Over the last decade, cloud computing has taken over offices around the world. Currently 90% of companies use the cloud for at least part of their workflow and by 2021, it’s projected that cloud data centers will process 94% of all workloads. There are multiple ways...
One of the big dangers to any small business is the threat of a data breach. Not only is a breach costly as far as the immediate remediation, but those costs can also follow companies for years later. Many never make it 6 months after a breach. According to IBM...
Many small business owners start out trying to keep costs as low as possible, but they can end up undercutting themselves and hurting their company’s chances of solid growth. If you’ve been taking care of your computers and tech on an ad-hoc basis and just getting...
Just like cell networks have different generations, like 3G, 4G, 5G, wireless router connection technology does as well. It’s been about 5 years since Wi-Fi 5 came out, also known as 802.11ac, and due to be released before the end of 2019, is Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax). What...
One of the biggest trends in office technology over the past decade has been the advent of cloud-based applications. Cloud computing allows platforms, such as Office 365 or QuickBooks Online, to be accessed from any device, removing the necessity for a program to be...
If your business has machines running Windows 7, you only have a few months before vital security updates come to an end. And if you haven’t replaced your operating system (OS) by that time, then your business is left open to security vulnerabilities that could result...
A big beneficiary of cloud-based technologies over the last decade has been small businesses.Cloud applications have enabled companies with fewer resources to do more and have more flexibility than traditional computer-based software offers. One powerful cloud...
Office 365 is now used by over half the offices on the planet. This isn’t surprising since the standards – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook – have been a mainstay in offices since personal business computers first came on the scene in the 1990s. But, how many of...
It is not uncommon for a new business just starting out to try to cut costs where ever they can to keep overhead low.One of the ways they do this is by calling for IT help only when something goes wrong, rather than having their tech regularly maintained. But is this...
A company data loss incident today is akin to a fire taking out every single paper file a company stored in cabinets a century ago. Today’s businesses largely use digital files that store customer records, company accounting files, employee records, all their...
