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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.

Protect Your Business against the Gift Card Scam

Protect Your Business against the Gift Card Scam

The gift card may be the perfect (if impersonal) gift; however, these convenient little plastic rectangles may not be so perfect after all. In 2018, they’ve been a vital component to a business email compromise scam that has been popular recently.

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The Most Dangerous Threats involving Remote Workers and Mobile Devices

The Most Dangerous Threats involving Remote Workers and Mobile Devices

Were you one the 55.3 percent of employees who took their work devices on the road during this holiday season? Odds are that if you have employees who find it difficult to complete their duties in the office, they’ll take it home with them over the holidays to ensure they don’t fall behind. However, they could potentially be exposing critical data to risk by doing this.

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Four Android Shortcuts

Four Android Shortcuts

Android devices have a reputation for being customizable, which does not always lead to user-friendliness. Nevertheless, if configured correctly, these devices provide good shortcuts to just about any function you might need from your device. Listed below are four simple shortcuts: 

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What to Know about the 'As a Service' Model

What to Know about the 'As a Service' Model

Modern businesses utilize so many solutions that it can be challenging just to keep them all in line, let alone managing and maintaining them. Naturally, the most difficult part of utilizing so much technology is affording it. While you could invest in software licenses for each and every one of your users’ systems, there is an alternative that you should definitely contemplate.

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Five Holiday Gift Ideas for the Tech Fan in Your Life

Five Holiday Gift Ideas for the Tech Fan in Your Life

With the holiday season here, finding solid gifts for the technology lover in your life may actually be more difficult than you’d think. People will often get paralysis from trying to find the right gift and end up going the gift card route because there are just so many options. Macro Systems has five great gift ideas for the technology fan in your life.

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3 Gifts for Your IT Team

3 Gifts for Your IT Team

The holiday season has arrived! Why not give the IT professional in your life a few things that they’ve been wishing for all year? Macro Systems has compiled a list of gifts you can give them, some of which will cost you and your business nothing.

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Five Benefits IT can Provide Your Business

Five Benefits IT can Provide Your Business

No matter how big a company is, it has to leverage at least some IT in order to be productive. Alas, some businesses are resistant to implement new technology if they don’t think they need it immediately. What these organizations don’t know is that the reason they usually don’t implement new solutions (saving money) is in direct conflict with what the solutions are designed to do in the first place.

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Threats to Your Network

Threats to Your Network

Modern security solutions have made good strides to protect businesses, but there are still a lot of threats out there that can cause problems for your business. If you don’t take a proactive stance on security, you could leave your network vulnerable to incoming threats of all types. Macro Systems will help your business comprehend what threats are out there, why they are dangerous, and what you can do to keep your business secure.

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The Four Biggest Hazards Your Organization Could Encounter in Network Security

The Four Biggest Hazards Your Organization Could Encounter in Network Security

No organization can be successful if it’s constantly suffering from data breaches. Thus, you should take measures to reduce the problems caused by these threats before they present themselves. Listed below are four of the biggest problems your company could encounter in the field of network security.

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Should Your Business Put HR and Payroll in the Cloud?

Should Your Business Put HR and Payroll in the Cloud?

Cloud computing can be utilized for many purposes, especially in the business environment. Businesses of all shapes and sizes utilize the cloud to keep operations moving smoothly. Some have even moved their entire human resources and payroll departments into the cloud. Macro Systems can help you decide if this is the right approach for your business.

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Why Your Business Needs Data Backup

Why Your Business Needs Data Backup

Data backup usually carries with it the association that your company could end at any moment, and while this is an imperative reason to implement data backup, there are many others to consider as well. You might find that they are just as critical to your business as saving it from a crippling data loss disaster.

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How to be Prepared When Your Technology Inevitably Fails

How to be Prepared When Your Technology Inevitably Fails

It's likely that you’ve had to deal with the following scenario: You're efficiently working when you try to open an application only to be rebuked by an error message on the screen that tells you that there is some type of critical error. You close that out hoping that it was a one-time exception, but it appears up again. You think to yourself, “Why does this always happen?”

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3 Backup Horror Situations Your Business Must Avoid

3 Backup Horror Situations Your Business Must Avoid

Your organization needs to have data backup and disaster recovery; there is no exception to this rule. Your business is risking far too much by not implementing data backup and disaster recovery. Below we will review situations in which a company may find its data endangered, as well as how modern businesses can keep their data secure.

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OneNote Tips and Tricks

OneNote Tips and Tricks

Microsoft’s OneNote is a good application to utilize for taking notes, but its functionality is much more than merely that. Listed below are some of our favorite tips and tricks to assist you in making the most of your OneNote application.

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Why Managed IT Services Provide More Value for your Business than the Alternatives

Why Managed IT Services Provide More Value for your Business than the Alternatives

The #1 reason to utilize managed IT services is the value it provides for your organization compared to the alternatives. Once upon a time businesses may have depended on unreliable and expensive services to successfully maintain their IT, but in this current era, it’s more efficient and, in most cases, more affordable than ever before. Let's go through how managed service providers can create value opportunities for your organization.

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Are Those Annoying Spam Calls Going to Cease Any Time Soon?

Are Those Annoying Spam Calls Going to Cease Any Time Soon?

While the phone remains a convenient communication tool, it has recently been the cause of a large amount of stress from businesses and users alike. While caller ID was also once a convenient tool to help stop spam calls, we now cannot trust the numbers it provides. Allowing personal calls go to voicemail to check them is one thing, but a business shouldn’t have to resort to that. What can they do?

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A Reminder How Important Monitoring Your Devices Can Be

A Reminder How Important Monitoring Your Devices Can Be

It's easy underestimate the importance of monitoring your solutions. Nevertheless, the advantages of tenacious monitoring were recently thrust into the spotlight when 24 spammers were arrested in October by the Delhi Police’s cyber cell for impersonating Microsoft support staff and duping American citizens.

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Keyboard Shortcuts to Reduce Time Wasted on Mundane Tasks

Keyboard Shortcuts to Reduce Time Wasted on Mundane Tasks

Even the most mundane tasks in the office can take up a bit of time. For example: did you know that switching from your keyboard to your mouse can consume up to eight full work days every year? If you take advantage of keyboard shortcuts, you can significantly reduce the amount of time wasted on these simple tasks.

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What You Need to Know About Hosted Solutions

What You Need to Know About Hosted Solutions

Hosted solutions are utilized in current business practices for several reasons, but by far the most common reason is because the business doesn’t have the staff or resources to take care of the solution in-house. The process of implementation will vary by business, but Macro Systems can walk you through the process nevertheless, including creating the solution, renting the solution, and purchasing the hosting space.

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Signs that a Business Needs to Upgrade Their IT

Signs that a Business Needs to Upgrade Their IT

There's a good chance that if you're in business today, there at least a couple devices on your network that you haven’t touched in years, might not be using, or don’t even need. Sadly, there are times when the technology you have doesn’t do anything but take up space. If you feel like you are spending too much on your technology, you may be right. By finding the IT that helps your organization operate more smoothly, and terminating plans for implementing technology that doesn’t provide sustainable returns may be a sound strategy.

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