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5 Tips for creating a Business Continuity Plan for your Small or Medium-sized Business

Is your business prepared for any type of disaster? Even though small and medium-sized businesses (SMB’s) may not have as many employees or as much equipment as large corporations, they are just as vulnerable to disaster. A SMB business office destroyed by a tornado, for could, could be catastrophic to the future of the business. Unlike most…

3 Benefits of Outsourcing

Most business entrepreneurs have great talent and the means to run a successful business. The snag they run into most often is the belief that they can – or must – do it all. Trying to do it all can lead to hindered growth, lower profit margins and in some cases failure. In order to create a…

4 Reasons why your company needs an Email Security Policy

Email is an important and necessary part of every business. It provides an instantaneous means of communicating with staff, customers, and vendors. Clearly, it has become the most efficient, cost effective method for routine inter-/intra-organizational communication across the globe. For all of its positives, unless your email system is properly secured and managed it carries significant security…

4 Considerations when contracting with a Managed IT Services Provider

When the time is right for your business to bring on a Managed IT Services provider, there are several things to consider before signing a contract. Businesses both large and small have certain needs that are better managed by professionals. Contracting with a managed service provider allows owners and upper level management to focus their attention on…

4 Tips for getting the most out of your Technology Investment

How many times have you purchased new software or hardware and avoided the help menu or user manual? Experts reason that about 90 percent of all features included with software go unused! Much of this comes down to lack of training for individuals using the technology - they use what they know and need most and avoid…

6 password tips to protect against Business and Identity Theft

Ah, those pesky passwords. If you work in the corporate world or in an office, you have one for your PC/Network and, unless there is a password synchronization application that combines them, you probably have more than one for other applications. Add those to the ones that you have for your home Internet, your banking and other…