How to Look into the Future and Make Sure You’re Happy With Your IT Support
How to Look into the Future and Make Sure You’re Happy With Your IT Support
4 Questions to Ask Prospective Managed IT Service Companies Choosing a managed service provider (MSP) isn’t easy. You’ve got a few options to choose from, and they’re all making the same promises. They all say they’re responsive, proactive, cost-cutting, productivity-boosting… and there are indeed MSPs that are out there and can honestly claim those glowing […]
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3 Tips to Keep Malware Out of Your Business Network
3 Tips to Keep Malware Out of Your Business Network
Malware is a threat to everyone, whether you’re a business as big as Target or a local mom and pop-style store. The financial consequences of a malware infection can be devastating, especially if data loss is involved. The numbers don’t lie: recovering from an attack will cost you an average of $150 per compromised file, […]
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Who Else Wants A Better IT Provider?
Who Else Wants A Better IT Provider?
Do you hate your current IT service provider? Do feel like it would be a headache to change providers? Do you want to avoid high-pressure sales calls from new providers? In a recent survey taken by the Small Business Research Institute, over 74% of business owners who had considered changing IT providers in the last […]
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Your IT Company Should Know These Secrets About Data Warehousing
Your IT Company Should Know These Secrets About Data Warehousing
Data warehousing is relatively easy to understand, in theory. It’s easy for an IT company to sit across from you and promise that if you implement data warehousing, all of your problems will be solved. But does your IT company really understand data warehousing? And furthermore, can they vocalize the core benefits to you intelligently? […]
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Outsourcing IT Support For Your Accounting Firm?
Outsourcing IT Support For Your Accounting Firm?
Here’s how to tell which MSP you’ll be happy with a year from now before you even sign a contract: When you’re initially looking into outsourcing IT support for your accounting firm, the problem you’ll run into is that all of your options look the same on paper. It’s tempting to just flip a coin, […]
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Avoid Death By Meetings: 9 Ways to Make Meetings More Productive
Avoid Death By Meetings: 9 Ways to Make Meetings More Productive
How often do you have to sit through a company meeting? Once a week? Once a day? Once an HOUR? Businesses today are suffering from Death by Meetings – too many meetings that just don’t accomplish anything! Recent research has shown that most business leaders spend more than 60% of their time in meeting after […]
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I Didn’t Want to Download That!
I Didn’t Want to Download That!
The Bloatware Bundling Issue and What You Can Do About It 3rd party apps will enhance your Windows experience. We’re not trying to disparage Microsoft:  Internet Explorer is a decent browser, and Office is an excellent product suite. But the 3rd party community gives you more options, and often those other options are superior. How […]
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Accounting Firms Can Benefit from Cloud Computing
Accounting Firms Can Benefit from Cloud Computing
To celebrate Accounting Day, here is a look at how moving to cloud-based computing could benefit your firm. May 18 Is Accounting Day.  Are Your IT Systems In Order? There is a good reason why cloud computing is on the rise. Firms moving to the cloud can realize significant savings on hardware acquisition and maintenance; […]
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