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April 09, 2025
Book Review: No Higher Honor
Although this book is over 700 pages, I would very much encourage you to read it! Condoleezza Rice has served our country in several capacities, culminating in her position as Secretary of State under President George W. Bush. This book walks through her journey, but more than that, she shows us the intricacies of our […]
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April 03, 2025
Insurance: Cyber Security
So, turns out not all of you have Cyber Security Insurance! In a Fraud breakout session at the TUG event, this was a hot topic. You really need to have Cyber Security in place. Don’t guess at the answers to the application questions; get the Tech team involved so the answers are honest and accurate. […]
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March 26, 2025
Drop Box Scheme
Larry found this one. The bad actor put a file on DropBox then seems to have waited or forced DropBox to send a ‘reminder’ that there was a file waiting for Larry. The email came from no-reply@dropbox.com because it was a prompt. In the body of the reminder, it said ‘In case you missed it,’ […]
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March 19, 2025
Smart Car Security
This is just the kind of thing I tend to tune-out; more scare tactics. BUT, this one came from one of our vendors who handles Dark Web monitoring, so when Dan came across the article, we thought we’d share what they’re saying. More and more of us have smart cars equipped with various connectivity features. […]
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March 12, 2025
Don’t Be Offended
During my two weeks on the road, I had the opportunity to read the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) from the hotel lobby. It had an excellent article about the MGM Hack, how it started, and the timeline as events unfolded. The whole thing started late on a Friday night, and according to the article, the […]
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March 07, 2025
S100C Data Clean Up
We do quite a bit of data fixes and cleanup for Sage 100 Contractor. We know the product extremely well, and we have specific tools, along with years of experience, allowing us to do some pretty cool things. Like what? Glad you asked! More than once, we’ve had a client with hundreds of PO’s in […]
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March 05, 2025
Microsoft Price Increase
Beginning April 1st, Microsoft has some price changes for all renewing and new M365 licenses. Also, there’s a price increase for Power BI and Teams Voice new and renewing licenses. This is not an April Fools joke! Before I share the details, we have some great news for our clients with Managed M365 licenses! Any […]
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February 25, 2025
Book Review: Self-Talk for Success
I’ve heard this before—the person we talk to the most is ourselves! So what are the messages, what are the encouragements, what type of ‘talk’ do we use to ourselves? Mr. Mason makes the point that we often speak to ourselves (usually not out loud!) in a manner we would never use with others. We’re […]
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February 17, 2025
We Provide Full-Service IT
We serve the technology needs for Construction companies. For 38 years, if a construction company needed technology to reduce overhead and become more efficient so they can build our communities, Syscon was, and is, the partner of Choice. In fact, we started as an IT company back in 1986. Contractors in the Chicago area were […]
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February 12, 2025
Track Training & Licensing
There are two great tabs in the Employee 5-2-1 screen—one to track Training, one to track Licenses. There are some existing reports that pull info from these tabs, and they are quite handy. The info can also be pulled into Power BI reports, BTW. On the Training tab, you can create a short list of […]
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