If it is going to remain the most utilized Internet browser, Google Chrome always needs to have new features added to it to make it the preferable choice for most users. Recently, Chrome Actions was implemented, contributing to that goal. Let’s look at what Chrome Actions are, and how they could prove helpful.
Your business needs its technology to fuel its day-to-day operations; that means they need to be maintained. Companies that don’t have an IT department will often look to utilize different strategies to ensure their IT is up and running. However, without the proper expertise, keeping this technology maintained can be a significant problem.
Over a quarter of all data breaches happen to small businesses. The cost of a data breach is really prohibitive to your business’ operational and financial health. To keep your business’ data and infrastructure free of threats and relatively secure, small businesses will need a combination of useful technology tools and well-designed strategies. Listed below are several steps your small business can take to secure itself from digital theft.
There are a lot of words that a business owner dread hearing. One of the worst has to be downtime; it signifies waste. Let's examine the effects of downtime and how to calculate the financial impact of a downtime event.
The cloud has been a good resource for business for a while now. Just how good? Currently, nine-out-of-ten businesses operate with some type of cloud-hosted solution. In fact, by the figures, we’re looking at a cloud-hosted future. Listed below is a look at some of the cloud computing stats and trends to paint a picture of just how the cloud has grown up.
Artificial intelligence can be utilized in numerous ways, but one way you might not have anticipated is as a means of making sure people on the Internet mind their manners. Inappropriate and rude comments are remarkably common online, so it stands to reason that many companies and developers are looking for ways to reduce them. Let’s look at what some have implemented, utilizing artificial intelligence to their advantage.
2020 has been hard for a lot of people. With so many problems arising this year, technology wasn’t immune. Let's look back at some of the technology that failed miserably as the world changed abruptly.
VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) telephony is a popular technology amongst modern businesses for their communication needs. How VoIP functions and how it can benefit your company are explained below.
We’re finally getting close to the end of 2020. Has it been a long year for you? Has it gone by fast, or brutally slow?
Either way, it’s time to look at 2021. A fresh start, a clean slate. One thing all business owners and C-levels need to take into consideration for 2021 - their people.
Since the start of the COVID 19 pandemic, it has been clear that many businesses were not prepared to continue their operations remotely. This was largely due to their leadership being convinced in recent years that permitting people to work remotely would lead to a significant reduction in production, leading them to be unprepared to shift to remote functionality. Cybercriminals have taken advantage of many companies as a result. Below we discuss what needs to be accomplished to secure endpoints from afar.
Microsoft Word has lots of time-saving capabilities. For example, did you know that you can paste the same text across numerous documents? This makes it simple to replicate text without having to fix it each time, and to make changes everywhere the text appears all at once. Listed below is how to do so.
Technology has made its way into nearly every business, especially this year with the Covid pandemic. There really is no choice, but with the commitment to technology there comes risk. If technology fails, your business takes a step back. Below we discuss how managed IT services work to manage your risk and keep your IT running effectively.
Once December 31st ushers in 2021, support for the once-popular Adobe Flash Player will officially end. Naturally, it isn’t every day that a 24-year-old software is taken out of commission, so it only makes sense to wonder how much this will impact businesses.
Most modern businesses and homes heavily rely on their Wi-Fi. It offers a lot more flexibility and value than a wired connection in many instances simply because people utilize a lot of wireless devices these days. Modern wireless internet is easier to install, is faster than ever, and works to protect network security better than ever before, once it is set up correctly. Listed below are a few tips you should know on how to successfully implement a Wi-Fi platform.
Social media has become culture-defining technology. The massive amounts of people that utilize the services each week, and the large amount of time people spend on these platforms, makes them critical resources for the lion’s share of businesses. The fact that the average user spends around two hours and 24 minutes per day perusing their social media gives businesses opportunities that weren’t available to them only a few short years ago. Listed below is a look at how different sizes of SMBs utilize this technology.
Over the past year, entrepreneurs have focused on how to do business amid the global COVID-19 pandemic. The public health crisis has been an opportunity for all kinds of cybercriminals, and the result has been an increase in losses (compared to the second-worst period on record) by over 50 percent. Below we consider the situation, and how it is, unfortunately, getting worse.
Windows 10 has played nice with the Android platform for a while now, but did you know that there is a way that you can actually utilize the same apps you would find on your mobile device on your PC? Listed below is how you can enable this capability.
Does your business have a dedicated data backup and disaster recovery system? A comprehensive backup and disaster recovery platform (BDR) can turn out to be one of the most important parts of managing a business’ IT infrastructure, and if you don’t have one, you should absolutely get one.
Keeping your network and infrastructure safe from cyberthreats is always a priority, but with so many people working remotely, businesses have encountered problems doing so. In fact, hackers and scammers have come out of the woodwork to try and gain entry into unauthorized networks or to steal data. Below is a look at how the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the threats out there.
With smartphones becoming more costly every year, the top offerings from major manufacturers price some out of the market. This offers a chance for these companies to provide budget smartphones to a growing market of people who don’t want to drop $1,000 on a new phone. Listed below are options from Samsung, Google, and Apple that can be had for a fraction of the cost of today’s flagship smartphones.
