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 you leave your house, or it has to do with the protection of elections from a […]
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. A password manager app has many purposes, all […]
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 industry is a puzzle. Part of […]
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 spell it right, Google can […]
Don’t Settle When It’s Your Business Technology
“Don’t settle” is a hot topic for me. Often when I take on a new client, I can be surprised at what I see this business has been using for their IT. It can be obsolete hardware, outdated software, strange network configurations, poor security and data preservation techniques, and antiquated workflows. I see businesses working […]
Know This About VPN–Virtual Private Networks
VPN continues to be a buzzword these days, especially as more and more people use remote devices to get business work done. Gone are the days when we would all power-down our computers at 5:00 p.m., not to think about work again until the next morning after we had clocked in. Now we all check […]
What Is Internet Of Things?
Of the many seemingly magical advancements in electronics, the Internet of Things (IoT) is the one I think you will incorporate most into your life and work in this new year. Through internet connectivity, we can now have our devices “talk” to each other. Did you forget to lock up when you rushed out of […]
Aptica Needs A New Team Player–Is It You?
New year, new career? Aptica LLC, a regional IT consulting company serving Fort Wayne, South Bend, and Angola IN, Battle Creek MI, and Toledo, OH, has a position open. We need the special talent of someone who is motivated, energetic, and who enjoys using their natural interpersonal skills. This position is a call ▪ ask […]
Who Serves You? Managed IT And The 80/20 Rule
Especially when you are the business owner, there are those days when you feel a bit overwhelmed with the responsibility of having to take care of everyone else. Your clients need you. Your vendors are demanding. Your staff and employees all seem to alternate their good and bad days. But it’s your enterprise, so it’s […]
Cyber Security: Protection Against Outside Hacking Begins Inside Your Business
Every person who works on a computer as a part of their job will most likely take some time during the day to, you know, just check around on the internet. You might check on your favorite news source, look on Amazon to price an item you’ve been needing—just a little break from your concentrated […]