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4 Steps to Get Office Automation ‘Right the First Time’

Office automation uses software and hardware solutions to ease your workload. At its simplest, office automation may involve filtering your email inbox into organized folders. However, as your business expands, the number and scale of tasks needed to keep the business running increase exponentially. Soon enough, you and your employees will find yourselves relying on the automation of your information […]

10 Common Computer Problems Your Office Can Avoid

A wise man once said, “Never trust a computer you can’t throw out a window.” That man was Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Inc. Even someone as dedicated to computers as the co-founder of Apple knows that computer issues are something no person can avoid. Computer problems are unfortunately a common occurrence in every office. Be it normal wear-and-tear or […]

How Network Management Services Can Benefit Your Business

Are you dealing with spyware? DNS errors? Bandwidth limits? 1 in 10 organizations without a network monitor spend 30 working days per year addressing IT issues. Are you one of them? The truth is, many small businesses are overwhelmed by their IT needs and when you add new technologies into the mix, things can get tricky. But here’s the good […]

5 Ways Outsourcing Your IT Support Can Grow Your Business

Managed Service Providers (MSPs) or as most people call it an outsourced help desk, can help businesses take a proactive approach to managing their technology without the expensive step of hiring an in-house team. Your MSP is essentially a collection of niche technology experts working behind the scenes to keep your data safe, generate solutions to IT problems and keep […]

What small businesses need to know about ransomware (and why backups are so important)

Ransomware payments for 2017 are expected to hit over 2 billion dollars, according to the FBI. That compares to just $24 million paid in 2015. And it’s expected to get even worse in 2018. Big and medium-sized companies are more attractive extortion victims, since they can pay a bigger ransom, however, an IBM report says small businesses need to know […]

THE TOP NINE BIGGEST CHALLENGES WHEN MOVING YOUR BUSINESS TO “THE CLOUD”

The use of cloud technology is on the rise, as businesses are becoming increasingly aware of the multiple benefits cloud computing can have in terms of efficiency and profitability. The technology is now used by as much as 70% of U.S. organizations. The figure is expected to grow further, as businesses surveyed said they were working on transferring more IT […]

File Sharing Is a Great Way to Leverage the Cloud for Your Business

Technology is a big deal for the modern business. This doesn’t mean just your organization’s workstations and servers either. Today there is a big shift in the way that small-to-large businesses get the computing resources they need to succeed. As cloud-based offerings continue to offer organizations computing options they haven’t had before, one hosted solution stands out for the value […]

From 2 To 20 In the Blink of An Eye! Is Your Business Growing and Struggling to Keep Up?

From 2 to 20 in the blink of an eye. Is your business growing? Are you ready? Many companies struggle to add staff and equipment one by one as needed. What if you could have a solution in place that makes adding staff as easy as a quick phone call? After all, we are all in the business of growing […]

The Woes of Work Wi-Fi When it Wont Work

“We have nothing if we don’t have Wi-Fi.” – anonymous Over 70 percent of American households have wireless internet or “Wi-Fi”, and Wi-Fi has seemingly permeated nearly every space we inhabit: libraries, coffee shops, restaurants, hotels, airports, bars, gyms, and even churches. Offering a visitor a few kilobytes to check the news or weather now seems like a basic act […]

Is Your Time Worth Nothing? Why Most DIY Tech Workarounds Waste That Time and Worse Increase the Risks to Your Business

I have the original iPad One which I bought the day Apple first released the iPad. It still works perfectly well but Apple no longer supports it. They forced its obsolescence by no longer supporting the iOS it runs on. Then they created strong incentives for app developers to stop supporting the old iOS versions. I kept using […]