2023 Sonicwall Cyber Threat Report
Over the past year, cybercriminals faced with increasing media attention, heightened awareness and intensifying law-enforcement pressure began shifting away from established hotspots to new areas. As a result, organizations already dealing with macroeconomic pressures, supply chain challenges and continued geopolitical strife often found themselves confronted with a cyberattack. 2022 reinforced the need for cybersecurity in…
Why Infrastructure Matters For You Hybrid Workforce
Remote work offers a lengthy list of benefits for many companies. There is the increased flexibility of your team being able to work wherever, whenever possible, plus the potential for decreased overhead if you decide to forego office space altogether. However, it comes at the cost of increased demands on your IT network. When…
Elevate Your Virtual Meetings with Microsoft Teams
Teams has been hard at work adding more new features to its virtual meeting interface due to increase demand. Here’s some of our favorite perks when turning to Teams for your online gatherings. Crystal Clear Visuals Depending on your participant’s internet bandwidth Teams has made quality audio and video a priority since its inception.…
IT Trends for 2021
2020 was anything but predictable, which means forecasting what to expect for 2021 will be interesting to say the least. But the good news is when it comes to technology trends, our magic eight ball seems to be pointing to innovative ideas. Here are some of the trends tech professionals are expecting to be impactful…
Don’t Let 2021 Take You By Surprise – Partner With An MSP
The year 2020 generated seismic waves in how we do business. Employees were first in the office, then out of the office, then back and forth, with many companies landing on some kind of hybrid configuration to remain in business. The fluctuating demands on business IT were greater than they have ever been. If…
Budgeting For IT After A Year of Uncertainty
As an unforgettable 2020 draws to an end many companies are looking at how to best prepare for the future, causing conversations of budgeting to be very different than in the past. With remote workers occupying significant portions of many workforces, adjustments are being made to accommodate those hybrid offices. Some organizations are even planning…
Microsoft Ignite 2020: Some Highlights
Microsoft hosts an annual conference for developers and IT professionals called Ignite. The purpose is to discuss upcoming plans for Microsoft’s line of products, trends they see in the tech industry and often times there is a new product announcement or two. To be expected 2020 was the very first virtual Ignite and probably…
Lists: Microsoft’s Latest in Tracking Team Collaboration
Microsoft continues to add to its robust lineup of organizational apps. You may already be familiar with SharePoint Lists, a tool embedded in SharePoint to track information company wide. Microsoft is now expanding on this tool with the Lists app. The new Lists app, which is available as part of the Microsoft 365 suite is…
Ransomware on the Rise: SonicWall Releases its 2020 Mid-Year Threat Report
Your SonicWall Firewalls do more than just protect your business from attacks. As they keep your information safe, SonicWall is constantly collecting and analyzing trends in cybersecurity. Recently they released their mid-year threat report, here are the highlights: Malware is down and ransomware is on the rise Malware and ransomware differ in one big…
Microsoft Power BI – Your Solution to Leveraging Business Data
Data tracking is often considered a mundane and underappreciated chore all businesses rely on. It can be tedious, and lacks any real recognition, but every aspect of your core businesses function is improved when you have a solid foundation of data to help make key decisions. Whether you’re a for-profit business collecting sales numbers, or…
Navigating a New Hybrid Workforce
We’ve all heard the new phrases… the new normal, time of uncertainty, unprecedented times, pivoting, and there will be more. Nevertheless, whatever you refer to this time as… things have changed, and there will be no going back. We have been on a journey of learning that you might not have been aware of as…
New Microsoft Teams Features to Support Your Work at Home
Microsoft Teams hit the Microsoft 365 ecosystem about 3 years ago and was already adding new features continually. If you don’t know anything about Teams it’s the app at the center of Microsoft’s collaborative universe. The app works by organizing all employees into groups called “teams.” In those “teams” users can post messages and share…
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