As the cloud is being used by more people and businesses to meet their computing requirements, more critical data is hosted outside of local computer networks. As a result, individuals use cloud storage for their backup and recovery strategies. In fact, it has become the primary use of cloud-hosted platforms, but just how does backup and recovery from these collaborative cloud-based platforms work?
Business owners: do you ever feel like you need to walk around on eggshells when it comes time to implement a new process or policy with your workers? Does it seem like your employees fight back tooth and nail when there is any technology alteration or IT restriction? You aren’t the only one who feels this way.
Chances are you've heard the term “hacker” before. A favorite character trope of Hollywood films and television dramas, these cybercriminals have appeared in movies like Die Hard and shows like Mr. Robot with varying degrees of accuracy. Let's examine what the term 'hacker' means and the different kinds of them that lurk in the real world.
You serve as a vendor to your clients, supplying them with a required good or service. Similarly, you have vendors that supply you with the goods and services that enable you to do so. Yet, how well are your vendors managed?
The smartphone is a popular and useful device that can benefit a business. As a communication tool, it is unparalleled; you can utilize it to conduct business and communicate from anywhere. However, this is ignoring many of the other capabilities that make the smartphone a smart choice for your business productivity, especially when you’re mobile.
Have you ever attempted to open up a document only to have your computer default to a program that you didn’t intend or never use? This can often happen for standard file types like PDFs. Fortunately, Windows 10 makes it easy to alter the default applications for your organization’s file types. Below we'll show you how to accomplish this.
The average Internet scammer isn’t above utilizing dirty tricks to claim their ill-gotten prizes from their victims. A recent scam shows just how dirty these tricks can be. Unfortunately, it also demonstrates how ill-prepared many people are to handle them.
It’s nearly impossible to believe that half of the globe still doesn’t have access to the Internet. While so many people in the west take their near-ubiquitous Internet accessibility for granted, over three and half billion people don’t have access at all. Years ago, Google created X (or Google X) which was essentially a research-and-development facility.
Because the public cloud has amassed around $150 billion in annual revenues, the software as a service model has grown significantly. In fact, it’s grown by approximately 20 percent a year for the past five years. The public cloud currently houses over a third of all applications utilized worldwide, making it a tremendous contributor to the success of software as a service (SaaS). Has your business begun to take advantage of this phenomenon?
Some may have heard the term augmented reality, but they'd be surprised to learn just how much augmented reality they already utilize in their life. For the majority of people who use a smartphone, A.R. applications (like a camera app) are already used heavily. Let's take a look at augmented reality and how it is going to be utilized in the future.
With the numerous threats out there that can harm your business, it’s more important than ever before to think about what your business is doing to protect its data; and, by extension, its future. Depending on the current data backup solution your business utilizes, it might be time to consider a change for the better.
While we do discuss ways to keep your business more secure, unfortunately, we also have to discuss how to keep yourself more secure against a business. Walmart recently filed a patent that could potentially be used to undermine the security of everyone there, from shoppers to employees. Let's dig into the jargon in the patent to give you a better look at the situation.
Microsoft Office is one of the most well-known suite of software solutions currently available; Microsoft Word is probably being the first of the suite’s included programs to come to mind. However, despite it's popularity, it's fair to wonder whether most people know all of Word’s capabilities. Below we'll take a closer look at some of Word’s handiest, but relatively unknown, features.
It's inevitable that employees will bring their mobile devices to work, even if the boss bans them. Instead of worrying about these workers wasting time during the day, try turning those devices to your advantage. There are more tools out there than ever before to not only add smartphones to your workflows, but to make them profitable and valuable for your business.
The hunt for the best technology for your organization sometimes becomes problematic because you either don’t have the required capital or operational leeway to combine the latest and greatest solutions. For the business that needs an upgrade but isn't sure what the next move is, consulting with an IT professional like Macro Systems is a great option.
The difference in modern mobile devices and mobile devices from years before used to be astonishing, but in recent years, those differences have started to diminish. Manufacturers have started to roll out devices with only minor changes in power, but with excessive increases in cost. For the first time, in 4Q of 2017, the smartphone saw stagnation; we'll explain below.
Microsoft OneNote is a very helpful application in the business world; it has a variety of features and capabilities to assist in keeping you and your employees organized. Below we'll review how OneNote could realistically serve as your project management tool.
There’s a significant difference between operating a smart business and making smart business decisions, although you could argue that one contributes to the other. More businesses than ever before are looking to their data to create better opportunities and make more intelligent decisions. Let's take a look at what the differences are between business intelligence and business analysis, as well as how they can contribute to your company's success.
When you are browsing the internet, do you know if you are secure? Most of the time your browser will let you know when a site is secure or not. This is especially critical if you are putting in sensitive information, such as passwords or credit card numbers. Google Chrome is upgrading it’s game to keep users safe.
When you sign up for a service online, you'll be asked to make a username and password. Here, let's clarify the purpose of a username and supply you with some best practices on how to create the best username possible for you.
