Information technology is a constantly changing industry, with practices shifting all the time. As a result, anyone you have working on your company’s IT should be actively seeking out various certifications to confirm that they are keeping up to date on modern trends and standards. To help you accomplish this, we’ve put together a brief list of valuable IT certifications that your IT personnel—whether they’re in-house employees or outsourced professionals—should have.
While it is imperative that your business implement comprehensive network protections, there are plenty of simple ways that your business’ cybersecurity could potentially fail. This could easily cost you heavily in your available capital, financial and social alike.
Thanks to the explosion of mobile phones, the world is connected like never before and most people seem to have a good grip on how to talk to each other using proper telephone etiquette. Therefore, when someone breaks socially accepted phone etiquette practices, they make themselves or the business they represent look bad.
Every year we take a look at the most interesting new smartphones that are being released. Over the past few years, fewer companies are making smartphones and throughout the whole industry, innovation has seemed to slow. Whether this is a result of rigid market dynamics, supply shortages, or the extraordinary costs it takes to manufacture and source components, it has taken some of the largest technology companies in the world, such as Amazon, LG, and HTC, out of the market and presented limited opportunities for other global technology leaders such as Microsoft, Sony, and Nokia.
The smartphone is one of the best inventions of the 21st century; you can tell that by their adoption rates. These devices have completely changed the way people communicate, recreate, and work. They are so new that it’s funny to think that maybe in the very near future, these devices will be nothing more than trash in the world’s landfills. That being said, what comes after the smartphone?
A business’ operations are heavily influenced by the quality of its communications. On the other hand, the overwhelming number of options that are available today can make it challenging to decide how to invest in your technologies. How can you identify which of your options are right for your business needs when the time comes to upgrade your communications?
Having data redundancy may sound like a bad thing. After all, redundancy is usually viewed as a reason for inefficiency. In the case of having your data and computing environments backed up, you are trying to build redundancy. Listed below is a look at some situations that a business can run into should they neglect to have a proper backup.
In good times and bad, profitability is the priority for most businesses. However, this priority is usually a challenging one to achieve, but did you know that there are a few different ways that investing in a relationship with a managed service provider can help increase your productivity—and as a result, your overall profitability?
AI, also known as artificial intelligence, has been a trending topic lately, with it seemingly being used for any purpose you can imagine nowadays. Alas, this has also included cybercrime.
That being said, just as AI can be a weapon for cybercriminals to utilize, it can also be a shield to help protect your business from threats. For instance, in phishing prevention.
Every office has that one employee that doesn’t seem to care that they are working in a room with other people. You know the type: They have day-old food on their desk, there are papers and other unnecessary items strewn about the desktop, things are sticky and smell strange. The funny part is they seem comfortable with that mess. Listed below are the benefits of keeping your workspace clean.
When it comes to security, one often overlooked tool is the virtual private network, or VPN. We recommend that all businesses utilize a VPN to keep remote and hybrid workers from inadvertently putting your business’ data at risk while out of the office. Listed below: why a VPN is so effective, as well as what you should look for in a business-grade VPN tool.
We’ve talked about what productivity is, how it can be measured, and how to protect it from what could impact it negatively. To bring this brief series to a close, let’s talk about what you can do to maximize it as much as possible for your business’ benefit.
Have you ever struggled with storage space on your Android device? For those who have, we bet that downloading applications that you ultimately don’t end up using very often is a major culprit here. To help you clear up storage space on your device, Android will receive an auto-archiving feature that can save you significant amounts of storage space by archiving your unused applications.
Your business depends on its bandwidth and its Internet connection to remain productive, part of which means ensuring that you have a reliable and stable wireless connection. How can you set up your network so that it is optimal and efficient?
Data backup may sound like a simple process, but if you truly want to rely on your backup, it needs to be absolutely infallible. That is the objective behind an IT appliance known as the BDR, which stands for Backup and Disaster Recovery.
Businesses can't afford to grow complacent with their network security; it could make a significant difference between falling prey to an attack and remaining secure. The process of securing a network must be looked at holistically, from top to bottom. This idea of enterprise security is not new, but even a small business needs to keep it in mind, and these solutions are more accessible than you might think.
2018 included many rumors regarding foldable screens on mobile devices, but no manufacturer has created an OLED display flexible enough to fold in half… until now. In fact, there are numerous manufacturers out there that have committed themselves to producing foldable screens and devices in 2019.
One vital component of your business’ security is how well your team is trained to preserve it. Listed below are some of the aspects that you need to be sure you address as you educate your team.
Sustainability is a hot topic these days, from how we conduct ourselves in our personal lives to how businesses go about their respective business. If this is something that you want to promote in your business, we figured that the day before Earth Day was as good a day as any to share some of the ways you can do so.
We’ve been spending the past few weeks examining productivity and how to optimize it. It's now necessary to address the problems that could throw the proverbial wrench into the works.
Don’t worry, though, we’re also going to touch on how you can avoid and/or mitigate the issues that might threaten your productivity.
