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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.

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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For Small Businesses, a Simple Approach is the Best Approach

For Small Businesses, a Simple Approach is the Best Approach

To maintain a healthy and thriving business, it's essential to have a team that can effectively manage spending. For small businesses, this often means making strategic choices. Listed below: why a simple approach to technology might be the best strategy.

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Best Practices to Avoid Getting Hacked

Best Practices to Avoid Getting Hacked

Data breaches can cripple organizations and can come from a lot of different directions. They can be the result of phishing attacks where your staff unwittingly gives hackers access to your business’ resources. It can come from a brute force attack where hackers use innovative tools to break into your network. It can even be the work of disgruntled employees who use their access to steal company data. Listed below are the top three things you can do to keep your business from being hacked. 

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The Difference Between COPE and BYOD

The Difference Between COPE and BYOD

With mobile devices being such a large part of doing business, it’s imperative that your business has a plan to manage them. Many times this comes with a lot of hand-wringing. One of the biggest issues is whether or not the business invests in their employee mobility or if they simply demand that they gain use of employee-owned devices. In today’s blog we’ll go through the mobile management strategies of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) and Corporate Owned, Personally Enabled (COPE).

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Data Hack ALERT: Every Social Security Number Stolen by Cybercriminals

Data Hack ALERT: Every Social Security Number Stolen by Cybercriminals

We’re still getting more information on this, but at the time of writing this, every American can assume that their social security number has been stolen. Listed below is what we know so far.

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Can Your Organization Benefit from the Internet of Things?

Can Your Organization Benefit from the Internet of Things?

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a term you’ve probably heard by now but may not completely understand; that’s normal, as there are a lot of things that could be labeled under the IoT. This month, we thought we would go through some ways the average business can use the Internet of Things to its advantage.

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You Want IT and Security Working Together for Your Business

You Want IT and Security Working Together for Your Business

It should come as no surprise that a modern business’ information technology and security precautions are frequently tied closely together—and wisely so. Not only can today’s technology greatly augment the security a business can defend itself with, but advanced security is needed to protect the critical IT that modern businesses rely on to function.

This makes it imperative that these two aspects of your business work together, so let’s go over some ways to ensure they can do so optimally.

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How to Utilize Google Drive to Send Large Files

How to Utilize Google Drive to Send Large Files

Google Workspace is an effective business platform for your productivity suite, but Google Drive on its own has some merit as a cloud storage and file-sharing platform. Listed below: how to use Google Drive to share large files.

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Network Security Tips for Your Organization

Network Security Tips for Your Organization

Network security is hard, which is why so many businesses struggle to implement the solutions they so desperately need to stay safe and relevant. Below we demystify some of these components and lay out in clear terms what your highest priorities should be for your business’ network security.

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The Advantages of Software Management Tools

The Advantages of Software Management Tools

Software fuels most modern businesses, even the small shops down the street. Depending on the size and scope of the business, however, managing software can be complex and downright unfun. Listed below is a type of tool that your business can find great value in: a software management solution.

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Cybersecurity Is Mandatory for Businesses

Cybersecurity Is Mandatory for Businesses

Today's businesses cannot and should not operate without robust cybersecurity protections. This is a point we will emphasize at every opportunity. Listed below: why security is so imperative and what steps you need to take to safeguard your business.

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Advantages of Using Managed IT Services

Advantages of Using Managed IT Services

Every business relies on technology for at least part of its operations. This means that every business, especially those with operations that make IT an essential part of the process, will need access to some form of IT support.

For most small and medium-sized businesses today, managed IT is the best option. Listed below are a few reasons why this is.

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It’s Imperative to Know When to Cut Your Business’ Losses

It’s Imperative to Know When to Cut Your Business’ Losses

“Quit.” The q-word is, in a business setting at least, one of the worst four-letter words someone can use… usually. In the context you probably first thought of, yes, but there are plenty of times that quitting can directly benefit your operations.

For example, say you have a project that is eating all of your resources, with no real returns in sight. What do you do then?

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VoIP Provides a Lot of Advantages

VoIP Provides a Lot of Advantages

Communication is an imperative aspect of business: it builds the collaborative space needed to efficiently get work done and provides the platform in which to handle any and all customer concerns. Listed below are all the things that makes Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) one of the most valuable pieces of technology any organization can implement.

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4 Ways Your Business Can Prepare for Disaster

4 Ways Your Business Can Prepare for Disaster

A disaster can strike when you least expect it. It doesn’t matter how small or large your company is; there is always the possibility that your business could have to deal with the technological fallout of a disaster. Listed below are four ways you can prepare for that inevitable day.

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