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29 Sep

Social media at work what could go wrong?

As a business, there is no doubt today that you need to make your presence felt on major social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn. But social media also exposes you to cybercriminals. In this post we talk about the steps you can take to ensure your social media account doesn’t become a gateway for cybercriminals to...

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24 Sep

WFH: How we got here.

by Trave Harmon

in Work From Home

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If you’ve been in the workforce for a while, you remember what life in the office was like a few decades ago. The uniformity of the structure was pretty much the same, no matter what office you worked in. It was 9-5, or some such standardized schedule for everyone. You had your own desk/office/cubicle. They gave you a PC for...

22 Sep

Why MSP relationships fail

by Trave Harmon

in Managed IT

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A lot of SMBs opt for managed service providers who can help handle their IT requirements, and for the most part, it works well. Almost everyone knows the benefits of having a MSP manage your IT. Increased cost savings, ability to focus on your business without worrying about IT, better IT support and expertise, and so on. But, there are...

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19 Sep

Three Reasons to Dump Your PBX

by Trave Harmon

in Managed IT

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How will you support the extended IT infrastructure needed as you roll out WFH activities? Traditionally, your IT infrastructure would be supported by in-house IT staff, a managed service provider, or some combination of both, but a lot can fall through the cracks when shifting virtual. As an example, PBX generally exists as a standalone entity, unrelated to the rest...

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18 Sep

Why We Still Worry About Work From Home Policies

by Trave Harmon

in Work From Home

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If you have been in the workplace for a few decades, you may remember that the idea of telecommuting began to appear in the late 90s as Internet access from home began to become more common. Telecommuting was often poorly received, as it carried the onus of being a “trick” to avoid working a full 8 hours. Then, with the arrival of residential broadband access in the 2000s, successfully conducting a large majority of your work tasks in real-time, from home, began to become very realistic for a large swath of office workers. Managers finally had to face their own biases against Work From Home policies.

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17 Sep

The Positives of WFH

by Trave Harmon

in Work From Home

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You are probably caught up in overseeing a Work-From-Home policy that you may have never intended to initiate. It can be concerning, and there are many policy issues that an employer has to consider when they begin to implement WFH. That said, it is worth stepping back and looking at the upsides of working from home both for employees and organizations. In this blog, we’ll do a quick rundown of the commonly accepted benefits of WFH and why organizations adopt it.

15 Sep

Top 3 Reasons for Creating a Business Continuity Plan Now

by Trave Harmon

in Back Up and Recovery, Managed IT

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Why Every Business Needs a Continuity Plan: 3 Key Reasons

A business continuity plan is the blueprint you need during an emergency to keep your business running smoothly. If you don’t already have one, here are 3 key reasons why you should focus on creating one ASAP.

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08 Sep

How Safe is Your Data When Your Staff Works from Home?

by Trave Harmon

in Data Security, Work From Home

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The Coronavirus crisis has changed the world as we know it. With social distancing, lockdowns, and work from home becoming the new normal, cybercriminals are exploiting the situation to their gains. This blog discusses how the cybercrime landscape is likely to shape up in the current and post-pandemic world, and how businesses can safeguard themselves against it with better cybersecurity when staff works from home.

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05 Sep

VoIP Facilitates Working From Home: So What is VoIP?

by Trave Harmon

in VOIP, Work From Home

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What is VoIP? Voice over Internet Protocol takes us away from the traditional office PBX, the on-location physical equipment that provides voice telephony using physical wires or fiber to transmit analog signals. PBX technology allows for some audio conferencing (though it can be a bit clumsy to set up) as well as voicemail, call forwarding, and some other call sorting features. However, a PBX has some severe limitations on available collaboration features and requires a trained technician to configure any changes. Even moving someone to a new office requires expensive and technical labor to move the extension to a different physical location.

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04 Sep

7 Ways a Work From Home Policy Can Help Your Business

by Trave Harmon

in Work From Home

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In the last several years, the concept of Work From Home policies (WFH) has become increasingly more popular. Though some still remain skeptical, it has been gaining in popularity and become more widely accepted among management circles. That said, the pandemic event in 2020 essentially set the debate entirely aside – at least for the time being – because WFH became the only choice between working and shutting down for many businesses.