How often do you find yourself in this situation: You're typing on your computer pushing through your day-to-day tasks, and communicating with your employees when suddenly, your computer freezes up, which forces you to perform a hard reset just to get your computer responsive again. Sound familiar?
As a business owner, you have a lot on your plate. Thus, enhancing your productivity and streamlining how you spend your time while in the office is of paramount importance. With a simple four-step process, you can make your daily tasks so much easier to manage and, by extension, your business as a whole. Listed below are four tips that you can apply to your daily routine to improve your productivity during the workday.
When you walk into most new businesses you’d be hard-pressed to think that IT has only been utilized in business for a few decades. Most modern businesses use a variety of workstations to handle scheduling, inventory, procurement, payroll, and a list of other business functions. With that in mind, it stands to reason that keeping that IT working is the only way to efficiently run your business. Listed below is a look at how to keep your IT support costs low while keeping your technology managed properly.
With so many organizations having successfully made use of remote work for so long, there has been some concern that this extended means of operation will have a negative impact on company culture. Listed below is a discussion on why this is something to avoid, as well as how to avoid this withering of your team’s collective working relationship.
Twitch, Amazon’s popular streaming service where gamers and content creators broadcast to wide audiences, recently endured a data breach. Due to this data breach, folks on the Internet now know just how much these content creators make, and it has exposed a whole new problem that Amazon must resolve.
Many threats instantly make themselves known on your device the second they install themselves, like ransomware and other kinds of malware. Others, like the newly discovered threat called MosaicLoader, discreetly install themselves in the background of your device and cause issues behind the scenes.
A vulnerability in Microsoft’s MSHTML browser engine has been found and tracked by Kaspersky. It is being exploited all over the world right now. How can you avoid this vulnerability so that it doesn’t affect your business?
Google’s latest update for their popular Chrome browser has a surprise: Chrome can now change many menus to Microsoft’s Windows 11 style menus. While this may be a surprise to some, Google and Microsoft have started to work together in places. Microsoft’s Surface Duo smartphone runs Android technology, and now Google’s Chrome can be customized with Microsoft software in mind.
Phishing is one of those threats that has been around for a while, and as time passes by, only become more difficult to identify. Some businesses can’t tell the difference between phishing scams and actual emails. Listed below are steps your organization can take toward properly identifying and responding to phishing emails.
You’re busy working, when suddenly your computer crashes…what do you do? Of course, your first response should be to reach out for support. Listed below is an explanation about how your acquisition of support may go, even if your problem cannot be resolved remotely.
The Google My Business application has helped business owners manage their online presence for some time now, having gone through numerous name changes in its time. Google has one final change planned for its application, however.
With the holidays approaching, people are ready to go out and find the best gifts for their loved ones. That being said, people don’t want to spend their money frivolously; they want to find the best deals while they are available. Listed below is a list of some of the best Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals that have been announced so far.
We’re all aware of the outage that Facebook experienced a few weeks before it announced its Meta rebrand, which prevented users around the world from accessing the services that the social media giant provides. While it may not sound like a significant issue that people couldn’t share their thoughts with one another for a short time, the ramifications stretched far beyond the inability to scroll through a Newsfeed.
When you read the articles available on our blog, you may see the phrase “managed services” a lot. That’s because we firmly believe that managed services are the solution to a lot of problems that small and medium-sized businesses have with technology management, maintenance, and acquisition. How can managed services help your business push past its limits and establish itself as a powerhouse in the local market?
Having a network-connected printer is good, but there might come a time when you must know what the IP address is. Listed below is how you can find your printer’s IP address in the settings for Windows 10 and why you might need to know this information.
Network security is remarkably critical for businesses, whether they are small organizations or large enterprises, regardless of industry or number of clients served. Your business needs to take it seriously, which means that you need to actively monitor your network for signs of intrusion. Listed below is a look at what goes into network monitoring.
While we have a lot to say about the advantages of the right IT solutions, even we can acknowledge that there is a point of diminishing returns. Thus, how much technology is too much technology, specifically in terms of the software your team relies on? Listed below are some of the warning signs.
A lot of people spend the modern workday with headphones on or earbuds in, listening to music as they work or communicating via a headset; it's inevitable that these devices will get dirty. Listed below are tips on how these devices can be safely cleaned to get rid of the grime that nobody wants to be wearing on their head.
Businesses have always relied on technology in at least some capacity, whether it’s hosting an email server or platform or using a word processor for various tasks. However, many struggle with technology procurement, management, and maintenance for a variety of reasons. Listed below is a look at what some of these reasons are, as well as how managed services can relieve these pressures to create a better experience for your organization as a whole.
With the world dramatically changing in the past two years, work strategies have changed substantially. Now companies that once were anti-remote work are embracing the strategy. This means that the way they need to manage their IT has to change with the times. Alas, threats also evolve. Hackers and scammers are now doing more to target virtual private networks.
