About
Ben Dowden and Almiga Tech
Ben Dowden is the author of Local AI for Small Business. Almiga Tech helps small organizations evaluate practical AI choices by starting with the business job, tracing the complete data path, naming the operator, and testing the route before committing to a purchase or production dependency.
The objective is a defensible decision—not a predetermined technology sale.
What Almiga Tech does
Almiga Tech helps small organizations compare business AI services, local systems, hybrid designs, conventional automation, and no deployment—then test the choice before they spend heavily or expose important data.
How the work is conducted
- Route-neutral. Cloud, local, hybrid, conventional automation, and no deployment remain valid outcomes.
- Business-first. Begins with one bounded workflow and its current baseline.
- Evidence-led. Separates vendor claims from hands-on results and editorial judgment.
- Operationally realistic. Includes human review, permissions, updates, backup, recovery, support, and shutdown.
- Transparent. Visible verification dates, correction history, limitations, and disclosures.
Disclosure
Ben Dowden and Almiga Tech have no affiliate relationships relevant to this edition as of September 7, 2026. If that changes, compensated links will be labeled beside the affected recommendation.
What this is not
Educational information only. Not legal, financial, medical, compliance, or cybersecurity-certification advice. A local system is not automatically private, secure, compliant, reliable, or less expensive.
Start with the job. Trace the data path. Test before you buy.