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The Difference Between Running Your IT and Securing Your IT

Oct 01, 2020

When it comes to IT management and IT support, there's an often overlooked aspect to addressing this. Simply put, it's how securing it comes into play. And while there's a significant difference between these two activities, it's all too often ...

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The Best iOS 14 Update Tips & Tricks

Sep 17, 2020

So, Apple's at it again. This time it's with their latest iOS Update for your phone - iOS 14.0. And gobs of updates abound! From how the Home pages works to all-new Widgets; from updates to Messages, Music, and Health to being able to set your ...

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Email Distractions Hindering Your Productivity at Work?

10 Tips For Removing Email Distractions That Hinder Your Productivity

Sep 03, 2020

Time management is crucial in the work place. At the same time, how often have you heard your employees say that there aren’t enough hours in the day - even with all the advantages the latest technology has given us? Technology has certainly given ...

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Secure Your Business’ Success (and Data) with IT Security

You Can't Ensure Your Business’ Success Without First Securing Your Business' Technology

Jul 16, 2020

For most small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), being successful, unsurprisingly, ranks as their number one goal. But, success can be measured in a number of different ways. Unfortunately, at the same time most business owners wouldn't say that ...

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10 Helpful Hints to Improve The Quality of Your Emails

Feb 13, 2020

It’s the 20's and I’m still seeing emails that look more like notes passed between friends in Middle School rather than professional correspondence. Now, I’m not talking about quick, little emails to your significant other but rather serious ...

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How to Build a "Cyber-Aware" Culture

Jan 30, 2020

One of the more common issuse that we see these days is people self-diagnosing the state of their organizations’ cybersecurity posture. Rather than leaving this responsibility to trained professionals, they do some research online and think that it ...

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Top Cybersecurity Terms Everyone Should Know

Top Cybersecurity Terms Everyone Should Know

Jan 16, 2020

Cybersecurity is the buzzword of the day and rightfully so. With all the ransomware, CEO fraud, and other vulnerabilities, it's a critical concept we as IT professionals need to stay ahead of. This means, now more than ever, there are more cyber ...

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4 Tips For Buying Cyber Liability Insurance

Jan 02, 2020

When you buy a house or a car, you’re sure to purchase adequate insurance to protect both in the case that something bad happens. For your business, I'm sure you also have insurance to protect various aspects of it. I wish I could say that this ...

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How Windows 7 End of Life Will Affect You

Nov 21, 2019

Well, it's almost here! While Microsoft ended mainstream support for Windows 7 on January 13, 2015, "extended support" is now officially scheduled to end January 14, 2020. So, what does this mean to all the faithful Windows 7 users out there? If ...

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11 IT Buzzwords You Should Be Aware Of

Nov 07, 2019

More and more, IT is becoming buzzword after buzzword and (no pun intended, my apologies to Google's parent company) the alphabet soup of acronyms. While it's unreasonable for any of us in the industry to expect that those not in the industry to use ...

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A Blackout Leads to Better Disaster Preparedness

Oct 10, 2019

This past weekend, the weirdest thing happened - our neighborhood was hit with a blackout. In my area, this hardly ever happens. Short of earthquakes (knock wood) and fires (knock more wood!), we're pretty devoid of the sort of ongoing threats the ...

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