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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.

Gmail Upgrades the User Experience

Gmail Upgrades the User Experience

Distinctly demonstrating their prioritization of their G Suite offering, Google continues to enhance the platform’s many solutions to upgrade the user experience. Most recently, this has included giving Gmail a few extra functionalities to help further integrate a business’ communications. A look at these functionalities is listed below.

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How VoIP Boosts Productivity

How VoIP Boosts Productivity

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is an incredibly convenient tool for modern businesses, especially in terms of enhancing productivity. Consider a few capabilities that can give you and your team a boost.

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What to Know About Passwordless Authentication

What to Know About Passwordless Authentication

If you were told that one variable was responsible for more than 80 percent of cyberattacks, what would you guess that variable was? If you guessed “stolen access credentials,” you’d be right. The standard username/password combination may soon be a relic of the past as more tech companies transition to alternative authentication measures.

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A Sneak Peek at Android 11 Features

A Sneak Peek at Android 11 Features

There is not an “official” date set for the release of Android 11, but there's been a glimpse of it's new features revealed via beta testing. Listed below is a look at some of the features you might see when the OS officially launches.

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Understanding Unified Communications

Understanding Unified Communications

As businesses have progressed, the use of tools to enhance their communication has become paramount to success, with ongoing global developments only contributing more to their importance. With new challenges and opportunities arising each day, your team needs the tools that allow them to work together and accomplish all that needs to be done.

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A Hosted Email Solution Can Benefit Your Business

A Hosted Email Solution Can Benefit Your Business

Email is one of the most often used business tools available, but as with any tool, some options are better than others. Listed below are some tips on how to best utilize email in your business by using hosted email.

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Point of Sale Software and Solutions can Improve Your Business

Point of Sale Software and Solutions can Improve Your Business

Point of sale software and solutions have provided massive benefits to businesses for a while now, with these benefits increasing as the technology has advanced. Listed below is a look at how the POS system has developed over the years to offer the business utilities and benefits that it does today.

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Video Conferencing Solutions can Enhance Your Organization's Collaboration

Video Conferencing Solutions can Enhance Your Organization's Collaboration

If your business is like many others, you’ve delayed some of your more capital-intensive plans and focused on efficiency. Since things are starting to reopen in many places, it’s been made clear that keeping your business running with remote workers is a solid strategy, but you can’t keep your projects on the back burner forever. Utilizing video conferencing solutions to help run your projects can be a good stopgap that can give your organization some flexibility. 

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Automation is Vital for Future Businesses

Automation is Vital for Future Businesses

Many businesses have found it very difficult to cope with restrictions levied by lawmakers because of the COVID-19 situation. This pandemic has sent business owners and decision makers searching for solutions to their revenue problems. The most popular solution is to automate some of the work that was usually done by human resources to try and slice some of the demands on their capital. Automation is here to stay in business. 

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3 Technology Solutions that can Help Your Business

3 Technology Solutions that can Help Your Business

When the stay-at-home orders came down in March, no one was sure just how long precautionary measures would last. Now that a large percentage of the workforce is either out of work, just returning to work, or working remotely after nearly 100 days, it has proven to be one of the most challenging periods for businesses in contemporary business history. Listed below are three technology solutions that can fix some of your organization's issues in a time when there are plenty to fix.

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Small Businesses can Benefit from these Solutions

Small Businesses can Benefit from these Solutions

As time marches on and new technology arises, a lot of the processes that organizations rely on become more efficient and stand to deliver greater benefits to the businesses that use them. These benefits are accessible to businesses of all sizes, including small businesses. 

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How the Pandemic is Affecting Net Neutrality

How the Pandemic is Affecting Net Neutrality

The dark cloud cast by COVID-19 wouldn’t seem to have very much of a silver lining, but if you look very closely, there is the faintest one there. As more and more people are practicing self isolation, remote work has become a more pressing requirement. In response, many Internet service providers and mobile data carriers are putting changes in place that actually resemble net neutrality.

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Windows 10’s Action Center

Windows 10’s Action Center

Windows 10 has available for almost five years. Have you ever used the Windows 10 Action Center, though? If the answer is yes, good for you. If the answer is no, it is time to talk about the nearly hidden part of Windows 10, and tell you how you can use it to your advantage.

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Options for Storing Massive Data

Options for Storing Massive Data

Large data, or enormous data sets that can be utilized to make inferences and reveal patterns, has become an increasingly critical part of today's business and can be leveraged in many different ways. There are a few different options for storing this data available, which the use case for the data will dictate. Below we will evaluate whether a “data lake” or a “data warehouse” would better suit your needs.

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How Automation is Changing Modern HR

How Automation is Changing Modern HR

Human resources are a part of almost any company; there are a lot of Is to dot and Ts to cross in any business. Some HR departments are better than others, but generally the HR department deals with most of the elements of the business that deal with, you guessed it, the human resources (employees). The modern HR landscape is changing as businesses are now looking to automation to handle much of the heavy lifting. 

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The Difference Between Shutting Down and Restarting Your Computer

The Difference Between Shutting Down and Restarting Your Computer

You might be familiar with a situation where your technology is malfunctioning and someone says to you “Why don’t you turn it off and turn it back on?” What you have no way of knowing is that by turning it off and turning it back on, you aren’t getting the same result you would if you simply restarted the machine.

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How Blockchain Can Enhance Your Business

How Blockchain Can Enhance Your Business

Blockchain is one of the most powerful new technologies, but up until recently, there hasn’t been a lot accomplished in the way of creating viable distributed software titles. In reality, the most practical technology created with blockchain is cryptocurrency. This says quite a bit. Below is a look at blockchain-enhanced software and how it’s only a matter of time until it is a mainstream addition to most businesses.

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The Challenges that Arise When IT and OT Work Together

The Challenges that Arise When IT and OT Work Together

Businesses have two different types of technology to contend with: their information technology, and their operational technology. As these categories have become less distinct with the arrival of the Internet of Things and other similar advancements, a couple of new challenges to maintaining security have become apparent. These challenges are listed below, as well as what you need to do to overcome them.

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What You Need to Know About Software as a Service

What You Need to Know About Software as a Service

The cloud has offered businesses exceptional remarkable capabilities and opportunities, but let's take a moment to focus on one in particular: software as a service (SaaS). What exactly is SaaS, and how can it assist you in your operations? 

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How Digital Signage Can Benefit A Business

How Digital Signage Can Benefit A Business

While there are gimmicks when it comes to technology in the small business (USB-powered staplers for example), there are many devices and technologies that have far more utility, although they may not seem to be applicable to all industries. One example would be the digital signage solutions that have risen in popularity. While they may seem to have limited uses outside of retail, there are plenty of ways to utilize them to your advantage.

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