Collaboration is imperative to the success of your business; productivity can rarely happen without it. Some modern collaboration tools have enhanced operations so much that they have completely altered the workplace dynamic, making meetings easier to manage, clients easier to communicate with, and managing in-house processes in a more productive way. It’s not surprising that the proper collaboration tools can help your business overcome just about anything.
Artificial Intelligence is one technology that results in both excitement and fear. People’s imaginations tend to run away with them when they have conversations about AI. Organizations of all kinds are beginning to figure how they can utilize advanced AI platforms and machine learning to facilitate better business, but is it working? Below we'll take a look at how AI innovation is changing business and see how ready AI is for primetime.
Sometimes a company focuses too much on what they think they need without asking for the opinions of the ones actually responsible for utilizing it: the end user. Implementing a new technology solution in this way is like asking a client what their favorite ice cream flavor is, then giving them the ice cream flavor you think it should be. In terms of your organization's IT, productivity can go a long way if you just take a moment to listen to your employees.
Business continuity is one topic that not a lot of people know a lot about; there isn’t a curriculum that presents a comprehensive outline on how to deal with disaster. Listed below are some continuity strategies that work, regardless of the situation, to get your organization coordinated and back up and running fast following a disaster scenario.
Cybersecurity is one of the most discussed issues facing the today's businesses; cybercrime has increased significantly while businesses have moved more of their processes onto the computer. Planning how to protect your organization's critical digital resources from corruption and theft has never been more imperative. Below we take a look at some of the issues affecting small and medium-sized businesses' ability to do business effectively.
You may be shocked to learn that your organization is regularly under threat of being hacked. Thus, it is extremely imperative that you have an idea of how to keep unauthorized users out of your network and out of your applications. Passwords are usually the last (only) line of defense against all types of threats; you need to make them as secure as possible to alleviate the threat in any way you can. Let Macro Systems walk you through this process.
For many companies, the struggle of how they keep in contact both internally and externally is very real. Some businesses are still at the mercy of their telephone providers, which is not an ideal approach to communications. There is certainly a better option for organizations in need of a comprehensive telephony platform: Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP).
Small businesses with limited budgets and staffing have always had difficulty maintaining and managing their technology solutions. Working with narrow resources doesn’t have to be a challenge, but more often than not, technology creates issues for companies that don’t have a dedicated IT support system. What if Macro Systems told you that it didn’t have to be this way, and that accessible IT management is something that all organizations can achieve?
The world manufactures over 50 million tons of e-waste every year as consumers and companies throw out their smartphones, computers, and appliances, less than 20 percent of which is properly recycled. The other 80 percent winds up in a landfill or broken down improperly. Let's spend some time reviewing society's increasing e-waste problem and what industry professionals are doing to reduce it.
Data backup is one of the most imperative aspects of maintaining a business, but it’s not something that some businesses even consider until it’s too late to reverse the damage done. In any case, data backup is a vital part of any successful business, but it’s not as simple as implementing a solution and praying it works. Let's go through the proper steps for making sure your business has a successful data backup solution when it’s needed most.
