The Solid Six: Best Practices for Remotely Managing Your Small Business Network Remote access to your small business network is no longer the luxury it was a decade ago. It’s no longer a cutting-edge tool that delivers a competitive advantage. Remote access is now a necessity. Your customers expect it, and so do your workers.…
Choosing the Right Networking Hardware for Your Small Business There are several reasons your small business might be in the market for new computer networking hardware. You might be expanding your operations, opening a new location, or your present equipment might have reached the end of its life cycle. Whatever the reason, you’re about to…
What Small Business Owners Should Know About Network Segmentation Our clients often ask us what IT specialists mean by “network segmentation.” Well, if you’ve ever watched a submarine movie, there’s usually a scene where ships on the surface are dropping depth charges on the sub. Inevitably there’s a hull breach somewhere that threatens the whole…
Onboarding Employees for the Remote-Work Era If your company is like most, you have more employees working remotely than ever before, and you are hiring new workers specifically for remote work. There are many concerns connected to this trend, which we discuss, below, but since we are an IT consulting firm, we’re most attuned to…
Why Every Business Enterprise Needs a Data Backup & Disaster Recovery Plan Because Plan A is not guaranteed, everyone needs a Plan B. It’s why baseball teams have bullpens, trunks carry spare tires, and guitarists pack extra strings. It’s why businesses build controls into their processes and diversify their sources for materials, goods and services.…
How IT Outsourcing Can Improve Your Company’s Cyber Security Imagine losing access to every computer in your business for several days. Imagine also that someone gained access to your customer database and came away with private information, such as credit card numbers. The cost to your business in lost earnings, damaged reputation and liability for…
Have you calculated how much a data breach could cost your company? According to Microsoft, the average loss from a data breach is $4.2 million, but many breaches are far more expensive. Given those risks, you’ve got to implement the most up-to-date safeguards available. And at the moment, that means Multi-Factor Authentication, or MFA. MFA…
Disaster has struck – you login to your businesses network and everything is gone. What do you do now? What should have you done to prevent this from happening? Luckily, losing your information in today’s world doesn’t mean losing it forever. Sometimes your equipment malfunctions and wipes everything clean but that doesn’t mean we can’t…
Strategic planning is an essential determinant of a company’s future success or organization for any business or organization. However, sometimes it gets difficult to ensure that all the implemented strategies and plans reach every business department. This can make it difficult for those in leadership positions to visualize those strategies and align them effectively. To…
When running a business, your email is probably the most important tool you can utilize for customer service, sales and customer relations. But alongside that tool comes some underlying risk. Getting in front of hackers and malware emails is a lot easier than you think – the best part is that you can start protecting…