IT Management
Year-end Technology Review Priorities
As the year enters the last quarter, now is the time to plan for the future. Businesses are made up of people, and people begin the new year with hope for growth and improvement. Today, business operations frequently depend on technology. Review your company’s IT for optimization of tech and its use. A year-end technology…
Read MoreCloud PBX Phones for Business
Before we can talk about a cloud PBX, first we must define what is a PBX in the first place. PBX stands for Private Branch Exchange, and at the core it consists of the system that lets a business have internal extensions, transfer calls between those extensions, and conference calling. Once upon a time, businesses…
Read MoreDigital Employee Offboarding Checklist
Digital footprints run rampant all over today’s offices and workplaces. Employees start creating these footprints the moment they’re hired. Each team member get a company email address and application logins the day they start. They often update their LinkedIn page immediately to connect with your company. Whenever an employee leaves a company, for whatever reason,…
Read MoreDissecting Your PC For Performance
Desktop computers have grown to become essential tools in any successful business. But somehow, many business leaders would not be able to name the various components of their PC and their functions. Being generally aware of the roles of each component provides substantial assistance with any potential hardware troubleshooting. Furthermore, as the price of graphics…
Read MoreChecklist For Organizing Cloud Storage
The ability to store our files in the cloud revolutionized how we handle business data. Team members no longer have to email multiple iterations of a file back and forth. Employees no longer waste time ferreting out who has the latest copy of a document in process. Between the financial years from 2015 to 2022,…
Read MoreManage Your IT Policies Well
Small businesses often make the mistake of skipping written policies. Owners frequently feel that things don’t need to be so formal as to have a policy book. They’ll usually just tell staff what’s expected when it comes up and believe that’s good enough. Everyone remembers, right? Over time, this way of thinking causes multiple issues…
Read More6 Discontinued Programs To Ditch
In technology, like everything else, change offers the only constant. Programs we once relied upon as staples, such as Internet Explorer or Adobe Flash, are now considered prehistoric. New tools are forever coming out to make the old obsolete. Discontinued technology leaves computers and networks vulnerable to attacks. Older technology may still run just fine,…
Read MorePicking The Right IT Support
Your company can benefit a lot from working with an IT provider instead of someone’s cousin who knows computers. However, avoid several key mistakes when choosing the right IT company for you. Time spent on the learning curve for the technology you use in your business costs money. While doing that, you can’t focus on…
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 MoreKeep Your Old PC Going Longer
Computers eat money. Most people on a budget, including home users and small businesses, wind up limping older systems along because they want their full money’s worth. Is upgrading looming on the horizon, or that day delay as long as possible? If you’re pounding the keys in frustration, yelling at Google because nothing you find…
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