If you were tasked with looking up a phone number, calling a business, and navigating a new-to-you area, would you be able to without your smartphone? For some of us the answer will still be yes, but for a majority of us the answer is no. Smartphones have swiftly transitioned from a calling device to one of our most valuable tools. Shopping, navigating, video streaming, and an incredible amount of other capabilities are all at the palm of your hand.
The way a company approaches its network security is a very important consideration - especially to a company that is planning to have a future. This has contributed to cybersecurity becoming a multi-hundred-billion-dollar per year industry. In its short history, cybersecurity has had a significant impact on businesses, so it would be useful to go through some of the highlights of its deployment.
Is your organization equipped with the required tooling to adopt remote working strategies? Remote workers have a remarkable amount of benefits to contribute to your business’ operations. Remote work is not feasible without a well-thought-out strategy, however. Do you know what your business needs in order to capitalize on remote workers?
Despite its eccentric name, phishing is a very significant threat to everyone, especially modern businesses. Thus, you must be prepared to identify its warning signs and circumvent risky situations. Listed below are a few tips to prevent you from becoming a phishing victim; make sure you share them with your employees as well!
Carrying cash around is uncommon for many modern consumers. Debit and credit cards have taken over as the most widely used payment method. The convenience of not being given a handful of loose change must come at a price -- so how much will it cost you?
Manufacturers are fascinating businesses; not only do they rely on manpower and technology to produce goods, they also depend on IT to power processes, organize their supply chain, and improve organizational efficiency. Since October is Cybersecurity Awareness month we're going to focus on what a manufacturer’s cybersecurity efforts look like.
Companies rely on researched, thorough decisions in order to succeed. But what happens when the internet provides false information, and misleads you from the truth? Time to de-bust some popular tech myths.
The email signature is a usually overlooked opportunity for a company to appear that much more professional. Listed below are directions on how to create your email signature in Gmail.
Microsoft provides solutions that have a reliable history of being assets when businesses adopt them; however, like most solutions, what may fit well for one business may not fit well for all.
Recently, green technologies had a reputation for being costly, instead of cost-saving. On the other hand, business owners are beginning to see a multitude of benefits for going green - from cost savings to growing customer appreciation for environmental conservation.
Many users want to utilize personal devices in a business setting, but some businesses do not support Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) because of the risk of data loss. There are a couple options to separate work data, but not restrict users from their own personal apps or data. Below is a look at how your business can take advantage of employees that already having a capable device, and how you can keep them from compromising security.
For the small business looking to enhance both their communications system and their IT budget, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is a great solution. VoIP provides clear and reliable calling services that some landline services just don’t offer.
The Chromecast is a convenient, easy-to-use device, even in a business setting. Yes, it is a consumer device, but some of its abilities directly translate to professional use. Below is a guide on setting up your Chromecast, four useful-for-business features, and the process of resetting your Chromecast if it ever requires it.
As technology progresses, gadgets are created which can be advantageous not only to our social lives but in our business practices. Enter Radio-frequency identification (RFID), a somewhat new technology which businesses have been progressively using.
The big tech companies have influence. These organizations, which include Apple, Google, Amazon, and Facebook, have been in the spotlight more and more as the argument of data privacy has increased and become louder. Public sentiment is starting to blow back on their business model--and since, Yahoo, once the principal name in Internet-based services, was broken up and sold to Verizon for cents on the dollar after being at the center of the largest data breach in recorded history--there have been rumblings that there has to be something done to defend the public from major publicly-traded technology organizations that use individual’s data in ways that some deem unethical.
Do you have different passwords for all of your accounts? Are these passwords adequately complex? Chances are you have used a repeating password at some point. Remembering 25 different logins for 25 different applications is hard enough, so it’s not surprising that most people will use the same password for many applications. Bad password practices are all too ordinary. How can you fix this issue?
Thanks to the growing abilities of modern computing networks, businesses have been able to experience increased productivity. One such capability, cloud computing, has permitted businesses to reach outside of their physical location to conduct their operations. Below is a review of some of cloud computing’s other advantages.
In the final part of our guide we'll review some other assorted considerations to be aware of as you finalize your new device.
No matter how well your new computer operates, you aren’t going to be able to accomplish much with it if you can’t see what you’re doing; you will need a display. Naturally, there are a lot of considerations to make when selecting one, which are outlined below, along with some of the options you’ll come across.
Storage space is the focus of the third part of our computer purchasing guide. As a general rule, modern gadgets have a few available options in terms of storage but the brand and version of the device can have an impact on the amount of space available. As you choose your desktop or laptop to buy, its storage capacity is absolutely imperative.
