Ensuring that your organization's file-sharing policies and procedures are built to enhance security can significantly improve collaboration, distinguishing between efficient, streamlined processes and time-purging, wasteful practices. Navigating this terrain can be a challenge. Listed below are several best practices your business can adopt to optimize file-sharing.
Information technology provides businesses of all sizes significant benefits, very much including small and medium-sized organizations. Listed below are five modern tools that offer this kind of inclusive utility to the point that we see them as essential for successful business operations today.
Your Android smartphone is a computer itself; as such, it runs with an operating system installed. You install programs on your smartphone the same way you install them on your computer, although the process is more complicated. Below is an explanation of the types of files that the Android operating system uses to install apps on your phone, as well as why it might be a good idea to let the Google Play Store do the hard work for you, in terms of locating and installing apps.
In business technology, automation reigns supreme, especially for tedious tasks that offer little to the individual performing them. Remote management epitomizes such tasks, and strategic automation can greatly improve organizational productivity. Listed below is how automation can help you stay proactive.
Do you have employees who struggle with their technology? Chances are that there will always be individuals who are not as proficient with it as you might expect, and without a dedicated IT resource to ask for assistance, they might get frustrated and disengage with their work. You need to provide the right support to your employees. Fortunately, Macro Systems has just the right solution to your problems: a help desk!
Today's workplace wouldn’t exist as it does without the creation of wireless Internet or Wi-Fi. Understanding how your wireless router works can be incredibly helpful for any business owner, and it can help you get even more out of your wireless connection. Listed below is some information about wireless routers that can help you use them more effectively.
It’s easy to look at a power strip and a surge protector and question if there’s anything that actually makes them different. After all, they both give you extra plugs, right?
Yes, but there’s more to it than that. Listed below are some of the important differences between the two that make one a far better choice for your business’ power delivery needs.
Foldable displays are an emerging trend in the technology industry, as they are quite unique in their form factor and capabilities. What is the real value of this tech, though? Who is it actually being marketed to, and what for?
Last week we shared a blog referencing “smart chips” that could help augment a Google Doc. Listed below is a deeper dive into the topic of smart chips so you could apply them to your own Google Docs and Sheets.
With the blockchain becoming more popular as a technology, we thought it would be good to discuss how it works and why you should be aware of it. The zeitgeist usually portrays it as a nefarious tool utilized by cryptocurrency and scams, but at its core, it is far from this; in fact, the applications of such a decentralized and transparent technology make it perfect for certain tasks.
For the small business, mastering advanced communication tools and strategies is not just a luxury, it's a necessity. Listed below is a look at advanced small business communications, discussing the latest technologies, strategies, and best practices that can elevate your business to new heights.
2023 was a banner year for artificial intelligence, with the technology exploding into the mainstream and becoming more accessible by the public than ever before. Listed below is what we’ve seen in the past year in terms of AI changed things for workers and workplaces everywhere.
Think about all the experiences you've had thanks to the rapid innovation of technology. We can all agree that technology is cool. These we have $10 drones, mugs that keep your coffee warm, and LEDs everywhere.
So what’s next?
Over the past few years, artificial intelligence has become a bona fide buzzword amongst businesses of all sizes, with 97% of respondents to a Forbes survey seeing a potential benefit in some way, shape, or form. That being said, with it being integrated everywhere in our modern lives, it is critical that we remember that AI is still a human invention, and as such, it is vulnerable to our own implicit biases.
AI has undoubtably emerged as the standout technology of the year, and it was only a matter of time before Microsoft entered the arena with its own enterprise-ready AI platform. The introduction of Microsoft CoPilot has created a fair amount of confusion and left many questions unanswered. Listed below is an explanation of what CoPilot is and as well as the value you can expect to get out of the new Microsoft AI.
Laptops have become the most used workstations in business. Laptops are great, but their batteries are seemingly getting worse all the time. This is influenced by several factors, and it can vary significantly depending on the specific model and usage patterns. Listed below are some of the reasons why laptops seem to die quickly.
Mobility has become a key contributor to many businesses’ productivity plans. As a result, Mobile Device Management (MDM) has become an essential tool for organizations to manage and secure mobile devices within their networks. Listed below are five vital benefits of Mobile Device Management.
Your business’ backup and disaster recovery preparations are an imperative part of your continued success as an organization, specifically, how they are measured by two key metrics: your recovery time objective (RTO) and your recovery point objective (RPO).
That being said, it’s critical that you are able to determine what your organization can support in terms of your recovery time and recovery point objectives… but how does one do that?
Love them or hate them, self-service checkout registers in brick-and-mortar stores are here to stay, especially considering that research has demonstrated that Gen Z has about twice the level of buy-in to the automated point-of-sale terminals as Gen X does, and that self-checkout is the predominant modern form of payment. With this success, many have wondered how welcome biometric payment processing might be.
As it turns out, it would seem it isn’t.
While artificial intelligence is frequently hyped up to the point that it seems to be plucked from the realm of science fiction, its true applications are actually much more mundane. However, these applications are often the ones that show the most promise in terms of the value they have to offer society.
For example, let’s consider the work that Google is doing via something called Project Green Light.
