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Macro Systems has been serving the Metro Washington, DC area since 1997, providing IT Support such as technical helpdesk support, computer support and consulting to small and medium-sized businesses.

File Sharing Tips for Your Business

File Sharing Tips for Your Business

File sharing is a huge deal. When you try to send your friends a meme or share a video with them and it doesn’t send… that can be extremely irritating. When it comes to business file sharing, miscommunication can cost quite a bit. Listed below is a look at two concepts in small business file sharing and how they help a small business.

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The United Nations is Paying Close Attention to Artificial Intelligence

The United Nations is Paying Close Attention to Artificial Intelligence

One of the many tasks undertaken by the United Nations is to protect human rights around the globe while also working to develop more sustainable and climate-friendly development. As such, the UN has recently taken an interest in the development of artificial intelligence, hoping to create guidelines that allow us to get the most value out of AI without creating more significant problems.

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What Your Business Needs to Include in Security Awareness Training

What Your Business Needs to Include in Security Awareness Training

Security awareness training is an imperative process for today's businesses to undergo to have any chance of success. Alas, as much as security software or policy can help, it can only do so much. You also need your team members to be on board, knowledgeable about what they need to do, and motivated to do it. 

Listed below are some security awareness training tips.

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How Internet Speeds Evolved Since the 1990s

How Internet Speeds Evolved Since the 1990s

We all rely on the Internet. For most of us who have been using it since the mid-90s, we’ve seen a massive change in its use. Today, silent continuous connectivity has replaced the dial-up tones of the late 90s and early 2000s. Listed below is a discussion on how Internet connectivity speeds have changed over the past 30 years. 

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How to Prepare Your IT for an Office Move

How to Prepare Your IT for an Office Move

Moving is difficult, but when you factor in your business’ IT, it becomes twice as irritating and time-consuming. You can make it easier by preparing for the job ahead of time. Listed below is what you can do to prepare for a business IT move well ahead of the scheduled date.

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Advantages AI Offers to the Small Business

Advantages AI Offers to the Small Business

AI has become a significant tool all throughout our modern economy. Businesses are utilizing technology with built-in AI because it enhances operational efficiency. Listed below are some of the benefits small businesses can take advantage of with AI.

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Advantages of Utilizing VoIP

Advantages of Utilizing VoIP

Telephone systems are a critical part of any business. Voice over IP, or VoIP, takes telephone systems one step further by making the service more accessible, flexible, and affordable for SMBs. Listed below are some of the benefits you can expect from using a VoIP system.

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How to Spot and Deal with Sextortion Scams

How to Spot and Deal with Sextortion Scams

Sextortion scams are scary. The scammer contacts the victim, claiming to have gotten access to their computer and captured video footage of their target engaging in some private and decidedly adult activities, as well as the content that was onscreen at the time. The threat: pay up, or I send the footage to all of your contacts.

However, lately hackers have added another layer of “proof” to these claims, now referring to victims by name and including pictures of their homes. Listed below are what one of these scams looks like and what you should do if one appears in your inbox.

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Five Steps to Decrease Your Network Bottlenecks

Five Steps to Decrease Your Network Bottlenecks

A business experiencing a network bottleneck is having a bad day, especially since the ability to share data is so critical to many industries today. However, today’s resource-intensive technologies can easily eat through an organization’s bandwidth and create these kinds of network slowdowns.

Listed below: what can be done to reduce these bottlenecks, if not eliminate them outright.

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The Largest Data Breaches of 2024 So Far

The Largest Data Breaches of 2024 So Far

Data breaches remain a constant threat that cause serious disruptions for businesses and potentially creating widespread issues for customers. Highlighted below are some of the largest and most impactful breaches of 2024.

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Can You Tell If a Hard Drive is Failing?

Can You Tell If a Hard Drive is Failing?

Digital storage has erupted, in no uncertain terms, over the last few decades. While hard disk drives (HDDs) were the predominant storage format for most of that time, today’s faster and hardier solid-state drives (or SSDs) are becoming more affordable and popular.

That being said, there are still plenty of HDDs out there, all far more prone to breaking than their more advanced counterparts. So, how can you tell when a hard drive failure is pending?

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Explaining the Compressed Workweek

Explaining the Compressed Workweek

The concept of a four-day workweek has started to gain significant traction among businesses of all sizes. However, there's a subtle distinction between the traditional four-day workweek and the compressed workweek. Listed below is an examination of the compressed workweek and what it means for employees.

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Explaining Immutable Backups and How They Benefit Your Business

Explaining Immutable Backups and How They Benefit Your Business

We have frequently espoused the benefits of data backups, referring to how imperative they are should your business experience a disaster at any scale. That being said, there is always the concern that your backups could also be altered negatively. This is one reason that immutable backups exist.

Let’s take a few moments to examine the concept of an immutable backup and its benefits.

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Two Employee Problems that can Sabotage Your Company

Two Employee Problems that can Sabotage Your Company

Businesses have to deal with a variety of different types of problems, but they often don’t see many of the problems that come from within their company. Whether this comes from hackers, disgruntled customers, or unreliable vendors, every business leader constantly deals with some type of issue. Alas, sometimes these problems can come from inside your organization. Listed below is a look at two employee issues that can potentially cause major headaches for business owners.

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How to Use Gmail’s Priority Inbox to Your Advantage

How to Use Gmail’s Priority Inbox to Your Advantage

If you use Gmail, you might have noticed the different inbox categories available. This makes it much easier to reach “inbox zero.” With the “priority inbox,” you can achieve this feat without so much as breaking a sweat—unless you count sweat from how much you’re laughing at how easy this tip is to pull off.

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Signs that You are Being Scammed

Signs that You are Being Scammed

Being scammed in any capacity is a scary thought. To avoid this outcome, we must be vigilant all the time now.

Naturally, it also helps to know what to look for.

Listed below are a few warning signs and red flags that something is likely a scam.

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Utilizing Remote Operations Carries Cybersecurity Risks

Utilizing Remote Operations Carries Cybersecurity Risks

Remote work has been incredibly useful over the past few years despite many employers having various concerns about its implementation. While these concerns vary, one prevalent one is how remote operations impact cybersecurity.

If you’re utilizing remote operations to any degree and aren’t concerned about cybersecurity, you must adjust this mindset and correct your approach.

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What Your Business Needs to Know about Scope Creep

What Your Business Needs to Know about Scope Creep

Projects are a big part of the small business model. Whether they are projects to enhance organizational efficiency or productivity or projects that are completed for customers, strong project management is extremely imperative. Scope creep happens when a project becomes less efficient because the demands of the project keep changing. Listed below: a definition of scope creep and how to prevent it from being a problem for your business.

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Are You Doing Enough to Prevent Cyber Attacks?

Are You Doing Enough to Prevent Cyber Attacks?

There are plenty of risks that modern businesses regularly deal with, especially in regards to cybersecurity. This year, a panel of experts shared some human risk management insights at the Cybsafe Impact 2024 USA conference. Listed below are some of the topics they touched on.

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The Vital Functions of Server Management

The Vital Functions of Server Management

Managing servers can be a challenging task for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Despite being essential to your operations, servers are complex technologies that, if not managed properly, can lead to wasted time, energy, and resources. Listed below are the vital functions of server management and how to maximize your current resources.

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