Technology Guidance for Business Leaders

Many businesses choose to outsource their IT needs simply to save money. Outsourcing IT services to a Managed Service Provider (MSP) can have a huge benefit on the bottom...

More than one billion devices are still using Windows 10 in 2022. Since it's release in 2015, there have been major updates and even a couple of new operating systems from...

It seems like everyone is working remotely these days. Even those of us who don't still end up doing some sort of late night or weekend work outside of the office. The...

Your greatest cybersecurity vulnerability isn’t your hardware. Or your software. It’s your people. People—executives, managers, team leaders, workers—are the leading cause...

To judge solely by headlines, it would be easy to think only enterprise-level businesses need to worry about consumer data privacy laws.

The truth, however, is that the...

Your organization is sold on the value of migrating some or all of your corporate workloads and applications to the cloud, but you are wondering about a private cloud.

Is...

In the past, using strong passwords was enough to keep accounts secure and hackers at bay. This is no longer the case, and cyber security services require a lot more than...

In the past, IT departments were able to control almost all technology decisions, along with who was allowed to use what application or service.But then came the cloud....

Microsoft Windows 365 is ushering in a new category of computing—personal computers in the cloud.And as it turns out, cloud PCs could revolutionize your small to...

Your business may be small, but IT challenges can grow much faster than you anticipated.

The speed of change in information technology has never been faster. Hackers and...

If your business uses Google Workspace (formerly G Suite), then you have at least a nodding acquaintance with Google Drive.

Google Drive, of course, is Google’s storage...

If your business uses any cloud-based services, you know you need a secure way of connecting your people, devices and data. And that means you likely have some questions...

In 1971, Ray Tomlinson was the first person to transmit a message from one computer to another. That was 50 years ago and email is still going strong! But whether you love...

If you want to help your office and remote employees be more productive across time zones or across town, one of the first places you should start is with Microsoft 365 in...

The benefits of cloud computing and IaaS (infrastructure as a service) are pretty clear-cut: It offers flexibility, the connection of the remote workforce to the physical...

Every new tool and platform promises greater productivity or greater collaboration.

But between mixed reviews and the dreaded learning curve, it probably feels easier to...

300,000 organizations and 115 million active daily users are on Microsoft Teams every day. If you're one of them, you need to learn the power user moves to get the most...

The global COVID-19 pandemic that hit in 2020 upended IT budgets, as teams scrambled to properly secure vast numbers of work-from-home setups. But now IT leaders are...

If there's one thing we've all figured out during our "work from home year," it's that no one is on the same page when it comes to the Microsoft 365 platform! Many...

Compliance as a Service (CaaS) packages up the steps that a business needs to take to comply with the regulations specific to its industry.

Your company is ready to take the next step in your digital transformation journey, but you're not quite sure how to get to where you want to go. You know that Microsoft...

Perhaps the first question to ask is, why do you even need a cloud migration strategy? The short answer is, if you don't have an appropriate cloud migration strategy in...

Law firm cybersecurity has never been more important because the stakes are so high and cybercrime is now endemic. For instance, hackers penetrated the defenses of 48...

Companies across the nation are coming to grips with new privacy standards implemented by local, state, and even foreign governments. The city of Washington D.C. is the...

FINRA compliance is an inescapable requirement for brokerage firms and other securities industry participants in the United States, similar perhaps in the way that death...

Failing to take the right steps to protect your sensitive information can end in catastrophe, and the US Department of Defense knows that better than anyone.

We’ve seen a lot of rapid changes in the way companies conduct their business in 2020. While some of these changes were expected to happen somewhere down the line, many of...

Not too long ago, most security breaches were caused by technical problems, such as hardware malfunctions or vulnerable applications. But not anymore - most breaches are...

No matter your industry, it’s important that you have a solid IT game plan in place for staying safe against cyber threats. When forming any plan, the very first step is...

It feels like we’ve entered a different world. The shift to remote work is here to stay for much longer than we originally thought, and the biggest item that many...

The words employee monitoring bring some negative thoughts to mind. Maybe thoughts of Big Brother immediately take over as you picture a company tiptoeing around while it...

When it comes to selecting a data management tool, there's no shortage of platforms to choose from. Since the inception of the cloud in 2006, we've watched this market...

With any well thought out cyber security plan, the key is to be proactive. But in many cases, the normal response is to simply react to threats and attacks as they happen....

There are no two ways about it: when Microsoft Excel first came out in 1985, it revolutionized the business world. Since then, businesses everywhere have been able to move...

The term infrastructure has been around since 1875 when the French coined it for planning their railroad system. But the concept of having a fundamental set of facilities,...

You’ve got your laptop, your coffee, and a steady Wi-Fi connection. The perfect cloud computing setup. So, why is your remote work environment so slow?

There’s a lot that goes into running a successful business, but we can all agree that it would be impossible without communication. Being able to effectively communicate...

It's a basic human instinct to focus on the present in order to make positive, lasting changes later on in life. It just makes sense - why wouldn’t we assess our current...

There’s no denying that automatic updating is a handy tool, but it’s not always the way to go. In some cases, manual updating is the safer solution, and all responsible ...

More companies than ever before are outsourcing part or all of their IT needs to a third party provider. The reasons are many, from budget to convenience to the ability to...

An effective IT strategy helps enterprises achieve their longer-term vision.

In our role as IT consultants for a wide range of businesses , we've seen a big increase in...

Every day thousands of businesses are moving to cloud-based phone systems. Read on to learn the differences between on-premise and cloud-based business phone systems, the...