For the individual, it is thrilling to open the box that your new computer arrives in. However, for a business, it can result in a slew of issues. A hardware refresh can be an exciting time for a business, especially if it has been required for a while; one problem, though, is that some new hardware comes with unwanted software.
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.
Business owners and managers are always trying to save money. Because the price of doing business continues to climb, looking to the cloud for their business-critical applications is one way to extend operational capital. The cloud provides several solutions to help the modern business keep their costs down; one service that can be very valuable is Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). VoIP, specifically hosted VoIP, can help you reduce your communications costs in many ways, including:
As their name implies, mobile devices go everywhere, including the modern office; it's probable that your employees will want to take advantage of their capabilities to accomplish more of their responsibilities and tasks. This can be beneficial to your organization, assuming that you have a well-thought-out mobile device policy in place.
About 10 years ago, when managed IT services were just beginning to gain traction, one of the critical selling points was that break/fix was expensive; not only was the machine you needed fixed broken, your business had to eat the cost of downtime. Now that many businesses have benefited from the proactive approach to IT management, and managed IT services are a big part of business for a lot of companies, one question is left unanswered: What happens when technology breaks under a managed IT services agreement?
A lot of companies need to deal with many vendors in order to keep their doors open - enough that, at times, it might seem that the most time and energy is spent juggling these vendors. However, that doesn’t have to be the case, at least where your technology solutions are concerned.
By the time you read this, Microsoft is shortly going to retire both Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 operating systems; assuming that you are reading this before January 14. If you still are using these software in your business at this point, you need to upgrade, or else deal with the security consequences of dealing with unsupported software. We review your options below.
There are many backup strategies; some are attractive for their affordability, some for their comprehensiveness, but regardless of the strategy you utilize, it will need to fit the kind of work that you do. Some businesses need to make considerations for the amount of data that is created, and what would happen if it were lost. This is where an operational backup strategy comes into play.
One of the most irritating modern things to deal with is a slow computer. There are a lot of factors that can slow a computer down: viruses and malware, too many applications running in the background, even time can seem to turn a relatively fast computer into a slow-as-molasses impediment to productivity.
If your computer is overall healthy but beginning to slow down, there is one simple upgrade that can help tremendously.
Data has become a critical factor in what most businesses do every day. Even smaller businesses have begun to utilize their data for strategic purposes, and in doing so have begun a trend that has taken the world by storm. Let’s take a look at the data services that are designed to inform business owners and decision makers on how their business is actually working and how to enhance operational effectiveness.
