Security: How Can You Know You Have It? Security: How Can You Know You Have It? Security is a big, big issue in these times, and the effort to be secure has become a major daily responsibility. How can you know you are secure? Whether it’s a small gesture like locking your front door when […]
7 Critical IT Advances—Are You There Yet?
7 Critical IT Advances—Are You There Yet? When you outsource your company’s Information Technology, you should expect to bring on a skillful partner dedicated to helping your company succeed. This person is tasked with keeping you apprised of IT budget needs, of industry threat levels, of monthly productivity, and he or she should be in […]
2FA—A Major Tool For Your Security
2FA—A Major Tool For Your Security What I like best about 2FA (2 factor authentication) is that it’s a major security tool I myself can use to help protect my data. Yes, it’s one more step to get into your software and services, but every day brings a new story of a major security breach. […]
Password Manager App: This Is Now A No-Brainer
Password Manager App: This Is Now A No-Brainer I know the thought of having to add even one more step to daily IT safety routines can bring cringes and groans, especially to anyone who has not yet had a major, catastrophic, time-consuming hack. But it’s time. Get to know your new BFF—your password manager app. […]
Working On The Puzzle of “Fit” With Your Suppliers
Working On The Puzzle of “Fit” With Your Suppliers When you own a business, you spend much of your time working on puzzles. Your ever-changing market can be a puzzle. Maximizing employee productivity can be a puzzle. Staying on the leading edge of your industry can be a puzzle, and sometimes just finding the leading edge of […]
Your Business IT: Friend or Foe?
Your Business IT: Friend or Foe? I am often surprised to learn that business owners aren’t sure if their company computer network is their friend or their worst enemy. When it’s efficiently tracking supply chain transfers, it’s an invention better than learning to use wheels. When booting up in the morning takes 5 minutes, it’s […]
Internet Privacy: What Google Knows
Internet Privacy: What Google Knows What don’t we google these days? I’m using the word as a verb (the action of looking something up) rather than the proper name of a company, with a capital “G”. We google how to fix our plumbing, restaurant reviews, where movies are playing, sports scores. Even if you can’t […]
Malware In A Flash: It’s A Thing
Malware In A Flash: It’s A Thing I don’t often get to discuss a subject ripped from today’s headlines, but malware in a flash drive is a security issue you should be aware of. So here’s a little warning. Recently a Chinese woman talked her way into Mar-A-Lago and was then arrested. On her person […]
Fun Facts About Better Business IT
Fun Facts About Better Business IT Better Business IT The technology landscape today offers an overwhelming array of business improvement options. Safe to say it would be easy to buy new and better business IT products that might not interface effectively with technology you already have–unless you ask an IT expert. As your business grows, streamlining […]
Good IT Management Helps Preserve Profits
Good IT Management Helps Preserve Profits I was recently asked to explain how having excellent Information Technology will pay dividends. That’s a great question, even if the answer is not just one or two sentences. My short answer is that the right IT for your company will not necessarily create profit, but it can preserve […]