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Macro Systems has been serving the Metro Washington, DC area since 1997, providing IT Support such as technical helpdesk support, computer support and consulting to small and medium-sized businesses.

A Warning about Downloading and Installing APK Files on your Android Smartphone

A Warning about Downloading and Installing APK Files on your Android Smartphone

Your Android smartphone is a computer itself; as such, it runs with an operating system installed. You install programs on your smartphone the same way you install them on your computer, although the process is more complicated. Below is an explanation of the types of files that the Android operating system uses to install apps on your phone, as well as why it might be a good idea to let the Google Play Store do the hard work for you, in terms of locating and installing apps.

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Steps to Policing Your IT Policies

Steps to Policing Your IT Policies

Small businesses are presented with the challenging prospect of monitoring and policing various IT-related policies that you might have for your network infrastructure and workplace technology use. The difficulty of this notion does little to lessen its importance. You need to take action to protect your assets, data, and reputation from the countless threats out there, and ensuring that your employees are properly using technology is paramount to this endeavor.

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Automating Management Tasks Can Enhance Productivity

Automating Management Tasks Can Enhance Productivity

In business technology, automation reigns supreme, especially for tedious tasks that offer little to the individual performing them. Remote management epitomizes such tasks, and strategic automation can greatly improve organizational productivity. Listed below is how automation can help you stay proactive. 

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MSPs Can Help in IT Project Management

MSPs Can Help in IT Project Management

It’s always an exciting time when you commit to a new IT project that promises to change your business for the better. Naturally, the exciting stuff is what comes after the implementation process—a process that can range from easy-as-pie to incredibly complex and stressful, depending on the expertise your company employs.

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4 Ways to Save on IT Solutions

4 Ways to Save on IT Solutions

Are you paying attention to where you spend your IT dollars and whether or not you are making the most of your budget? It’s imperative to assess your needs before making any major technological purchase, including the goals, challenges, and pain points you are trying to solve. With the right approach, you can increase the value you get out of your IT, especially with the following strategies.

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4 Crucial Cybersecurity Mistakes You Can't Afford to Make

4 Crucial Cybersecurity Mistakes You Can't Afford to Make

When considering your organization’s cybersecurity, it is imperative not to lose sight of the forest for the trees… or, in other words, not to forget the basics around which the rest of your protections are built.

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The Issue With Devaluing Your Employees

The Issue With Devaluing Your Employees

Running a business can be difficult and result in a lot of frustration from staff, management, and customers. Sometimes that frustration can boil over and cause consternation among the core elements that need to function for a business to be successful. Listed below is a look at this issue which can really harm your business.

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A Look at Different Leadership Styles

A Look at Different Leadership Styles

Leadership can take many forms. As a leader in your own company, it can pay to understand what form of leadership you tend to express when working with your team. Listed below are some leadership styles to see if anything resonates.

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3 Advantages of Adding Help Desk Support

3 Advantages of Adding Help Desk Support

Do you have employees who struggle with their technology? Chances are that there will always be individuals who are not as proficient with it as you might expect, and without a dedicated IT resource to ask for assistance, they might get frustrated and disengage with their work. You need to provide the right support to your employees. Fortunately, Macro Systems has just the right solution to your problems: a help desk!

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3 Ways Outsourcing IT Saves Your Business Money

3 Ways Outsourcing IT Saves Your Business Money

Technology has ingrained itself into just about every facet of modern life, especially in the business world where every competitive edge makes a difference. Many small and medium-sized businesses just don’t have the staff on-hand to manage and maintain their technology solutions, instead opting to outsource this critical responsibility to managed service providers (MSPs).

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Three Significant Security Solutions You May Not Be Utilizing

Three Significant Security Solutions You May Not Be Utilizing

Your standard IT professional may suggest some common methods of network security such as implementing better preventative measures, like firewalls and antivirus. However, there is more that goes into network security—far more. If you’re not careful, you could accidentally miss some of these three security solutions and expose your business to potential threats. But we’re not about to let that happen!

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Five Secure Password Tips

Five Secure Password Tips

Securing your accounts against unauthorized access begins with the implementation of a strong password. It's imperative to recognize that not all passwords offer the same level of protection. Listed below are five essential guidelines to ensure the security of your accounts.

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Explaining Network Drives

Explaining Network Drives

You often hear about “drives” when working with technology, but there are many different types that a computer might use in your business's day-to-day operations. Listed below is an explanation about some of these drives do and why you should know where they are and what they stand for.

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Is Your Business Prepared to Invest What is Needed into Cybersecurity?

Is Your Business Prepared to Invest What is Needed into Cybersecurity?

Safeguarding your business' infrastructure from various threats is a well-known imperative. In discussions about network security, the term "endpoint" frequently arises. Exploring the significance of securing all endpoints is the focus of today's article.

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Collaboration Tools to Implement for Your Business

Collaboration Tools to Implement for Your Business

Collaboration is a vital component of any business, and in the modern remote and hybrid work environment, it’s even more imperative than ever. Technology can facilitate collaboration in amazing ways, particularly for growing businesses that are quickly outgrowing their current accommodations.

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Three Questions You Need to Ask About Your Organization's Technology

Three Questions You Need to Ask About Your Organization's Technology

Technology is an essential component for most businesses. Strategic integration of technology has been proven to address significant operational challenges that often elude smaller businesses and startups. In this context, we'll explore three imperative questions about business technology that every tech-savvy individual should be acquainted with and make clear the importance of such knowledge.

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Understanding Your Wireless Router

Understanding Your Wireless Router

Today's workplace wouldn’t exist as it does without the creation of wireless Internet or Wi-Fi. Understanding how your wireless router works can be incredibly helpful for any business owner, and it can help you get even more out of your wireless connection. Listed below is some information about wireless routers that can help you use them more effectively.

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How to Scale a Growing Business Using the Right Technology

How to Scale a Growing Business Using the Right Technology

If you could generate more revenue without spending more, wouldn’t you?

If you share most people's goals and aspirations, the answer is a resounding and enthusiastic “yes.” Scaling a business is an imperative element of continued success, provided it is carried out correctly. Listed below: how you can help ensure your success, partly by implementing the right technology.

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Your IT Services Need to be Shaped to Your Needs

Your IT Services Need to be Shaped to Your Needs

For any business to succeed it needs to exhibit some degree of empathy toward its audience. Otherwise, the services and products they provide will be less likely to meet the priorities and needs that its targets are experiencing.

As a managed service provider, this is perhaps most true of us, as our services revolve around predicting the needs of our clientele and resolving them… ideally, before the client even realizes they have a need to fulfill.

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Explaining IT Metrics

Explaining IT Metrics

Any business can benefit from data and use it to enhance its operations. This is especially the case where information technology is involved. By collecting the right metrics, you can better evaluate your business IT’s performance and identify areas for improvement.

Let’s review what some of these metrics should be.

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