Costs of Ransomware to Your Business
There’s a meme floating around the interweb in which an employee candidate is asked what makes him suitable for the job. His response is that he hacked into the system and invited himself for a job. While that made us chuckle, our team understands the importance of not allowing these situations to occur. The costs of hackers, and worse, ransomware
3 Ways Office 365 Supports a Hybrid Workplace
Finding the right software to support you and your team when you’re not all working in the same place is an important task. There are many options for software and communications technology out there that can provide the solution businesses need in one fashion or another. However, sometimes the standard is really the best option. Office 365 contains all the
The Best Ways to Research Local IT Support Companies
You cannot choose an IT support and services provider flippantly or without careful consideration. Going with the first managed services provider you find can be a costly, rash error. If you want to find a company that is the right fit for you, your staff, and your needs, you will absolutely need to put significant thought and time into the
Four Red Flags About Your IT Support Provider
The sunken cost fallacy is a powerful thing. Sometimes, when you’ve sunk a significant amount of money and time into your Fort Worth IT support provider, you may let major mistakes go. If you’re afraid of the inconvenience of switching who handles your IT services, it may be harder to pick up on the red flags that are telling you
3 Benefits to Using IT Consulting Services Based Locally
Outsourcing IT consulting services is a move that has major benefits and flexibility for any growing company but choosing what IT consulting company to partner with is a difficult decision. Outsourcing your IT consulting and services is one thing, but you don’t want a company that is distant and treats you like a number. Finding an IT services provider with
3 Things for Developing a Managed IT Services Strategy
Developing a sound and robust IT strategy for your business is an important step in ensuring your company’s future. Even businesses outside the tech sector need a well-crafted, adaptable IT strategy, given how much of business operations is handled by technology. Many small businesses don’t have the needed expertise to create an IT strategy for themselves that will handle all
The Difference Between Disaster Recovery and Data Backup
In IT services, disaster recovery and data backup are often conflated since they both refer to tasks that are essential to keeping your business running when an unplanned interruption causes you to lose sensitive and important data. However, these two terms are not synonyms. While having appropriate data backup and a maintaining a comprehensive disaster recovery plan for data loss
3 Common Network Security Threats You Might Overlook
Network security and cybersecurity are foundational elements of any business's IT strategy. Companies must protect themselves online so they can focus on what they need to do to grow. Once a network security weakness is exploited, companies find themselves hacked, with data stolen, or locked out of their own computers due to a cyberattack. Even if a company has excellent managed IT services from an IT company with
The Importance of Cloud Solutions in Post-COVID World
The Importance of Cloud Solutions in Post-COVID World As of October, about a third of the American workforce was still working remotely on a full-time basis. With COVID-19 still a major concern for the foreseeable future, remote work is likely to remain a staple of workplace operations, which means that US companies’ investment in secure and functional cloud solutions is more
The Top 5 Benefits of Outsourcing Your IT Department
Outsourcing IT services to a third-party organization of IT support experts is becoming a popular option for businesses everywhere. In fact, nearly 35% of U.S. companies outsource at least some of their networking services. Are you considering IT outsourcing for your organization? If so, read on. Today, we're sharing five key benefits you can expect to realize as you do so. 1. Save