Identifying Personality Types will Help Your Networking Efforts
One experience that almost everyone has been involved in is the clashing of personalities. This is only natural, as different people are born with different predispositions and are raised in differing environments. However, in the business world, one should do their best to keep personal differences from affecting the professional [...]
Backup and Recovery of Collaborative Environments
As the cloud is being utilized by more individuals and organizations to meet their computing needs, more very important data is hosted outside of local computer networks. As a result, people utilize cloud storage for their backup and recovery strategies. In fact, it has become the primary use of cloud-hosted [...]
4 Strategies to Improving Your Backups
How does your business leverage data backup? Depending on the way your business functions and your specific needs, your data backup solution will vary from other organizations in your industry. Yet, one thing is absolutely certain, and it’s that your organization can’t afford to not implement some type of data [...]
How to Calculate if That Print Job Was Really Worth It
There are a few sounds that are familiar to any office: keys clacking away, coffee being sipped (or slurped), and the rattling, squawking hum of the printer. Yet this image presents a crucial question: do you know how much your printer is costing your business each time it is used? [...]
How to Balance Your IT’s Value Against the Cost
No matter how you look at it, technology is expensive. You’ll rarely look at your IT invoices without cringing a little on the inside. However, it’s important that you take a glance at these every once in a while to understand just what you’re getting from your technology budget. Ultimately, [...]
Tip of the Week: Evernote as a Productivity Tool
Smartphones are handy little devices for a lot of different reasons, not the least of which their availability when a note needs to be taken and the apps that are available for just that purpose. One of these apps, Evernote, stands a step above the rest, especially for use in [...]
Why (and How) SMBs Should Strategically Adopt Technology
There is no question that a small business can benefit from technology, as has been proven time and time again. However, an issue can arise if a business bites off more than it can chew, so to speak, and ultimately creates a spike in costs. A responsible business owner will [...]
Value-Driven Managed IT Services Boosts the Bottom Line
Businesses of all sizes use varying degrees of technology to improve organizational productivity, efficiency, and security. The more a business depends on its data, the more crucial it is for them to manage and maintain the systems in which this data is dependent. For organizations that have a lack of [...]
Why Should Your Vendors Decide What’s Right for Your Business?
You serve as a vendor to your clients, providing them with a necessary good or service. Likewise, you have vendors that provide you with the goods and services that enable you to do so. However, how well are your vendors managed?What is Vendor Management? Putting it simply, vendor management is [...]
Steps To Take Before Leaving Your iPhone For An Android Device
Some of our users have been concerned about recent news reports that Apple has been intentionally slowing down older devices. We are not advocating to use Android over an iPhone as it is a personal preference. If you do want to move there are certain steps you want to take [...]