Acme Business

10/22/2026

Building A Community
October Business After Hours at Kinley Contractors, LLC
By Belle Martinelli

The Kinley Contractors family welcomed the Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commerce and business community at this month’s Business After Hours, in their new 9,600 square foot shop on their sprawling 11/12-acre campus in Allegany.

“We’re excited to be here and really expand the footprint,” said Jimmy Kinley, CEO and sixth generation Kinley to lead the company. “We’ve been here for a long time, and we have no intentions of going anywhere anytime soon.”

In addition to hosting Business After Hours, Kinley is also hosting their employee appreciation this week, meaning the full crew from Texas was on campus. Mike Giardini, COO, went around the room, introducing directors from Allegany and Texas alike.

“[The] people that make it all happen,” Giardini said. “They’re moving in!” he joked.

Kinley Contractors is a commercial general contractor serving customers nationwide, with particular focus in the Western New York and Northwestern Pennsylvania region. Kinley is a full-service contractor from on-site construction to design build, to construction management.

The Kinley name has been associated with local business and community in WNY for over 125 years. At Kinley, their greatest advantage is their people and unique culture. The relationships they’ve built, and continue to build, are the foundation of their success.

“We have employees across the country, including about 30 from this area who have joined the company,” said Kinley. “This area has produced a ton of talent and still is. The community has been amazing for us; everybody looks out for each other.”

“I can say that we travel all over the country,” he continues, “and this is a really unique group that you have here. Everyone’s really got each other’s backs.”

After 5 p.m., the evening was in full swing, with the warehouse filling up with Chamber members and Kinley staff. Joining this month’s Business After Hours were Attendance Fund Sponsor, Acme Business, who installed the tech and cameras in the new shop, and Special Guest, Olean Carpet Cleaning.

Guests snacked and sipped on food and refreshments provided by Kinley, while they chatted with Chamber members new and old and this month’s guests.

Chris Gagliardo, Assistant Superintendent of CA BOCES, thanked Kinley for their partnership with the school and presented an award to the company, as well as Mike Giardini for his representation and support.

“Part of CABOCES’ mission is to put students where they belong in industry,” said Gagliardo. “I always say it takes a village, and our village expands way beyond the classroom – it goes into our townships [and] communities.”

Through the CABOCES Work-Based Learning program, eligible juniors and seniors gain real-world, on-the-job experience while still enrolled in school. Local businesses like Kinley act as employer partners, providing students with supervised hours and technical training.

“Thank you for being that extension [and] for allowing students in our community to come into the organization,” Gagliardo said to Giardini and the Kinley team.

Gagliardo presented Giardini with a certificate, "In Recognition of Outstanding Contributions as the 2026-2027 Advisory Partner of the Year in Career and Technical Education Programs."

He also presented an award to Kinley Contractors LLC, recognizing the company as the "CABOCES 2026-2027 Advisory Partner of the Year in Career and Technical Education Programs."

“That is how we build community,” said Gagliardo.

10/20/2026

Team Acme supporting the Garden Club!

07/17/2026

I see businesses make the same security camera mistakes over and over:

→ Buying consumer Ring or Nest cameras for a commercial building
→ Storing footage on an SD card that fails silently after 6 months
→ Installing cameras with no night vision in a parking lot
→ Putting cameras on the same unsegmented network as their business systems
→ No remote viewing capability — footage is only accessible on a DVR in a closet

Commercial-grade video surveillance is a different product category entirely. We deploy 3xLogic camera systems for our business clients because they're built for 24/7 operation, support remote monitoring, integrate with access control, and the video analytics are genuinely useful — not gimmicks.

And critically, we put camera systems on a separate VLAN. Your security cameras should not be on the same network segment as your payment processing or file servers. That's not theoretical — IP cameras have been used as entry points in real breaches.
If you're protecting a building, protect it properly.



https://acmebusiness.com/security-cameras-for-business-what-to-know-before-you-buy/

07/10/2026

If a switch fails at 2 AM and nobody's monitoring it, when do you find out? At 8 AM when everyone walks in and nothing works.

Network monitoring means your systems are watched 24/7 by software that alerts us the moment something goes wrong — before your team even notices.

