Microsoft has announced worldwide changes to the commercial Microsoft 365 and Office 365 product services. Price increases on 6 SKUs will start on March 1st, 2022 as well as additional changes on how you purchase other licenses.Education, Non-profit, and Government services are not affected at...
Hurricane season is upon us and Dorian is now tracking towards the U.S. mainland. Gov. Ron DeSantis has declared state of emergency for Florida. We ourselves have been through quite a few Hurricane's after living in FL during Hugo in 89' as well as Andrew...
Smaller firms often struggle just to keep up with maintaining a website. Worrying about a scaled down version for mobile users seems like just too much trouble. Today’s blog is all about why this matters to you and why should you bother with a mobile...
You can have all the locks on your data center and have all the network security available, but nothing will keep your data safe if your employees are sloppy with passwords.There are many ways data can be breached, and opening some link they shouldn't is...
"You're FIRED!" (now give me your password)Losing an employee is not usually a good experience. If they leave voluntarily, you lose a valuable asset. If they have to be fired, you have the arduous task of the progressive discipline process and the final termination meeting....
Defense in Depth Part II In our last blog we started talking about the different layers of security necessary to fully defend your data and business integrity. Today we will look at the human aspect of it, and network defenses. The human layer refers to the...
I was recently at the annual Ascii IT Success Summit in East Brunswick, NJ. The general topic of the event focused on cybersecurity, dark web, and ransomware for Managed IT Service providersThe biggest highlight of the event was a speaker by the name of Frank...
As your business grows in size and complexity, the tools that once supported you may now be holding you back. You’re faced with an important decision: replace your basic accounting software or continue down a path that leads to dissatisfied customers, lost sales, and the...
Is That a Business Continuity Plan in Your Pocket or a Bunch of Jargon? Technology is full of difficult jargon. To further complicate things, certain terms are often used in a different context between one publication or service provider and the next. An example of this...
8 Cold Hard Truths for SMBs Not Worried About Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity The foundation of any successful business continuity solution is the ability to retrieve data from any point in time from anywhere. When the topic of data recovery and business continuity comes up,...