Businesses need vendors for several things, whether for services rendered or the acquisition of technology. Alas, the act of managing so many vendors can be draining and time-consuming for companies. What is the forward-thinking organization to do, and how can it overcome the challenges of vendor management?
When looking to reduce your costs, one of the best places to start looking is at your printing. While paper documents were once incredibly critical for businesses (they still serve a function), no one can deny that they take up a considerable amount of space in the workplace, as well as take up precious assets that could be better spent elsewhere. What’s the best way to minimize the resources you spend on printing?
The Internet is an important tool in your business’ toolbox, so it needs to be fast, reliable, and stable. What types of factors go into ensuring that you get the best, most reliable Internet connection? Keep reading to find out!
If your mouse moves slowly, so does your whole computing experience. If you change a couple of settings, you may find that your mouse speed and sensitivity can make a mountain of change for your productivity. How you can adjust these settings in Windows 10 or 11 is listed below.
While the focus of our attention is usually preventing and avoiding cybersecurity breaches, it is critical that we address how your business responds to a successful breach attempt. Listed below are tips on how to create a successful data breach response plan.
It doesn’t matter where your business is located; whether it’s a tornado that comes through your city, a structural fire that renders your office uninhabitable, or a wild snowstorm that brings down power lines or grinds travel to a halt, you’ll want to be ready for it all. Listed below are the types of solutions your organization can implement to ensure that no disaster, be it natural or artificial, like a cyberattack, puts a stop to your operations.
If you aren’t versed in business technology, locating the right solutions can be challenging, to say the least. Technology should make your life easier, not more difficult. Listed below are a couple of tips to help you get started with deploying the right technology solutions for your business. Here are three tips to help you make the best, most educated decisions about the technology for your business.
Your organization’s email is one of its most imperative pieces of technology, and since that is true for nearly every business, it is unfortunately one of the most utilized attack vectors used by cybercriminals. Most companies don’t comprehend just how vulnerable they are if their email isn’t properly secured and do their best to keep their employees trained on how to spot potential scams.
If you’re the one in your office known for taking detailed notes, then you’ll find no greater productivity tool than a note-taking app. There are numerous options on the market today that can help you make the most of your note-taking experience, as well as the integrations that they offer.
Some industries require more compliance than others, as they handle sensitive data on a regular basis. In efforts to protect this data, governments and agencies have implemented laws, regulations, and other requirements to ensure businesses remain compliant with this expectation.
With many people continuing to work remotely to at least some extent, it would be irresponsible not to acknowledge that remote work can introduce a level of risk to a company's cybersecurity. This makes it all the more imperative that this security is locked down. Listed below is a discussion about the concept behind zero-trust security, and why it is becoming the benchmark that businesses of all sizes should meet.
Video conferencing has become a popular way for businesses and their team members to communicate, with many platforms rising up to meet this demand. This growth brings up the question of how one goes about picking the best one for their organization’s needs. Listed below are a few features that should be present in any option you consider for you to keep in mind.
Paper can be very expensive, especially with the quantity that a normal business goes through every single day. Not only is it costly on the monetary side, but also on the environmental side as well. By making some changes around your office, you can be more eco-friendly and budget-friendly by limiting the amount of paper waste your business suffers from.
With businesses handling operations in different ways, their employees must adapt to the circumstances handed to them. Some businesses have begun to experiment with the status quo and are for the first time realizing the value that can come from permitting staff to work remotely. Listed below are some of the ways your team might depend on technology to make remote collaboration effective and how you can optimize your experience with these collaborative platforms.
Being productive is the goal of most people; not only to do a task well in a set time, but to do multiple tasks equally well in the same timeframe. Many experts and consultants have created strategies meant to boost an employee’s productivity, and a handful of them actually work. This month, we’ll review a few of these strategies so you can give them a try for yourself.
A lot of businesses are making large technology investments; if you are here now, you are probably thinking about making such an investment for your own company. One issue that growing companies have is identifying and investing in the right technology. Listed below are a couple of tips on how to go about making technology investment decisions that will be the most advantageous for your company.
Instant messaging is a technology that has picked up considerably in the business world, and for good reason. While email allows for more passive communication, instant messaging allows for more instantaneous communication, similar to a phone call in its urgency. But are you utilizing instant messaging to enhance your work life?
Wireless security has become a cornerstone of working while on the go thanks to the availability of so many wireless networks to connect to. Listed below is a list of best practices to help ensure your wireless networks, and the devices connecting to them, are as secure as possible.
In many places, businesses have been operating in a manner that is closer to “business as usual” than “pandemic-altered”. This doesn’t mean the pandemic is over, but a lot of businesses are now able to make decisions like they were before the pandemic. This is a good thing, but there is one part of business that doesn’t seem to be normalizing: the supply chain. Listed below is a look at why supply chain issues continue and what you can do about them.
A lot has been made about the Internet of Things (IoT) over the past couple of years. People have been buying technology they can control from their phones or from centralized smart hubs and it has resulted in a shift to the way people interact with technology. For today's businesses this can bring several pros and cons to the table. Listed below is a brief look at some of the pros and cons of deploying IoT technology in the workplace.
