Disasters happen. If your organization fails to plan for the worst, then when something horrible does happen, you could be looking at catastrophe. However, if you have a comprehensive continuity plan in place, you have a fighting chance. Listed below are some of the elements you absolutely must address when creating your business’ continuity plan.
The COVID-19 pandemic has every business on edge and looking for ways to mitigate some costs without directly impacting their ability to put out the product or service that their customers expect. When you begin to look at your IT, and try to establish what your IT support costs are, you may find that you are paying a lot more than you might like to keep your organization's IT running properly. This is where Managed IT services come in.
One thing that the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us is that a worker's environment may not have as big of an effect on productivity as we once thought. However, many businesses that were forced to disperse their workforces as stay-at-home orders were put in place, have seen their overall productivity drop by about one percent, depending on who you ask, which considering all the variables is a win for any business that needed to go that route. Some employees are so much more productive than they are at the office that now that many businesses can reopen, there is a decision to be made. Discussed below is how imperative your productivity figures are to your business and how it may have an effect on your management style moving forward.
Consider how easy it is to trick a person. Entire industries are built around it. Think about the flashy magazines at the checkout counter promising us perfect summer bodies if we just follow a celebrity's simple 10-step workout routine. People buy these magazines; they wouldn’t continue to exist otherwise. Phishing works for hackers, and it works very well; they are constantly making it harder to not get tricked.
If you were to mention the term “smartphone addiction” to college freshmen, it would either result in laughter or they would scoff at the notion that it is possible. We live in mobile times, and as a result, most of us actively use a smartphone. That’s not to say that most people are addicted to their device. Below is a look at the phenomenon that is smartphone addiction and its effects.
With 2020 at the halfway mark, it is fair to say that 2020 has turned out to be a bad year for nearly everyone. Business owners are now concerned about how they are spending, and different methods to circumvent procedural interruptions. One issue that all businesses should be aware of—and act to mitigate—is the loss of data that can cause these interruptions.
With a few noteworthy exceptions, modern businesses are largely in a holding pattern, waiting for the time to come when their operations can resume in full force. When that time arrives, however, there are likely to be some growing pains as everyone settles back into their old processes and operations. To help diminish these impacts, we recommend spending this time to enhance your business communications.
Regardless of stay-at-home orders and social distancing guidelines currently making the workday that we are used to impossible to sustain, many businesses have found that cloud services have helped them to adjust. Listed below is a run-down of what cloud services are available right now, and how exactly they can help many businesses operate.
Over the past months millions of people have been working remotely; those people may or may not have a dedicated space to work from in their residences. If you haven’t gotten around to creating a home office space for yourself and still work from the kitchen table, you’re in luck. Listed below is a look at what makes a modern office built for productivity.
If someone asked your right where all of your company data is, could you answer them with absolute confidence?
