Posts by Lilly Ice
Guide To Implementing Unified Communications
Unified communications offer the latest go-to solution for business owners looking to streamline their businesses and increase employee productivity in the long term. Considering it’s the next great frontier in business communications, investigation is warranted. Creating high-quality communication channels is crucial for any company. After all, doing so promotes cross-department collaboration and quicker idea exchange…
Read More7 Time Management And Productivity Tips
Low productivity presents a massive obstacle to both working and growing your business. Fortunately, solutions abound. People often struggle to finish the task at hand. Regardless of how long they’ve been in the business, productivity seems to evade them regularly. Probably you, too, suffer this problem, even if you’re an experienced business owner. Your to-do…
Read MoreWhat’s An MSP? And Which One Works Best?
IT, aka the computer wizards, constitutes a vital part of business today. However, in-house solutions for most businesses cost a lot of money and offer serious challenges. That’s where Managed Service Plans, or MSPs, come in. Digitalization of modern commerce forces businesses to change up everything, making IT a daily concern. Unless a business owner…
Read MoreSix Ways To Protect Your VoIP Network
So, what kind of communication system are you using for your business? We ask because many modern companies (including all our clients) have long since switched to Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) business telecom systems. This technology allows employees to connect through voice calls using only their internet connection. It offers a wise choice considering…
Read MoreUsing the Windows 365 Cloud PC
Companies race to move their workflows to the cloud in today’s changing economy. Still, employee computers present a bottleneck within that urge to move. The vast majority of businesses out there still rely on desktops and laptops provided as workstations to employees for critical software and data access. Add in pandemic-driven work from home and…
Read MoreWhy Microsoft Edge Might Be Worth Your Time
Approximately 90% of computer activity these days consists of Internet browsing. People love their favorite browsers, and often show no interest in changing whatsoever. (Disclaimer, I’m a Google Chrome girl myself. I’m trying to be fair to Edge here.) Furthermore, plenty of web and cloud applications open through a browser these days, so they also…
Read MoreTop 5 Mobile Device Attacks You Need to Watch Out For
Tablets and smartphones offer portability, often making them the preferred device for web searching, communications, and using multiple programs. With the appropriate service hooked up, they can be used from anywhere. People once used traditional desktop computers. Now, people are using mobile devices instead, often to the point of not wanting a desktop at all.…
Read MoreSigns That Your Computer May Be Infected with Malware
About 34% of companies who get hit by a breach take a week or longer to regain access to their data and systems. In the business world, time is money, so such a long recovery time is clearly unacceptable. No accessing data or systems for an entire week? Many businesses will fold completely, angry customers…
Read MoreMulti-Factor Authentication: Security or Convenience?
Theft of login credentials spiked to an all-time high recently. Credential theft claims responsibility for more data breaches than any other type of attack. Multi-factor authentication (MFA) blocks 99.9% of credential theft attempts, but never gets used as much as it should. Data and business processes frequently use cloud-based storage and apps these days. User…
Read MoreWhich Is More Productive, Two Or One?
We’ve all seen people with two monitors joined to provide a contiguous desktop image. Many of us assume that those setups exist for specialized work only, or that the user is a real techie. Anyone who has ever worked with an additional display, however, loves the extra desktop real estate. All that space helps with…
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