• The Ultimate Small Business Owner’s Guide to Ransomware

    The Ultimate Small Business Owner’s Guide to Ransomware

    Your employee innocently clicks a link within an email or visits a sketchy website and the next thing you know your digital assets are being held hostage by a cyber attacker. It only takes a few keystrokes to cause potentially irrevocable damage to your systems, and hackers are always looking for new victims. With ransomware, […]
  • Why Do Hackers Target Small Businesses?

    Why Do Hackers Target Small Businesses?

    Why Small Companies is the First Target for Online Hackers According to the SBA, small business employs less than 500 people and realizes less than $7 million in profits annually. This standard defines a small company across the global business world. A large percentage of these smaller businesses operate as privately owned companies. Hackers are especially […]
  • Industry Buzzterm: What Is A vCIO?

    Industry Buzzterm: What Is A vCIO?

    Managed Service Providers globally have introduced a new buzzword into their service vocabulary….Introducing, the vCIO! What is a vCIO? How Does A vCIO Benefit Your Company? Technology can be so tantalizing, especially for a small-to-midsized business. The promise is there. So is the hype. With the right Information Technology (IT), you can streamline your business processes and […]
  • Apple Tech Tip: How To Recover A File You Forgot To Save

    Apple Tech Tip: How To Recover A File You Forgot To Save

    It happens to the best of us. You’ve invested serious time and effort into a Microsoft Office file for an upcoming presentation. You may even be moments away from finishing your work. Then it happens: your Mac goes down, hard. Maybe the power goes out, or maybe you get the dreaded “Sad Mac” screen of […]
  • How Advanced eDiscovery In Microsoft 365 Helps Manage Data

    How Advanced eDiscovery In Microsoft 365 Helps Manage Data

      Do you have a lot of data? Are you able to organize your data in a convenient logical way and then search for it with ease and/or with advanced search criteria so that the results are not in the hundreds but in the tens or less? Is managing it or finding specific data at […]
  • Can 2 or More Monitors Increase Staff Productivity?

    Can 2 or More Monitors Increase Staff Productivity?

    Looking for ways to help your team accomplish more? Consider equipping their workspaces with additional monitors. Skeptics are likely shaking their heads at this, wondering, “Will that really improve productivity, or only give my employees an extra incentive to stream videos or play games? Aren’t more screens just a recipe for distraction?” Believe it or […]
  • Feeling The Love?

    Feeling The Love?

    There is a lot to love about the work that you do, and hopefully, your technology is part of that. Loving your IT means having a great relationship not only with the devices, software, and applications you use each day, but with the folks who look after them.   If you’ve stopped feeling that spark […]
  • What Is Customer Lockbox And Privileged Access Management In Office 365

    What Is Customer Lockbox And Privileged Access Management In Office 365

      Microsoft Office 365 is a suite of services that includes Customer Lockbox and Privileged Access Management. Both tools to assist customers in meeting their compliance obligations and maximizing data security and privacy. These tools are currently only available for customers with Office 365 Enterprise and Advanced Compliance SKUs. Privileged accounts are being compromised more rapidly every day and […]
  • The Risks Of Using Auto-Complete For Passwords

    The Risks Of Using Auto-Complete For Passwords

    The auto-fill feature that makes it easy to enter in usernames and passwords on various websites may be putting your information at risk. While auto-fill is a convenient way to keep track of the many combinations of letters, numbers and special characters you need to access sites, the feature is also being used by advertisers and […]
  • Business Insights With Visio and Power BI

    Business Insights With Visio and Power BI

    Microsoft’s Visio Visual and Power BI are two extremely useful software tools that help business owners store, organize, and interpret data with easy-to-understand visual representations.   Using these tools can take your business to the next level. Still, many business owners don’t know about Visio Visual or Power BI. Moreover, many are skeptical as to […]
  • Why Local Companies Need To Hire A Local Cybersecurity Specialist

    Why Local Companies Need To Hire A Local Cybersecurity Specialist

    Cybersecurity threats have shown no signs of slowing down, and small and mid-sized organizations are expected to be more heavily targeted going forward. Although splashy headlines about Fortune 500 companies suffering breaches may lead some business leaders to think that hackers are after big corporations, cybercriminals are just as likely to steal data or infect your system with ransomware. […]
  • How Advanced Data Governance Helps Manage Risk & Meet Compliance

    How Advanced Data Governance Helps Manage Risk & Meet Compliance

    Advanced Data Governance (or ADG) is a tool from Microsoft. Available to be used within Office 365, this tool assists businesses in meeting compliance requirements and managing risk. Most of all, it helps organize the massive amounts of data that companies are now dealing with.   Each quarter, the data owned by a given business […]