Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, more business than ever are now conducted via video chat. You may be using it yourself as a tool to work remotely. Nevertheless, while these conversations may help keep your team connected to one another, the experience certainly isn’t the same as what would be found in the office conference room. There is one specific trait that can help video conferencing be as smooth as possible for everyone, though.
Collaboration is imperative for a business’ success, but with more teams than ever divided up amongst their homes, it is arguably even more imperative to their operations. Listed below are three ways that your team can collaborate more effectively while maintaining remote operations.
Microsoft Outlook has some cool, overlooked features to help reduce the time you spend managing your email. Listed below are two tips on this subject.
The tools available for businesses to utilize have gained considerable benefits as technology has developed. The cloud, a particularly paradigm-shifting advancement, has provided businesses access to better solutions than ever before, and with the added bonus of making them easier to manage. Listed below are a few such solutions that many businesses are now embracing.
Businesses rely on their networks to successfully complete the tasks they need to accomplish; it's imperative that the networks you rely on are properly managed. Listed below are a few tips and best practices that can help you ensure that your network is being properly maintained.
Businesses of all kinds rely on their telephone systems. There is a modern option that can revolutionize any business’ communications platform, and do so for a fraction of the cost of a traditional telephone system: VoIP.
As time marches on and new technology arises, a lot of the processes that organizations rely on become more efficient and stand to deliver greater benefits to the businesses that use them. These benefits are accessible to businesses of all sizes, including small businesses.
Businesses are beginning to reopen as stay-at-home orders are lapsing. Remote solutions have gotten many of those businesses through this ordeal and for many others they continue to deploy a remote workforce. For businesses still promoting telework, monitoring your local IT environment is something that you need a solution for. Listed below are some of the best practices you can use to monitor your IT while out of the office.
Conferencing has been a critical tool for businesses as stay-at-home orders have moved their operations out of the office and into worker’s homes. While there are dozens of video conferencing solutions on the market, businesses should consider security just as much as they consider functionality. Below is a look at security for your company’s conferencing solutions.
For the last decade, cloud computing has grown fairly quickly, but with a new decade, and a dangerous virus that has people and businesses leaning on hosted computing solutions more now than ever, it seems like a good time to review the types of cloud options that are available, and how they offer value to businesses just like yours.
Disasters happen. Although this may not be the kind of thing you want to consider in terms of your business’ operations, it is something that must be done if you want to be prepared for the moment when a disaster occurs (as so many businesses are now learning firsthand). Listed below are a few best practices and tips to help you stay positive during this, and other, serious crises.
Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, many businesses are maintaining their operations by enabling remote work. While we normally focus on how you should properly take care of your technology, we wanted to shift our focus momentarily to the people using this technology, and how they can do so more safely.
To do so, we have to consider ergonomics.
Protecting your online accounts, your data, and your clients’ information is now more critical than ever. Industry and state-mandated compliances are now forcing businesses to tighten their cybersecurity, and it’s imperative that every human being on the Internet take their own personal security seriously. This guide is designed to offer the best practices for strong passwords.
Every business needs a continuity plan (BCP) so that if their business is forced to deal with any problems, they have a working plan in place to get the business back up and operational as soon as possible. It’s one thing to have it all written down on paper, outlining how things are supposed to go, and quite another thing to have a working strategy when faced with operational interruptions. Listed below are some of the basics of business continuity to help you comprehend all that goes into a successful plan.
Cloud solutions can help support your office’s productivity; especially now, when it isn’t recommended that anyone congregate in the office. Thus, we wanted to go over how you can help even your remote workforce be more productive by utilizing cloud technology.
A lot of employees have been working from home for the better part of a month, but the rise of the remote worker was happening long before the COVID-19 pandemic demanded people work from home. Modern business owners that wouldn’t usually be in favor of a remote workforce are starting to come around as they see comparable productivity and less overhead costs than normal. With their remote workforce doing pretty well, one issue that these business owners are seeing is periodic miscommunication. Listed below is a look at how to enhance your company’s remote communications with technology you probably already have access to.
Business efficiency can be helped by putting a concrete process in place, which is why it feels natural to develop one in the workplace. Naturally, these processes should also come into play when working remotely. What makes a routine so advantageous, and how you can develop one to optimize your success?
At any given time, a business needs to consider its security, but this need only intensifies when its employees are working remotely. With the coronavirus pandemic very much still in play, the likelihood that your workers are in this situation has risen dramatically. In order to maintain your organizational security, you must consider the many factors that a remote workforce can introduce.
With COVID-19 resulting in people staying at home, many telecommunications companies have started to make concessions to make life easier for their customers. Whether it is used for entertainment, work, or communication, Internet access is imperative right now, and so ISPs and cell carriers are taking steps to help facilitate this.
The rising popularity of ransomware has been disconcerting to many IT professionals, especially due to the different tactics that this malware variant has been spotted utilizing. In order to protect your business from these attacks, it helps to know how they work. Listed below is a beginner’s guide to ransomware types to help you identify and avoid them.
