Technology is no longer just a support function for a business, it's a critical driver of business performance, security, and competitiveness. As systems age and newer solutions are implemented, the need to evaluate and upgrade your technology becomes imperative. While it’s easy to maintain the mindset of reactive maintenance, relying on outdated technology can quietly hinder growth and expose your business to significant risks.
Windows 10 is rapidly reaching the end of its secure lifetime, with support scheduled to end on October 14, 2025. While this doesn’t mean that the OS will no longer be available to use, it does mean that it will no longer be able to be safely and securely used, a critically imperative distinction.
That is, however, unless you pay for the Windows 10 Extended Security Updates… but is this a feasible or maintainable strategy for businesses?
Happy Valentine’s Day! Today is a day to celebrate love and romance. That being said, the greatest loves can bring the greatest sorrow… especially when the time comes to say goodbye.
Take Windows 10, for example. PC users have loved the OS for a decade, but in a few short months, it will no longer be a good relationship for anyone, particularly business users, to maintain.
Your business relies on software, along with the various integrations it allows for to keep your operations going. A little planning goes a long way, especially if you want to get the best return on your investment. Listed below is a look at how you can find the right mix of software for your business without breaking the bank or experiencing the dreaded “tech sprawl.”
As you should be aware by this point, the Windows 10 operating system is reaching its end of support on October 15 of this year, meaning that it will no longer receive updates of any kind afterward, including critical security updates. What you may not know, however, is that Microsoft is following suit and pulling Office support around the same time.
There aren’t many successful businesses left that haven’t embraced technology in some ways. Even businesses that took a while to integrate it, like restaurants, are more often than not going to have some type of online ordering or point-of-sale system. Listed below is a look at some of the ways technology helps businesses advance.
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.
Regardless of how miraculous or otherworldly technology may seem upon its introduction, it can quickly become so very familiar to us. Hard as it may seem to believe, someday (maybe even soon), things like ChatGPT and other cutting-edge technologies will seem typical, perhaps even humdrum.
Every piece of technology we regularly use these days was once earth-shakingly innovative, regardless of how mundane and common it seems now. Think about it: people once had endless questions about the Internet, about computers…even about electricity. Listed below are some modern innovations that we have many questions about now, but may someday be just as much of a given as the other tools we so commonly use today.
Being a manager is a far different experience than being an employee. So, when you promote one of your team members to this position—or perhaps you’ve recently been promoted to management yourself—it is critical that a few practices are incorporated into their new workflow. Let’s go over these practices, and how the right IT can help.
Change, whether you’re referring to that of your technology or any other business process, is usually a point of contention between management and the rest of the business. Let’s explore this resistance to change that so many feel, and how you can help them overcome it.
Windows 11 is quickly approaching; now is the perfect time to discuss Windows upgrades and upcoming end-of-life scenarios, including Windows 8.1, which is slated to expire in 2023. You might be wondering if you have the hardware to handle this upgrade, and that’s a valid question, but what does the end-of-life scenario for Windows 8.1 really look like for your business?
Most modern businesses rely heavily on information technology to operate, so we thought it would be valuable to share some very simple IT best practices to help assist your operations by keeping your resources productive and secured.
Time passes, and things grow old; this is especially true of technology, as new and better options are developed and released all the time. Sooner or later, you’re likely to need a new system… The only question left is how to get dispose of the old one.
Microsoft is retiring two of its most popular operating systems in just over a week; this shouldn’t be news at this point. Microsoft has frequently been reminding Windows 7 users that they need to upgrade before January 14 - including running a major campaign to do so - but there are still a quarter of all desktop users that haven’t upgraded yet.
Microsoft Windows has been a staple of personal computing for almost 35 years. When Microsoft retires their Windows 7 OS in a few weeks, they will be left with only two PC OSs functional: Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. Below is a look at the Windows 10 OS and when to expect Microsoft to release a new OS.
By the time you read this, Microsoft is shortly going to retire both Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 operating systems; assuming that you are reading this before January 14. If you still are using these software in your business at this point, you need to upgrade, or else deal with the security consequences of dealing with unsupported software. We review your options below.
The End of Support for a Windows operating system sends waves across all industries, signaling an end of an era. Is your business one of the many that still cling to Windows 7? If so, you need to take measures now to prepare for its End of Support date. If you fail to do so, you’re putting your business at unnecessary risk.
SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2, two of Microsoft's most utilized relational database management systems, will be losing support on July 9, 2019. If your organization continues to use one of these titles for its database management, you are running out of time before you need to upgrade. Below we take a look at what the software is used for and what options are available to you going forward.
Sadly, your organization's technology is not immortal. At some point down the road you will have to upgrade away from your current hardware, which, unfortunately, is not as simple as it sounds. Listed below are some pointers to help you out during this difficult process.