We monitor everything: firewall health, switch port status, bandwidth utilization, disk space, CPU load, backup success/failure, and security alerts.

Last month, our monitoring flagged a failing hard drive in a client's server at 11 PM. We replaced it the next morning during off-hours. The client never knew there was a problem. That's how it should work.

The alternative is finding out when the drive fails and you're down for a day.



https://acmebusiness.com/what-is-network-monitoring-how-proactive-it-prevents-downtime-before-you-know-theres-a-problem/

07/08/2026

After managing IT for businesses across WNY, these are the mistakes I see over and over:

1. No documentation. Nobody knows the admin password to the firewall. It's in a sticky note that fell behind a desk in 2019.
2. Flat networks. Every device on one network segment. If ransomware gets one machine, it gets everything.
3. No offsite backup. The backup drive is sitting on top of the server. In the same room. Under the same sprinkler head.
4. Ignoring firmware updates. Your SonicWall firewall is 3 years behind on patches. Known vulnerabilities are public information.
5. Treating IT as a cost to minimize instead of an investment to optimize.

Every one of these is fixable. Most of them are fixable in a week.



https://acmebusiness.com/the-5-most-common-it-mistakes-we-find-in-small-business-assessments-and-how-to-fix-each-one/

07/03/2026

Happy Fourth of July! 🇺🇸

In observance of Independence Day, our office will be closed on Today, July 3rd. We’ll return to normal business hours on Monday.

Wishing everyone a safe, relaxing, and celebratory holiday weekend!

07/01/2026

Most consumer WiFi routers have one job: get internet to your phone on the couch.

Business networking is a different animal.
When we design a network for a client, we start with a site survey. How many users? What applications? Where are the dead spots? What devices need wired connections? How do we keep guest traffic separated from business-critical systems?

We standardize on Ubiquiti UniFi for our clients' switching and wireless.

Here's why:

→ Enterprise-grade visibility without enterprise pricing
→ Centralized management — we can see and configure every access point and switch from one dashboard
→ VLAN support for network segmentation (critical for PCI, HIPAA, and general security)
→ PoE switching so access points don't need separate power runs
→ Real-time traffic analytics so we can see what's eating your bandwidth

We pair UniFi with SonicWall firewalls at the perimeter. The combination gives our clients Fortune 500 visibility at a small business price point.

If your WiFi coverage has dead spots, if your guest network shares the same subnet as your accounting software, or if you have no idea what's actually on your network — that's a conversation worth having.

If you’re a business owner in Olean, Salamanca, or anywhere in Western New York evaluating your network infrastructure, you’ve probably come across Ubiquiti’s

07/01/2026

Once a year isn't enough. Once a quarter is the minimum. Monthly is ideal.

But here's the thing — a 2-hour annual training where someone reads slides in a conference room doesn't work. People forget 90% of it within a week.

What actually works: → Short monthly modules (10–15 minutes) → Simulated phishing tests (send fake phishing emails and see who clicks) → Immediate feedback when someone fails a test → Make it about real examples, not abstract threats

The goal isn't to make people paranoid. It's to build a reflex: when something looks off, pause and verify. That 3-second hesitation prevents 90% of breaches.



https://acmebusiness.com/how-often-should-you-train-employees-on-cybersecurity/

07/01/2026

Happy Fourth of July! 🇺🇸

In observance of Independence Day, our office will be closed on Friday, July 3rd. We’ll return to normal business hours on Monday.

Wishing everyone a safe, relaxing, and celebratory holiday weekend!

06/24/2026

A client called last week because their accounting software was crawling. The machine was 8 years old running a spinning hard drive. It had been "fine" for years — until it wasn't.

General rule: replace business workstations every 4–5 years. Laptops closer to 3–4.

It's not just about speed. Older machines can't run current security patches. They fall out of warranty. Parts become unavailable. And the productivity loss from a slow machine costs more than the replacement — you just don't see it on an invoice.

We spec Lenovo and HP for our clients because they're reliable, serviceable, and we can standardize deployment across an entire organization using our provisioning tools.

If your machines still have Windows 10 stickers on them, it's time for a conversation.

How long should a business computer last? It's a question that sounds simple but has real implications for security, productivity, and total cost of ownership.