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A Password Manager is an Essential Security Measure for Businesses

A Password Manager is an Essential Security Measure for Businesses

Modern cybersecurity requires you to lock down numerous access points to protect your business, using various tools to accomplish sufficient security precautions. The password manager is one such tool that can genuinely save your metaphorical bacon.

Let’s explore how this essential tool works and why it is valuable for your business to implement.

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How to Keep BYOD from Tanking Your Business Security

How to Keep BYOD from Tanking Your Business Security

Imagine for a moment a world where you don’t have to distribute devices to your employees and can instead rely on your team to provide them. With Bring Your Own Device, or BYOD, businesses can leverage employee-owned devices to their advantage for work-related purposes. There is a catch, though: you have to make sure they’re used safely.

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3 of the Most Common Malware You’ll Encounter (And What to Do About Them)

3 of the Most Common Malware You’ll Encounter (And What to Do About Them)

Malware can be scary to talk about, but it’s a topic that you should be intimately familiar with, or at least aware of, if you want to keep your business running. These days, you can’t do much of anything online without potentially exposing yourself and your organization to a security risk. Today, we want to explore the different types of malware you might encounter and why it’s so important to take action today to limit their influence on your business.

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Connecting Google Search to Gemini is Simple (But May Not be Advisable)

Connecting Google Search to Gemini is Simple (But May Not be Advisable)

Google has implemented Gemini, its latest AI model, into its free software strategy. Previously, it was only available to those on the Advanced plan, a $20/month service. The model can reference a user’s Search queries and other applications to personalize the user’s results, but is this a good thing, or even something you want in the first place?

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Making Sense of Technology Compliance

Making Sense of Technology Compliance

For businesses, staying compliant with data regulations isn’t just about avoiding hefty fines; it’s about building trust with customers, protecting sensitive information, and keeping operations running smoothly. Ignoring compliance isn’t an option. A single slip-up can lead to legal trouble, financial losses, and serious damage to your company’s reputation.

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Celebrate World Backup Day by Focusing on Your Backup Preparations

Celebrate World Backup Day by Focusing on Your Backup Preparations

Your business runs on data. You keep customer information, invoices, project files, inventory and much more. If you were to lose it, you face a myriad of problems from hits to your reputation to major downtime. Today is World Backup Day, so we thought it would be good to highlight just how important having a feature-rich and reliable backup strategy is.

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Which Cloud is Most Effective for Your Business?

Which Cloud is Most Effective for Your Business?

How much does your business currently rely on the cloud? There are loads of ways to use it, but the best way is to find what works for your business, then double down on it according to your company’s specific needs. We’re looking at how the type of cloud can impact the way your business uses this flexible asset.

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Tip of the Week: Get the Most Out of Your Chrome Experience

Tip of the Week: Get the Most Out of Your Chrome Experience

Google Chrome is everywhere. It’s one of the most popular web browsers for a reason, but most people don’t take full advantage of everything it can do. That means you’re probably missing out on some cool features that could save you time and make your life a whole lot easier.

Today, we’re diving into some Chrome tips you might not know about, plus a few hidden gems that can help you get even more out of your browsing experience, whether you’re using it for work or just everyday tasks.

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How to Tell When It’s Time to Say Goodbye to Your Old Tech

How to Tell When It’s Time to Say Goodbye to Your Old Tech

We all know that person with an ancient laptop, a stubborn printer, or that phone they refuse to part with. At some point, however, that beloved device stops being the sidekick you need it to be and starts feeling more like dead weight. If your tech is making life harder instead of easier, it might be time for an upgrade. Here’s how to know when to let go.

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Three Business Issues Modern Technology Has Solved

Three Business Issues Modern Technology Has Solved

Business is all about disaster mitigation and damage control. You never know exactly when something bad is going to happen, but you have to be ready for it when it does. Today, we want to discuss a couple ways that smart technology can help you in specific situations where your business might otherwise falter.

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How Much Should Your Business Invest in its Cybersecurity?

How Much Should Your Business Invest in its Cybersecurity?

Long story short: it depends.

As unhelpful as that answer may seem on the surface, it really is the truth. There are just so many variables that different businesses will exhibit that ultimately impact how their budgets should be shaped. For instance, both a small mom-and-pop shop and a massive corporation need cybersecurity, but the scale of their respective investments will vastly differ.

Let’s go over how to budget appropriately for your cybersecurity protections and concerns. 

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How Modern Businesses Use IT Services

How Modern Businesses Use IT Services

IT should be making your business work smarter, not harder. That’s what we want to discuss today: how IT impacts your business priorities, such as productivity, cybersecurity, and accessibility. Are you making the best choices possible, or are the options you’re selecting hindering your company’s operations?

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Technology Drives Inventory Management

Technology Drives Inventory Management

It’s always good to know what kind of technological assets your business has at any given time, but some business owners don’t keep a detailed inventory. If you don’t know what you have, how will you know what you need? Let’s discuss some of the ways you can manage your IT inventory or make your current practices more effective.

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Microsoft Windows for Beginners: The Start Menu

Microsoft Windows for Beginners: The Start Menu

Last month, we wrote about how Windows is not the only operating system out there and that new users may be coming to the OS for the first time. We want to continue this discussion by sharing how to navigate the many features of Windows 11, including one of the more useful ones: the Start menu. You’ll find the other articles in this series by checking the “Learning Windows” tag here on our blog.

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Technology Has Been a Guiding Influence in Business Strategy

Technology Has Been a Guiding Influence in Business Strategy

Technology is deeply embedded in nearly every aspect of modern life. As society has become increasingly tech-driven, businesses have found ways to set themselves apart by meeting the growing demand for innovation. While technological dominance has been a recurring theme throughout the information age, today’s leading tech companies wield more power and influence than ever before.

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If You Rely on the Cloud, You Want to Be Sure It’s Reliable

If You Rely on the Cloud, You Want to Be Sure It’s Reliable

When a business uses the cloud for any reason, its cloud solutions and resources must be sufficiently reliable. Let’s examine what it is that makes the cloud reliable, and how to ensure you accomplish this essential baseline.

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Disaster Recovery Is But One Part of a Successful Business Continuity Plan

Disaster Recovery Is But One Part of a Successful Business Continuity Plan

In today’s age of ransomware, climate change, and worldwide pandemics, a lot can happen that could spell trouble for your organization. This is why it is so critical for your company to have a business continuity plan. There are many factors that contribute to a successful business continuity plan, one of which is a disaster recovery plan. But wait, aren’t those the same thing? Not quite.

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What to Know About Data Backups (Get Started Today)

What to Know About Data Backups (Get Started Today)

Your business needs to consider business continuity if it wants to outlast the competition, and to do so, you need a data backup plan. Let’s look at some steps you can take today to protect your small business from potentially disastrous situations.

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Is the Ransomware Craze Finally Over? (Hint: Probably Not)

Is the Ransomware Craze Finally Over? (Hint: Probably Not)

Even with ransomware making headlines last year, 2024 saw one of the most interesting trends yet: decreased payments. Last year alone, ransomware payments decreased by hundreds of millions of dollars, even with large-scale attacks and a massive $75 million payment by one victim. Progress? Well, maybe.

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How to Transition from Multitasking to Single-Tasking for Greater Productivity

How to Transition from Multitasking to Single-Tasking for Greater Productivity

Multitasking might commonly be seen as a super skill that all employees and business professionals should master, but is it really all it’s cracked up to be? The truth of the matter is that multitasking doesn’t work, even if it looks like it does. In fact, all it succeeds in doing is making you work slower while increasing your stress and decreasing productivity.

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