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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.

How to Turn On Your Android Device's Notification History

How to Turn On Your Android Device's Notification History

Are you the kind of person that frequently checks your phone to remove the myriad of notifications that come in from seemingly every app on your phone? In the course of doing that frequent clean up you may have cleared a notification that you may need. How to turn on your Android device’s notification history feature is listed below.

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A Network Security Tools Checklist for your Business

A Network Security Tools Checklist for your Business

So much goes into proper network security that it can be intimidating to know where to start. Fortunately, there are plenty of great ways you can, and probably currently are, protecting your business, even if it’s on a basic level. You can consider this a checklist of imperative network security tools that are critical to have for your company’s success.

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How a Power Hour Can Boost Productivity

How a Power Hour Can Boost Productivity

There’s no denying that productivity is one of the primary goals of any business, with countless examinations into the concept of productivity, theories on how to maximize it, and methods to promote it in the workplace. Listed below is a take on one of these theories and further discussion on it so that you can perhaps capitalize on it yourself.

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Four Reasons You Should Consider Managed IT for Your Business

Four Reasons You Should Consider Managed IT for Your Business

How does your organization manage its IT? Do you have an in-house team, and how busy are they with all of the hustle and bustle of their everyday duties? Do they have time to address the many challenges and requests made of them? If not, then perhaps you should consider a different model for your IT management. Fortunately, we have just the opportunity for you, and you won’t want to miss out on it.

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The =DATEDIF Function Calculates Time for Your Business

The =DATEDIF Function Calculates Time for Your Business

Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets both provide a variety of features to those who know how to use them, many of them with really niche applications to businesses. For example, there is one function that allows you to easily calculate the time between the current date and a specified day that, if applied properly, could easily provide businesses with some serious utility.

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Voicemail Phishing Scams

Voicemail Phishing Scams

Phishing attacks have been prominent in cybercrime the past few years, not only due to their efficacy but also because there are so many avenues wherein phishing can be attempted. The first that comes to mind is email, naturally, but you and your team need to keep these others in mind.

Take, for example, a phishing voicemail…dubbed, naturally, a “phoicemail.”

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How to Improve Your Wireless Network's Security

How to Improve Your Wireless Network's Security

Wi-Fi connectivity is a remarkable technology when you think about it, and it has fundamentally changed how we work today. What hasn’t changed, alas, is that hackers and cybercriminals will try to utilize this technology to their own advantage. Thus, let’s discuss a few relatively simple ways that you can enhance your wireless network’s overall security.

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How To Make Your Emails More Secure

How To Make Your Emails More Secure

Email remains a vital cornerstone in business communications, often containing sensitive information and other data that needs to be protected. Fortunately, today's email platforms usually enable you to add a little bit of protection, so long as you know what the process looks like. 

Listed below is how you can make your emails just that much more secure.

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What You Need to Know About Your Business’ Cybersecurity Compliance

What You Need to Know About Your Business’ Cybersecurity Compliance

Regardless of your industry, there are going to be certain regulatory standards that you will be responsible for upholding. Many of these standards will be related in some way to your cybersecurity. Some of these cybersecurity standards are listed below, as is why compliance is so imperative for your business.

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Critical Thinking Benefits Your Business

Critical Thinking Benefits Your Business

Critical thinking skills are universally helpful to have, especially in the business setting, and especially when it comes to your business’ information technology management. Listed below are ways these skills benefit your business, and how you can work to foster them.

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3 Network Protections All Businesses Should Have

3 Network Protections All Businesses Should Have

Last week, we went over why your organization's cybersecurity processes need to include training. This time around, we wanted to focus on the other side of things, focusing on the essential network protections that no modern business should be operating without.

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Four Warning Signs of Phishing

Four Warning Signs of Phishing

Cybercrime is a big deal, and phishing is responsible for a large percentage of the cyberattacks out there. The act of phishing is a good old-fashioned social engineering scheme. Essentially, a scammer sends a message with the intent to have someone interact with the message, thus giving them access (or at least the information needed to gain access) to accounts. Listed below is how to identify phishing messages.

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Today's Businesses Need Today's Tech Support

Today's Businesses Need Today's Tech Support

Information technology plays a vital role in modern business operations—and with such a critical role to play, it is important that your organization’s IT is well maintained. To accomplish this effectively, your choice of provider matters. While we are admittedly biased, we strongly recommend that you seek out a managed service provider for your needs.

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Password Best Practices

Password Best Practices

Passwords are just one aspect of a comprehensive security strategy, but they are a crucial one. You must make sure that you are investing adequate time and effort into making sure your passwords are secure. This is easier said than done, but by the end of this brief article, you’ll have the essential information you need to craft excellent passwords for your accounts.

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Explaining Cloud Computing and How it Can Help Your Business

Explaining Cloud Computing and How it Can Help Your Business

Cloud computing is turning into a tool that is universally utilized by businesses to enhance remote access and provide the scalability for tools that allow a business to get the best bang for their buck. How does modern cloud computing work and why does it have such a huge potential benefit for your organization?

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Explaining Blockchain

Explaining Blockchain

The blockchain has been a hot topic in the past few years, if only tangentially. With all the buzz about cryptocurrencies, it can be easy to forget about the underlying technology that powers it and its other applications. Listed below is a discussion about how the blockchain could be involved with security needs in the future.

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Why Your Business Needs a Data Recovery Strategy

Why Your Business Needs a Data Recovery Strategy

Data backup is a must-have for every business, but it isn’t enough to just copy your data; you need to have a data recovery strategy in place to ensure that your business can effectively respond after a data loss incident. Listed below is a look at why considering your recovery strategy early is imperative, and how to prioritize it with everything else going on with your business.

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You Could Know More About Cybersecurity

You Could Know More About Cybersecurity

Today's threat landscape is vast and unpredictable; even if you think you know enough about cybersecurity to protect your business, we bet that you don’t. It’s not even just in the business world, either, as individuals also struggle against cyberthreats, along with IT administrators. The next couple of weeks will be dedicated to cybersecurity to get across everything you need to know about it.

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How to Manage Virtual Desktops in Windows 11

How to Manage Virtual Desktops in Windows 11

Most of the time, user productivity is just about getting down to business. However, sometimes there are simply just too many different tasks to complete and it can bog down the production process. One way that users can use Windows to help them manage tasks is via the use of virtual desktops. Users can utilize multiple desktop experiences to separate the myriad of things they need to do. Listed below is how to utilize multiple virtual desktops in Windows 11. 

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Could Passkeys Replace Passwords?

Could Passkeys Replace Passwords?

Whether you love them or hate them, passwords serve a critical purpose in the realm of cybersecurity. They are the first line of defense against potential threats, yet they are also notoriously easy to crack. Some of the biggest names in technology have been working on ways to get around the challenges presented by password security, including one that we are excited to highlight in today’s blog.

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