eat your vegetables, call more often, and back up your files.

She was right about all three.

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms in the St. Louis area — especially the ones running businesses, keeping the lights on, and making sure everyone around them has what they need.

We see you. 💐

Give STL Day is tomorrow. 💙

St. Louis nonprofits raised over $6.5 million in a single day last year. This city shows up when it counts.

If you've been meaning to support a local cause — food banks, shelters, youth programs, arts orgs — tomorrow is the day. Every dollar goes directly to organizations doing real work right here.

We're rooting for every St. Louis nonprofit in it. Pick one and make it happen.

May the 4th be with you — and may your backups be, too.

Darth Vader was just an old server that nobody wanted to replace. Don't let your business run on the Dark Side of IT.

May the 4th is our favorite unofficial holiday. We might be slightly biased.

Which side are you on: Jedi-level backups and proactive IT, or winging it and hoping nothing crashes? 🙂

Union, MO is running for a great cause this Saturday. 🏃

The Run for Love 5K on May 2 benefits the Franklin County Foster Closet — supporting local kids who need it most.

This is our hometown. We love seeing it show up for each other.

See you at the finish line, Union. 💙

That earthquake this week? Your server room felt it too.

A 4.0 hit SE Missouri — enough to rattle shelves, shake cabinets, and jostle the hardware your business runs on.

Physical servers, hard drives, on-site backups — they're not built for shaking.

When did you last check where your backups actually live?

If the answer is "...I think on-site," it might be time for that conversation.

From rotary dials to smartphones to VoIP systems that live entirely in the cloud — the office phone has had quite the glow-up. 📞

Happy National Telephone Day! We're feeling nostalgic. Somewhere in St. Louis there's a business owner who remembers untangling a coiled cord just to call a vendor across town.

Now we manage entire business communication setups from anywhere. Times have changed.

What was your first office phone? Drop it in the comments. 👇

Your password is Company2024! isn't it. 😅

No judgment — about 34% of people reuse the same password across multiple accounts. You are definitely not alone.

May 7 is World Password Day, and we'll just leave this here: STR includes 1Password in every managed IT plan. One secure vault for your whole team. No sticky notes. No 8am "forgot password" spirals.

Be honest — how many passwords do you have written down right now? 👇