BCT News

California small businesses are being sued more than all other US states combined over their websites not being ADA compliant. Due to a combination of state tax laws and a general lack of business awareness, law firms are capitalizing on the opportunity to file lawsuits against companies whose websites lack certain web accessibilities.

Over the past five years, California businesses have led the nation in data breach incidents From 2017-2021, more than 3.7 billion dollars in lost revenue can be attributed to poor cybersecurity, according to a recently released report from Forbes. California nearly doubled the next closest state in both data breaches and lost revenue, and the number is only expected to go up.

BCT Consulting, a Fresno-based business technology firm, announced the acquisition of a Los Angeles company that provides technology solutions to nonprofits. The acquisition will allow BCT to better serve clients in the nonprofit space, said Eric Rawn, BCT Consulting founder and CEO.

Over the past few months, there’s been a high increase in solar activity that has drastically interrupted communications and technologies here on Earth. On July 19th, Dr. Tamitha Skov — who has worked with NASA and The Weather Channel —reported on a solar flare that impacted the Earth-strike zone, causing radio blackouts and GPS disruptions for several hours on many parts of the planet as it interacted with Earth’s magnetic field. 

”nearly 100 million Americans are living under shelter-in-place or stay-at-home orders this week"

Never before has there been such urgency from businesses to figure out how to allow their employees to work from home. According to the 2018 American Community Survey from the US Census Bureau, 5 million employees worked at home half-time or more.

"Six local CEO’s and Community Leaders will each share their 10 best ideas that can be utilized to improve your business immediately. Some of the guest speakers include Fresno Police Chief, Jerry Dyer and the Owner of BCT Consulting, Eric Rawn."

“BCT Consulting is giving all of their nearly 80 employees a $1,000 Christmas bonus this year, as well as giving each of their employees the opportunity to pick out a Christmas tree at a local tree farm with their family.”

“BCT Consulting Inc. has received numerous awards throughout the years but is recently celebrating their number one in “Best Technology Company” awarded by The Business Journal’s “2018 Best of Central Valley Business”