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.
Your employees appreciate when you provide them with all the tools they require to accomplish their day-to-day tasks. If you take the time to give them everything they need to do their jobs, then they will, in turn, provide you with a higher rate of productivity and work quality. One way you can make this happen is by providing them access to the technical assistance they require to succeed.
Businesses require hardware and software to keep an infrastructure running, but not all businesses specialize in the management and acquisition of these systems. Moreover, some organizations don’t even know what their specific needs are, which is shocking to think about. Macro Systems is here to help you make the best decisions possible with your hardware and software acquisitions.
Technology has altered the culture of some office environments, for better or worse. While we tend to err on the side of implementing IT as being worth the risk, it’s always best to go into implementing a new technology solution with the thought of not just how it will affect operations, but how it might influence your company's culture. Below we go into detail about ways that implementing a new IT solution might affect the way your staff interact with each other, as well as what you should look out for when implementing such solutions.
Your organization is susceptible to countless threats and vulnerabilities, all of which aim to harm your business. These hazards include all kinds of technology-related issues that cause downtime and other negative situations that your organization has to overcome. Listed below are some of the threats you face every day, as well as an appropriate response to each.
Databases are especially convenient for allowing access to critical data, but they, by default, expose data to risks depending on how they are stored. For example: if a database is stored in the cloud it could potentially be vulnerable to threats that put the future of your organization in jeopardy. Compared to the public cloud, a private cloud database can give you more opportunities for security, flexibility, and customization.
Collaboration is imperative to the success of your business; productivity can rarely happen without it. Some modern collaboration tools have enhanced operations so much that they have completely altered the workplace dynamic, making meetings easier to manage, clients easier to communicate with, and managing in-house processes in a more productive way. It’s not surprising that the proper collaboration tools can help your business overcome just about anything.
Artificial Intelligence is one technology that results in both excitement and fear. People’s imaginations tend to run away with them when they have conversations about AI. Organizations of all kinds are beginning to figure how they can utilize advanced AI platforms and machine learning to facilitate better business, but is it working? Below we'll take a look at how AI innovation is changing business and see how ready AI is for primetime.
Sometimes a company focuses too much on what they think they need without asking for the opinions of the ones actually responsible for utilizing it: the end user. Implementing a new technology solution in this way is like asking a client what their favorite ice cream flavor is, then giving them the ice cream flavor you think it should be. In terms of your organization's IT, productivity can go a long way if you just take a moment to listen to your employees.
Business continuity is one topic that not a lot of people know a lot about; there isn’t a curriculum that presents a comprehensive outline on how to deal with disaster. Listed below are some continuity strategies that work, regardless of the situation, to get your organization coordinated and back up and running fast following a disaster scenario.
