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June 23, 2021
Spring Cleaning: Tech Style
Spring Cleaning, Tech-Style Many of us have spring cleaning routines; wash the screens, mulch the flower/tree beds, pack up the winter clothes and pull out the Spring/Summer items; clean up the garage; and on it goes. When it comes to our computers, Spring and summer is a good time to do some cleaning, as well. […]
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June 16, 2021
4 Tech Updates
Several Updates Just for You Microsoft Edge—The legacy software, the one with the blue-only icon, is end of support March 21st, 2021. If you use this product, be sure you’re using the blue/green logo version. It’s a small nuance, but worth checking out or you’re going to have quite a surprise. Hot Spots, Printing—Many of […]
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June 09, 2021
COVID and Cybercrime
Cybercrime reports increased 300% during the pandemic, according to the FBI Cyber Division. Pre-COVID-19, the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received about 1,000 complaints per day. After COVID hit, IC3 receives 3,000 to 4,000 daily, according to FBI Cyber Division Deputy Assistant Director Tonya Ugoretz. Ugoretz described a ‘collision’ between an increase in cyber […]
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May 26, 2021
Password Policies and Fun Dinosaurs
Changing Your Password In The Hosted Environment Our password policy has been published and shared with all our clients, and we continue to share it. We recommend that our clients enforce a minimum of 8 characters with a combination of upper and lower case letters, at least one number, and at least one special character […]
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May 19, 2021
Ransomware and Zero Trust
Ransomware and Zero Trust Big News – a ransomware attack that not only extorted $4.4 million – a ridiculous amount of money – but also resulted in a shutdown of a 5,500-miles pipeline system transporting more than 100 million gallons of gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and heating oil per day. That’s roughly 45% of the […]
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May 12, 2021
3 Critical Cyber Security Items
3 Critical Cyber Security Items Five years ago, you might have had state-of-the-art security protecting your business and network. You had the latest malware protection, highly rated firewalls and a great data backup plan. Maybe you even had a handbook on how to address cyberthreats. You were set. But then you forgot to do one […]
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May 05, 2021
What Equipment Do You Budget For?
One Mistake Can Destroy Your Business Do you budget for your equipment? Maybe you don’t sit down and write out a budget (but we recommend you do), but I’ll bet you plan for some of these expenses: The truck you need to purchase (or replace), finance, maintain, buy licenses and plates for Maybe you own […]
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April 29, 2021
Tracking User Passwords
Tracking User Passwords It’s been a long time since this came up, but with all the remote access changes in the last few weeks, the topic of who knows the users’ passwords has come back to the top of our clients’ minds. We don’t track your users’ passwords. We never have, we don’t now, and […]
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April 26, 2021
Servers, Hosting, M365 – What Should You Do?
Editor’s Note: This article contains Part I and II. Part I covers everything you need to know when it’s time to replace or move your local server, including pro’s and con’s of different options. Part II delves into remote access to files, including moving to a hosting server, file shares, and hosting critical software. Part […]
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April 20, 2021
M365: Exchange versus M365
Office: What’s Changed? For as long as I can remember, when you ordered a computer, you purchased Office. Everyone needs this basic tool kit which includes Word, Excel, Power Point, and so on. Then, Microsoft would come out with new releases every few years and one of the older years would be ‘end of life’ […]
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