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3 Cyberattackers Putting Business at Risk Cyberattacks and data breaches happen worldwide, and no one is immune. Your business needs to protect its networks and systems, and secure sensitive data. But how much do you know about the types of cybercriminal out there....

Your Webcam Could Be Spying On You In the midst of a global lockdown, many of us have been relying on webcams to stay connected. These cameras let us join virtual meetings for work and online hangouts with friends. But bad actors can also use a webcam to spy. Someone...

COVID the Sequel: Revisit Business Continuity Plans There's a sequel no one has any interest in seeing predicted to open this fall - COVID: The Second Wave. Despite lack of audience interest, we could face another coronavirus pandemic. For business, this means...

Protecting Shared Computers for Work from Home Many families today have a shared home computer to help with day-to-day activities. A teen can search for a job and stream shows. A parent can check work emails, pay household bills, and shop online. A youngster can play...

Adding Accountability to Remote Work Today, businesses are embracing digital technology to enable productivity anywhere, any time. Yet ensuring accountability is a stumbling block to widespread acceptance of remote work. Recently, COVID-19 has forced many businesses...

Returning to Work: Prioritizing Safety with IT Too Your business has the OK to go ahead and get back to work on-site. You want to return to your office, but you don't want to risk people's health by doing so. After all, some say it's too soon to go back. Plus, others...

Help Wanted: Should You Be Hiring a Virtual CIO? How many seats are there at your C-suite table? A small business might have only a CEO. A mid-sized one may add another one or two C's - COO? CFO? CMO? But you don't have to be enterprise-sized to enjoy a Chief...

Make an MSP Your Technology Sherpa They don't always get credit, but climbers reaching the summit of Mount Everest rely on a Sherpa to guide them. Making information technology decisions can feel like climbing a mountain, but there's help for that, too. A managed...

Improve Your IT Cashflow The economy is one more victim of the COVID-19 coronavirus. The global lockdown has many businesses feeling the pain. As finances grow tighter, business leaders are looking to improve cashflow. These key areas can help IT curtail spending....

Tips for Trouble-Free Online Meetings Online meetings are the new norm for many, but that doesn't mean people magically know how to enjoy a trouble-free online conference experience. These tips can power more successful meetings. Many businesses today are working from...

Solving Your Work-from-Home Internet Woes Your internet used to meet your needs. You could check social media and stream a TV show whenever you wanted without trouble. Now, since working from home, you're finding your internet service more frustrating: it's too slow...

Take IT off Your Plate with an MSP Partnership Let's be realistic. You don't care about information technology (IT). Or, you do, but only so far as it supports you getting the things you care about done. You'd rather not think about IT at all. Many businesses are that...

Steer Clear of Coronavirus Scams With the world grappling with a health pandemic, scams are shocking. Regrettably, bad actors are everywhere, always looking for opportunities, and they're seeing one in the coronavirus. This article outlines what you need to watch out...

How to Stay Focused Working from Home Working from home is not for everyone - we've all heard that said before - but many of us worldwide are now being forced to work from home. It can be challenging, especially when you have to adapt in the midst of all the other...

Remote Working with Office 365 Working from home is a big change in an already tumultuous time. Yet there's a bright side. The quarantine could be your opportunity to reinvent how you work - for the better. Migrating to Microsoft Office 365 has benefits now. Plus,...

Setting Up Your Work from Home Tech You've been told to stay put and work from home. You're looking around your home or apartment and thinking, "uhm, work where?" You've never set up a home office. Here's help getting you organized to go online and get things done...

"Have you tried turning it off and on?" There's one solution to tech problems that everyone knows: turning the device off and then back on again. This go-to move is a bit of a joke in the IT industry. Who needs help-desk support if you can find a power switch?...

Need a Second Opinion? IT Support for Your Home The majority of homes today have at least one computer, and that's unlikely to be the full extent of the technology. Everyone has a smartphone, and there may be streaming devices, modems, routers, or printers, and -...

Should You Buy A Consumer or Business PC? Before buying a computer for work, it’s important to consider whether your best bet is to get a consumer model or one built specifically for business use. You’ve probably seen business computers with the same brand name that...

Beat the IT Burden Technology today allows us to accomplish more tasks faster than ever before. Paperless documents, remote collaboration and video conferencing have all lowered the costs and increased the speed of everyday business at an extraordinary rate. The...

What's Causing Your Bandwidth Woes? Every time employees send or receive data online they need bandwidth. Like time and money, bandwidth is a scarce resource in many offices. After all, computers and digital devices rely on bandwidth to complete tasks online....

PSSST... Are You Protected Against Leakware? You've heard about ransomware by now. Cybercriminals access and encrypt your data. You have to pay a "ransom" for the key to unlock it. Leakware is similar, but now the bad actors are threatening to post confidential...

11 Reasons To Upgrade To Office 365 TodayWith Office 365, it seems common sense has finally prevailed, giving business the changes they actually want. It’s still Office, and your staff will still know exactly how to work it, but they’ll get so much more done.1. The...