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October 30, 2019
How To Get Anything You Want; Book Review
How To Get Anything You Want by Nido Qubein I had a chance to hear Mr. Qubein speak at an industry event. I was moved by his presentation, and even found myself leading some moments of audience clapping in response to his comments. I also ended up in the elevator with him as he was […]
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October 24, 2019
Top Tips to Protect Against Social Engineering Attacks
Every year, millions of attacks are successfully carried out against businesses like yours. It’s important to know what you’re up against and how to protect yourself. The most common social engineering tactic is phishing, often coupled with a strategy of pretexting. By gaining the trust of the victim, hackers are able to lure them into […]
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October 17, 2019
Question Behind the Question, a Book Review
QBQ! By John G Miller When it comes to personal accountability, Mr. Miller believes we can make better choices. He starts with a great story about a young waiter, Jacob Miller, who found an interesting way to accommodate his customer’s request. When faced with a problem, we have choices as to how we respond. The […]
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October 13, 2019
Evite Data Breach and Your Info
Several family and friends love to use Evite for their party invitations. It’s convenient and works well. Since I reply to these invitations, it seems I’m on their mailing list. On June 12th, I received an email from Evite about a data breach. It seems they noticed unauthorized access on April 15th (two months earlier) […]
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October 03, 2019
Tips and Tricks; Sage 100 Contractor Users
Why do some note pads take forever to save and close? How do I know what version I’m running or what modules I have? How do I select a job/client/employee in a print screen without having to look up the number first? Saving the Note Pad Takes Forever: Here’s a simple ‘fix’ for a lingering […]
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September 29, 2019
Microsoft As An IT Provider? What’s Your Time Worth?
We were visiting a prospect, performing a Network Review, and the owner said he had been using Microsoft as his outside IT support. He’d found a good guy who was willing to help, although not always available. Call wait-times can be incredibly long, and not all IT-related problems have anything to do with the Microsoft […]
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September 24, 2019
Sage 100 Contractor v22 – Upgrade Now or Later?
Should you upgrade Sage 100 Contractor to version 22 now or later? Sage 100 Contractor version 22 came out in June 2019. There are some great new features. And, if you have W-2 staff in Massachusetts, you’ll want to get educated and you may need the new Pay Type in version 22. We also have […]
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September 18, 2019
Capital One Security Breach – Human Error
You probably heard this in the news; in July 2019, Capital One had a security breach. This was one of the largest data breaches in US history, 106 million accounts over 14 years; 140K SS #’s, 80K bank account #’s, according to an August 9th article by Spencer Israel for Benzinga. Next was Equifax in […]
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September 16, 2019
New MA Tax; Begins Oct 1st, 2019
Greetings – there’s a lot of info here. If you have employees in Massachusetts, you need to grab your favorite drink and read this through. If not, count your blessings! Hopefully you’ve been following the news on this one. If not, you’re in for a shock. If you’ve been following along, then time is short […]
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September 12, 2019
Replacing End-of-life Server 2008 Operating System
We have a number of Construction clients with servers that need to be replaced before the January 2020 end-of-life deadline from Microsoft. Just to bring you up-to-speed, any server running 2008 OS, or any SBS server needs to be replaced. Microsoft has already retired these products and as of January, they won’t provide any security […]
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