By WP BrandStudio Data security breaches have been rife in the last few years and have focused on hacks against large companies. Cybersecurity should be an even greater concern for middle market companies—those with revenues of $25 million to $1…

By WP BrandStudio Analytics is changing how business gets done. Companies across all industries are going proactive and using Big Data to get a jump on market shifts, heightened competition, changing operational risks and more. And while launching a sophisticated…

Regulation is nuanced, and applying new regulation can be spectacularly messy. Information gets twisted and is transformed as it makes its way across different communication channels and through different outlets. This means that misconceptions of how a regulation operates and…

Mick Rich Contractors has been in business in Albuquerque, New Mexico since 1988. Rich is a familiar face to government officials and business owners across the Southwest. But his business has fallen from a peak of 100 people to a…

This infographic reveals new research by CIT and The Washington Post that found that middle market business influencers and federal government employees view the impact of regulation on the economy and middle market businesses quite differently. Employees of government agencies…

The Washington Post and CIT conducted a survey among Business and Technology Influentials asking them about their views on the impact technology has on their business. Here’s what we found. Content From

Eric Anderson, the president of Quassy Amusement Park in Connecticut, isn’t a web geek or technologist. He does, however, use technology to help automate his business in a number of innovative ways, like how rides connected to the Internet send…

To truly respond to a customer’s needs in a rapidly evolving business landscape, middle market companies must engage with their customers on an integrated digital and physical level. And the way to achieve that state of being is through the…

After being scarred by the financial crisis, middle market company CFOs and finance departments are proactively taking the lead in enterprise risk management, the practice of identifying an organization’s unique risks. Known as ERM, this practice creates a heightened awareness…

With the U.S. economy finally on firmer footing after years of anemic post-recession growth, middle market executives are training their sights on organic growth. Studies from Deloitte and KPMG reveal that middle market executives plan to focus on organic growth…

As the U.S. economy improves, key sectors are gaining strength with the help of a robust commercial financing market. CIT Group Inc., a leading provider of financing to middle market companies, sees positive momentum during 2014 for the restaurant, commercial…

In the nearly five years since the Great Recession ended, U.S. employment has been gradually increasing. From a high of 10 percent in October 2009 to a post-recession low of 6.6 percent in January, more Americans are back at work.…

Mid-sized businesses account for one-third of employment in the U.S. and one-third of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP). Yet investors, the media and Capitol Hill all too often focus on small startup companies and behemoth multinational companies. In between,…