The new year fanfare and greetings are now memories nearly a month old and doubtless you are busily working to make those many New Year’s greetings for success and happiness into reality. Hopefully, one of your organization’s goals for 2020…
They say hindsight is 20/20. If you are not familiar with the saying, it generally means it’s easier to comprehend something once it has already happened. the saying is typically said in response to a criticism that the person should have…
Keeping your organization safe from cyberattacks is becoming an ever more challenging feate in this age of internet connectivity, viruses and talented and innovative hackers.
This is especially true for small and medium-sized businesses as…
It’s as true in the business world as it is in life, if not truer — time is money. But ever increasingly, data is money too, especially when it comes to downtime due to lost business data.
Bad stuff happens, even in business.
As we all know…
It’s important network users know how to identify social engineering emails — otherwise known as a phishing email.
Why? Because one click on a bad link or one download of an infected attachment could bring a whole network down and wreck a business…
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. While old, this adage is as true today as it always has been, especially when it comes to cyber security and protecting your business’s network and private data. In light of that adage…
Just because you’re not as large as Target doesn’t mean your business is not a target when it comes to cyber attacks. In fact, being a small or medium-sized business makes you at least as much as a target…
Firewalls, email filters, antivirus software and other security measures are great for protecting your network environment from outside threats, but your greatest cyber threat could be within your organization … and has network access…
It once was said “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste.” Sadly, it appears some malicious hackers are taking that advice to heart when it comes to Hurricane Harvey. Earlier this week, our director of IT and data security John Sanders…
Valentine’s Day is upon us … and so is the threat of nefarious, malicious, ill-intended, criminal and just generally up-to-no-good cyber activity. With all the sending and receiving of e-cards, e-mails offering deals on chocolate, roses…
Network infrastructure operates as the circulatory system of modern business operations. Every transaction, communication, and data transfer depends on networks functioning reliably and securely. Yet many organizations approach network monitoring and management reactively, addressing issues only after they disrupt operations. Understanding what are the key considerations for network monitoring and
Your business needs IT expertise, but the path forward isn’t always clear. Two dominant models compete for your attention and budget: staff augmentation and managed services. Each promises to solve your technology challenges, yet they operate from fundamentally different philosophies. The decision between staff augmentation vs managed services shapes more
The infrastructure decision facing your business today will shape operations for years to come. On premises vs. cloud—this choice determines everything from your monthly IT budget to how quickly you can respond to market opportunities. Yet many organizations rush into cloud migration without fully understanding what they’re gaining and what
Office paper consumption remains stubbornly high despite decades of predictions about the paperless office. The average office worker uses approximately 10,000 sheets of paper annually, with a significant portion printed once, used briefly, and then discarded or filed away never to be retrieved again. Understanding how to reduce paper waste
Small IT teams face an impossible mandate: protect the organization from sophisticated cyber threats while managing daily operations, supporting users, and maintaining infrastructure. The cybersecurity landscape grows more complex each year, yet budgets and headcount remain static or shrink. Understanding how to build a cybersecurity strategy with limited resources means
Every business handles sensitive information. Employee records, financial statements, client contracts—these documents contain data that could devastate your organization if compromised. When it’s time to dispose of confidential paperwork, understanding how mobile shredding works becomes essential to protecting your business and maintaining regulatory compliance. Mobile shredding brings industrial-strength document destruction
Business leaders often face an impossible choice: reduce operational costs or maintain service quality. The traditional approach forces organizations to sacrifice one for the other, creating a dangerous cycle of diminishing returns. Managed IT services break this paradigm entirely. The Hidden Cost Crisis in Business Technology Technology expenses consume 15-20%
The question of whether multi-functional printers represent the optimal choice for modern offices depends entirely on how your organization actually works. Single-function devices dominated offices for decades because they excelled at specific tasks—printers printed quickly, copiers handled high volumes, scanners delivered quality digitization, and fax machines managed telecommunications. Multi-functional printers
Cybercriminals target small and medium businesses at an alarming rate, with 43% of cyberattacks specifically aimed at SMBs according to Accenture’s Cost of Cybercrime Study. The financial impact can be devastating—cyberattacks cost small businesses an average of $200,000, with 46% of all cyber breaches impacting businesses with fewer than 1,000
