Thieves Can Now Steal Your Identity Using Your Personal Cell Phone Number Your personal cell phone number can be stolen, and your number ported to another phone and another carrier. And since that personal cell phone number is probably on all your accounts, from social media accounts to financial accounts, then the new owner of […]
Are Your Computers ‘Sleeping’ On The Job?
Are Your Computers ‘Sleeping’ On The Job ? Every day it’s something new in our IT management service. Recently at Aptica, we have been fighting computers going to ‘sleep’ within a minute or two, even after being configured not to. Has this happened to you? We have found that the following steps resolve this issue. This seems […]
Protected and Productive? Inventory Your Information Technology System
Protected and Productive? Inventory Your Information Technology System I’m amazed it’s already the middle of July, but since I’m always the optimist, I know that I still have half a year to meet my business goals for Aptica LLC. I know for sure that I can’t lose any productivity, so I will inventory my assets to […]
Cyber Assault: Probably Not If, But When
Cyber Assault: Probably Not If, But When First question, and I am sincere when I ask: Is your business network secure? Do you know that for sure, or are you thinking that must be the case because nothing has gone wrong for a while? I ask because it’s my business to know if my managed […]
Strategy: A Key Service From Your IT Management Company
Strategy: A Key Service From Your IT Management Company Small to mid-size businesses these days may keep an IT person on staff to be there to immediately fix something when a workstation goes down. But it’s unusual for this position to be integral to overall business planning and projections. Whose job is it to stay […]
Security: A Good Time To Continue The Conversation About IT Management
Security: A Good Time To Continue The Conversation About IT Management Last week I talked about security as being one of the key reasons to let experts be responsible for your business IT management. After last Friday’s Wanna Cry ransomware attack, I want to revisit that notion. Institutions in over 150 countries were hit, with […]
Security: One of Many Reasons For Managed IT Services
Security: One of Many Reasons For Managed IT Services I’ve sat down with business owners who are not quite sure why they are meeting with a guy who has an IT management company. Their business is good and the last few times there were computer problems, someone came quickly and things got fixed. They are […]
Budgeting For Your Business Technology
Budgeting For Your Business Technology Can you remember when paying for a cell phone plan was not a part of your family’s business technology? Now it’s not even a question of “if” your kids will have cell phones but “when” they are ready to have one responsibly. As that cell plan adds new lines, you […]
Assessing Your Q1: Is Your Business Technology Serving You?
Assessing Your Q1: Is Your Business Technology Serving You? January and February whizzed by again this year and it’s time to look at what got done in the first quarter of 2017 and to assess your business technology. Like me, you probably started this new year with clear business goals and you’d like to see […]