If you’re a business owner who made it through quarantine thanks to your Managed Service Provider (MSP), there’s no better time to put your hands together for the IT professionals who kept your team in touch for the past few months than July 31st. This date marks the annual holiday known as System Administrator Appreciation Day. And to celebrate, we’re …
THE REMOTE WORKER’S BLUES
WHY IS “ZOOM FATIGUE” ZAPPING ALL YOUR ENERGY? Although many of us initially might have thought we’d never tire of skipping our morning commutes and sipping tea in our home offices, it seems a new form of exhaustion is starting to set in as of late. Known as “Zoom Fatigue,” it’s a special type of tired, requiring no physical exertion …
HOW MANAGED IT IS HELPING SOLVE THE CONUNDRUM OF CORONAVIRUS
While the COVID-19 pandemic has created immense uncertainty about what lays ahead, one particular aspect of our future couldn’t be more apparent: The remote workforce is here to stay. Even as some states move to reopen portions of their economies we all need to be prepared to move back and forth between a traditional office setting and a home office …
CONFRONTING THE CHALLENGES OF WORKING FROM HOME
As the Coronavirus updates roll in and uncertainty mounts about what our new normal will look like, one thing is clear; social distancing means remote work is going to be a big part of every workforce’s foreseeable future. Here are a few tips on how to stay secure, motivated, and sane while shifting your day-to-day duties to a home setting. …
Team Huddles for Work from Home Environments (Helping you maintain business culture in a remote world)
Do you feel like your business is struggling while your workforce is remote? Tip: Keep your remote workforce moving in the same direction: A morning huddle can keep your staff accountable during this unprecedented time You’ve taken the steps to get your workforce set up and working from home, but how do you know if they are being accountable to …
ACHIEVING COMPLIANCE WITH KARI’S LAW AND E911
A 2013 tragedy in a Texas hotel room could have been averted if the family member who tried to call for help knew that they needed to dial “9” to get an outside line before reaching 911 on the hotel’s multi-telephone system (MLTS). This senseless tragedy sparked a petition, to require businesses to make it easier to connect with 911 …
HOW CLOUD COMPUTING CAN HELP SMALL TO MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESSES
As a small to medium-sized business owner, it’s a David vs. Goliath scenario. You’re constantly looking for ways to do more with less. One surefire way to level the playing field is to make the migration to cloud computing as soon as possible. And with National Work From Home Week (October 9th – 15th) coming up, it’s the perfect time …
The Value of Outsourcing IT
The importance of IT (information technology) in modern business cannot be overstated. With connectivity linking almost every core business aspect to a piece of technology, it might seem to make sense to keep such an important primary business function in-house. But more and more small and medium-sized business are finding that outsourcing IT service through a Managed Service Provider (MSP) …
Mobile Protection: Staying Secure in An Evolving Workforce
These days, any location can become an office. With mobile devices becoming more of a necessity than a luxury, most companies have had to expand the boundaries within which work can be done. Yet this trend towards mobile workforces comes with its own new set of challenges. The chief one being: how do you protect the devices that contain your …
The Advantages and Disadvantages Of BYOD
No one wants to be that person. You know the one. The “Three Phone Peter” who needs an extra briefcase to lug around the various devices they need every day. To avoid this excruciating burden, modern workplaces are rapidly evolving towards “Bring Your Own Device” (BYOD) policies that conveniently allow employees to utilize their own personal smartphones and tablets both …
