Technical debt is a common yet unnoticed problem that businesses face. It’s when businesses encounter IT troubles and seek “harmless” patch-up solutions so their operations aren’t interrupted. However, these shortcuts later accumulate into a substantial burden for the business and affect them beyond the IT department. This article covers technical debt. It discusses the business … Read More
How to Defend your Remote Workers from Cyberattacks: A Detailed Guide
Remote work is a huge boost for small-to-medium businesses (SMBs) since it gives you greater flexibility and access to new talent. You also reduce your operating costs. But, remote work also introduces a new risk: cyber attacks on your remote workers, who’re more vulnerable than on-site employees. Luckily, with a good cyber-defence plan for your … Read More
Sending large attachments via email (using Google Drive)
Sending large attachments via email is hard. Not only are the attachment limits small–up to 25 MB–delivering email attachments also takes time. Luckily, Google provides a perfect solution by letting you share links to files to your attachments in Google Drive. You can share Google Drive links of files of any size instantly. It’s the … Read More
What is Business Process Automation?
Need to crunch 10 years of financial data? Spreadsheets have your back. Gotta send 100 emails? Just copy the mailing list to your email and hit enter. Want to automatically track your employees’ performance? There’s an app for that. The best part of modern technology is that it does the work for you. But, how … Read More
How to create a local account on Windows
Windows is the operating system of choice for most businesses. It makes sense, too. Windows offers a wide array of productivity apps with dedicated support. Windows is also super easy to use, at least most of the time. Creating and managing local accounts is an exception to Windows’ otherwise smooth experience. In fact, it’s super … Read More
IT Managed Services: Make an informed decision
Business and IT in an ever-changing world Technology is a necessity in any successful business and businesses rely on their IT network now more than ever. Implementing a smart IT strategy and action plan can be very stressful for any business owner, especially when new technology is introduced. Downtime due to security risks, hardware or … Read More