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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.

5 Ways Your Business Can More Effectively Manage Inventory

5 Ways Your Business Can More Effectively Manage Inventory

Sure, retailers have to manage their inventory effectively, but have you ever thought about the way your own business manages what it keeps on hand? Listed below are five ways your business can better manage inventory; it turns out technology plays a vital part in improving any inventory control system.

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Tips to Keep Your Best Employees

Tips to Keep Your Best Employees

Retaining your organization’s top talent has become more important than ever for businesses aiming to thrive and grow. Your employees are your most valuable assets and losing them can be costly and disruptive. High turnover rates not only impact productivity but also your company's reputation and bottom line. So, what can you do to keep your best employees engaged, motivated, and loyal to your organization? Listed below are some of the best strategies for retaining your top talent.

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What Does it Mean to 'Lead From the Front'?

What Does it Mean to 'Lead From the Front'?

To most businesses, effective leadership is essential to promote growth, drive innovation, and ensure the successful conclusion of assorted tasks. While there are various leadership styles, one approach that stands out is leading from the front. Listed below is a look at what this means and how to do it effectively. 

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Pros and Cons of Automation

Pros and Cons of Automation

One way companies attempt to save money is via automating certain processes and tasks that have traditionally been time-consuming or monotonous for their workforce. When implemented appropriately, automation can cut costs, streamline operations, and enhance quality of life for workers. That being said, just because a task can be automated doesn’t necessarily mean that it should be automated. Listed below is a look at the arguments for and against automation in these contexts.

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Three Ways to Enhance Your Organization's Cybersecurity

Three Ways to Enhance Your Organization's Cybersecurity

Cyberattacks are a serious problem that all organizations face in some form or another, but there are small, everyday tasks you can do to ensure that they impact your business as minimally as possible. It takes intention and effort to protect your business and its infrastructure, but that doesn’t mean that it has to be hard. Listed below are three simple ways you can keep your infrastructure secure.

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Look Outside Your Company to Get the Help You Require

Look Outside Your Company to Get the Help You Require

There are countless moving parts to any successful company, and smaller businesses often have the problem of their employees juggling multiple different tasks and wearing all kinds of different hats in addition to their outlined job duties and responsibilities. You might encounter situations where you don’t know what to do, and it can be overwhelming when so much needs to get done in so little time.

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Managing Vendors can be Exhausting

Managing Vendors can be Exhausting

Businesses need vendors for several things, whether for services rendered or the acquisition of technology. Alas, the act of managing so many vendors can be draining and time-consuming for companies. What is the forward-thinking organization to do, and how can it overcome the challenges of vendor management?

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The Ongoing Battle Between Working Remotely and Returning to the Office

The Ongoing Battle Between Working Remotely and Returning to the Office

Since employees started returning to the office after getting a taste of remote work, there has been an ongoing war between employers wishing a return to normalcy and the employees who prefer to get their work done from the comforts of their own home. A new survey indicates that half of employees would rather quit than deal with an employer who mandates a return to the office environment.

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A Look at The Great Resignation

A Look at The Great Resignation

We are in the midst of a phenomenon known as The Great Resignation, and like many other time periods in the past with “great” in their title, they are anything but that. In this case, the Great Resignation has to do with people leaving their jobs without having new ones lined up, creating a lot of problems for businesses with employee turnover. Listed below is a closer look at the Great Resignation and what it means for small businesses.

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How Old is the Technology Your Business Relies on Every Day?

How Old is the Technology Your Business Relies on Every Day?

When was the last time that you took a hard look at your business’ technology? How old are some of the devices that you rely on each day? These are important questions to answer if you want your business to succeed. Listed below are some reasons why upgrading is so critical, and how to determine when the time to upgrade comes.

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Reasons Why Your IT Projects Could Fail

Reasons Why Your IT Projects Could Fail

The process of implementing new technology for your business can be a grueling, irritating, and confusing process. This is especially the case when you implement a new technology solution only to find that it was absolutely not worth the effort. Listed below are some of the reasons why your IT project deployment might not go according to plan, as well as how you can make sure this does not happen for your business.

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What to Avoid Regarding Cyber Security for Your Business

What to Avoid Regarding Cyber Security for Your Business

Security can be rough for small businesses to optimize, but that does not make it any less imperative. One such way that security can work against you is actually your employees’ predispositions toward it; the cognitive biases that your employees have regarding security can put your business at risk, even if that is the last thing on their minds.

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Tips on Overcoming Distractions in the Workplace

Tips on Overcoming Distractions in the Workplace

Technology is such a great tool for productivity, but one thing that you need to comprehend is that it can't work miracles. At the end of the day, we are all still human; distractions creep in that technology cannot prevent. Some users struggle with staying focused, which leads to unproductive behaviors, all of which compounds to create wasted time and money. Listed below are some ways that your employees can overcome distractions in the workplace.

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A Business Needs Reliable Leadership

A Business Needs Reliable Leadership

Many small business owners are in a very tough position: not only have they had to navigate months of government-mandated limitations, health scares, and rising vendor prices, they also don’t have any definitive answers to when this whole period might be over, and, what a new normal will look like when it is. For these reasons it is imperative that a business has reliable leadership in place. 

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How an Inventory Strategy Can Help Your Business

How an Inventory Strategy Can Help Your Business

How many times have you traveled to the store and purchased items that you already had? Alas, this happens all the time, but fortunately it’s usually a carton milk or a loaf of bread. When it happens in your business, it can be much more costly. Listed below is a recommendation for an inventory strategy that will stop you from spending tons of cash on redundant investments. 

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Technology that Fuels Necessary Business Collaboration

Technology that Fuels Necessary Business Collaboration

For small businesses and startups, it is extremely imperative to select the collaboration tools your business needs to meet consumer demand. It is often the case where members of your team are going to be asked to work together toward the successful conclusion in the delivery of a service or the creation of a product. Listed below are some considerations that decision makers need to sort through in order to find collaboration solutions that will help meet their business’ goals. 

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All You Need to Know About Line of Business Software

All You Need to Know About Line of Business Software

Modern businesses depend on software to help them fill in the gaps. For certain businesses, though, not just any piece of software will do. If your business is dependent on specific software to properly run your business, or if your business functions in an industry rife with regulations, you might be looking for a line of business software.

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A Look at Office Wellness Programs

A Look at Office Wellness Programs

The office is a location where work gets accomplished, but it’s also known as a sedentary lifestyle. Workplace wellness programs may be an $8 billion industry, but the effectiveness of these programs has yet to be determined. Below we'll take a look at what kind of office wellness programs might work for your business. 

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How to Meet and Manage Employee Expectations

How to Meet and Manage Employee Expectations

There aren’t many more joyful moments for a person than when they land their first big job. The opportunity to utilize the skills they have learned, and to pay off some of the debt that knowledge set them back, are two activities most people who are in this position savor. Nonetheless, you can’t expect these opportunities to keep your employees around forever... you need to meet and manage their other expectations of the workplace.

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2019: The Year Your Organization Hires an MSP

2019: The Year Your Organization Hires an MSP

If you are a business owner that has been in business for a decade you’ve probably seen how emerging technologies have altered the face of business. Technologies such as cloud computing have created opportunities for many businesses to get the powerful computing infrastructures they need without enormous upfront costs. As this trend continues, the IT services have begun to move past core IT management and support and onto providing real solutions for the modern business. Let's take a look at how the Managed Service Provider (MSP) is at the forefront of a data revolution that has no end in sight.

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