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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.

Explaining Network Drives

Explaining Network Drives

You often hear about “drives” when working with technology, but there are many different types that a computer might use in your business's day-to-day operations. Listed below is an explanation about some of these drives do and why you should know where they are and what they stand for.

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Three Questions You Need to Ask About Your Organization's Technology

Three Questions You Need to Ask About Your Organization's Technology

Technology is an essential component for most businesses. Strategic integration of technology has been proven to address significant operational challenges that often elude smaller businesses and startups. In this context, we'll explore three imperative questions about business technology that every tech-savvy individual should be acquainted with and make clear the importance of such knowledge.

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Big Tech Organizations Don’t Care About Your Data Privacy

Big Tech Organizations Don’t Care About Your Data Privacy

How imperative do you consider security for your personal and private data on your web-connected accounts? If you don’t think about it often, you should be because numerous major enterprises and providers you trust do not respect your data privacy and security. Listed below are how some large companies take advantage of your data and some of the questions you should consider when trusting these companies with your data.

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How Digital Signs Can Help Your Business

How Digital Signs Can Help Your Business

Research suggests that digital signage outperforms other forms of media in successfully capturing the attention of viewers. It also provides the flexibility to present diverse types of content within confined spaces. This results in enhanced engagement and an overall visibility of messages.

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How to Make the Best of Video Conferencing

How to Make the Best of Video Conferencing

Video conferencing has become more popular in recent years, due in no small part to the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced remote work on most businesses worldwide. However, businesses see the benefits of video conferencing, and it has now cemented itself as a go-to communications solution for all businesses. Listed below are some tips on how to make virtual meetings and video conferencing more productive and more engaging.

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Could Innovation be Hurting Your Business?

Could Innovation be Hurting Your Business?

Technology is becoming a standard tool utilized by nearly every business. Learning how to adjust and do things better allows any organization to maximize productivity. In doing so, it creates the environment needed to become a more successful business. But, can innovation actually be a productivity killer? Listed below is a look at how innovating may not always be the best way to get your business to go where you want it to go.

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How Your Organization Can Benefit from the Cloud in 2024

How Your Organization Can Benefit from the Cloud in 2024

Via cloud-based technology your business can change the way it operates in numerous different ways, all of which can benefit you in the long run. If you haven’t yet considered cloud-based solutions for infrastructure, then you could be missing out on some of the greatest innovations of the past decade. Listed below are some ways your business can start to leverage the cloud to its advantage.

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Alternatives to the Note-Taking App Evernote

Alternatives to the Note-Taking App Evernote

Sometimes, good things come to an end. For users who have been using the popular note-taking application Evernote, that time might be now. Listed below is an explanation about why users are jumping ship from what was arguably once the best note-taking app in the world, and what options you might have.

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How Technology can Enhance Productivity

How Technology can Enhance Productivity

Technology plays a vital role in the operations of most businesses, but its primary function is to empower and support the workforce. Many employees have specific expectations when it comes to the technology provided by their organizations. Failure to meet these expectations can drive them to seek employment elsewhere. Listed below are five ways technology bolsters your employees' productivity.

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5 Ways Your Business Can More Effectively Manage Inventory

5 Ways Your Business Can More Effectively Manage Inventory

Sure, retailers have to manage their inventory effectively, but have you ever thought about the way your own business manages what it keeps on hand? Listed below are five ways your business can better manage inventory; it turns out technology plays a vital part in improving any inventory control system.

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Strategies to Help Your Business Get a Positive Return on Technological Investments

Strategies to Help Your Business Get a Positive Return on Technological Investments

Some businesses will put pressure on themselves to get some of the most innovative technology tools available. On the surface, this seems like a great idea, but just because a piece of technology exists, doesn’t mean it will help your business right now. Listed below is a look at some strategies that will help you build the technology your business needs to see a positive return on those investments.

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Operational Issues a Technologically Sound Business can Avoid

Operational Issues a Technologically Sound Business can Avoid

Businesses need to be aware of the role technology plays in today’s operations. Not only do you stand to lose ground on your competition if you fail to properly invest in your technology, it can have other negative effects on your business as well. Listed below are eight things that can go wrong if you aren’t constantly looking to build a technologically savvy business. 

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Tips on Preparing Your Business for Any Form of Disaster

Tips on Preparing Your Business for Any Form of Disaster

With technology serving such an indispensable role in modern business the looming threat of disaster is one that always needs to be considered. With so many consequences on the line, it’s imperative that your business is prepared to deal with these disasters effectively and efficiently. Listed below are some tips for properly preparing for your potential disaster recovery needs.

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How Technology can be Used to Reduce Risk

How Technology can be Used to Reduce Risk

In order for a business to stay competitive, they need to efficiently meet demand. Alas, this is easier said than done and there are potential problems at every level that have to be accounted for one way or another. The best way to go about this is proactively. That means, risk mitigation. This month, we touch on how technology can be used to successfully reduce risk. 

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Pros and Cons of Automation

Pros and Cons of Automation

One way companies attempt to save money is via automating certain processes and tasks that have traditionally been time-consuming or monotonous for their workforce. When implemented appropriately, automation can cut costs, streamline operations, and enhance quality of life for workers. That being said, just because a task can be automated doesn’t necessarily mean that it should be automated. Listed below is a look at the arguments for and against automation in these contexts.

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Technologies That Can Help You Build Better Customer Relationships

Technologies That Can Help You Build Better Customer Relationships

Doing more with less is one of the major advantages of utilizing technology for business and there are plenty of different parts of a business that it can help address. Listed below are some ways the SMB can advance their business with the use of technology. 

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Are You Saving Money on Your Technology-Related Services?

Are You Saving Money on Your Technology-Related Services?

If you are like many businesses, you use a lot of services from other companies to try and get all the business computing you need, without having to buy new servers and pay company IT administrators to look after them. This process is understandable, but are you really saving money by doing it? Listed below is a look at the myriad of services that businesses use and if it is, as advertised, saving them money.

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How You Can Save Money on Your Business’ Technology

How You Can Save Money on Your Business’ Technology

Technology can be expensive to buy and maintain, but it can get a whole lot more expensive if you aren’t cognizant of how your IT dollars are being spent. Long ago are the days when companies could get their technology for a song and it would work for years at a time. Modern business technology has to build a more efficient workplace, as capital is harder to come by today than it has been for quite some time. Listed below are three ways you could be wasting your technology budget and what you can do to ward against it. 

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Signs Your Technology Needs an Upgrade

Signs Your Technology Needs an Upgrade

When your technology gets older it has a tendency to become less effective. This can be a major roadblock to organizational productivity and have devastating effects on your business. These include major downtime events and overwhelming inefficiency. Listed below is a look at some ways that you know that it’s time to focus on reinvestment. 

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How to Create a Cybersecurity Plan for Your Business

How to Create a Cybersecurity Plan for Your Business

With so many threats in business, it doesn’t take much to fall victim to a cyberattack or a scam. Comprehending the dangers out there is the first step in enacting a cybersecurity process that can keep your users and your business safe. Listed below is a look at how to build one in this month’s newsletter. 

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