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July 04, 2017
FedEx Email Scam; Do Not Open!
I received a very good-looking email from FedEx (or so I thought) with a tracking number and links to see the progress of my package. We have a FedEx account, and we just shipped some packages, so I thought it was an update on their status. I was kind of surprised because Friday afternoon, these […]
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June 20, 2017
Microsoft Audit Notices: Did you get the Email?
We’ve seen a new round of Microsoft Audit email notifications. They seem to come in waves, and there’s a wave out there right now. The first step is to make sure it is a legitimate request, not just a scam. If it’s from a legitimate source, and Microsoft uses third parties to perform these audits, […]
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June 14, 2017
Our first Version 20 Horror Story!
Here’s what happened: Their tech decided to install the Sage 100 Contractor upgrade just like all the prior upgrades, but all of YOU know version 20 doesn’t work that way. During the installation, the server didn’t meet the necessary requirements, so the installation failed, shutting down the network. No problem, they’ll make the changes to […]
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June 12, 2017
Company cellphone: Don’t lose your password
We purchased new Samsung S7 cellphones for all the techs. We’d been waiting for this model, and were anxious to upgrade our S4 phones. Everyone moved their contact list with no issues, installed Slack, setup their email and we were off and running.
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June 08, 2017
Company Cell phone; Personal Password?
We purchased new Samsung S7 cell phones for all the techs! We’d been waiting for this model, and were anxious to upgrade our S4 phones. Everyone moved their Contact list with no issues, installed Slack, our Syscon F.I.T. System app, setup their email, and we were off and running. Then we wanted to swap my […]
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May 31, 2017
Death by Meeting by Patrick Lencioni – Recommended!
Last year, our techs read Five Dysfunctions of a Team, by Patrick Lencioni. The setting is a fable surrounding a tech company; we just couldn’t stop talking about it! As a follow up, I recently read Death by Meeting with my accountability group, also by Patrick Lencioni. It follows the same format, opening with a […]
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May 29, 2017
Lightning Fast Drives for Our Hosting Services
We added a new storage array, an MSA, with super fast drives and a RAID 10 configuration. The latency charts are amazingly quiet and we are very excited about what this means to clients in our hosting solutions, as well as our future clients! Our hosted email offering includes inbound and outbound anti-spam services. We […]
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May 17, 2017
Union Rate Changes – Save Yourself Thousands in Penalties and Interest
Every year the unions have new rates – pay rates and benefits. For many of the unions, these happen on a specific day (June 1st is really common), regardless of whether it’s the middle of the week or not. Some unions have selected dates that start at the beginning of a work week; a shout […]
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May 11, 2017
Good Stewardship
I spend a lot of time with the office staff at our client sites, most often with the accounting and bookkeeping group. I’m always surprised to hear that payroll-related taxes are paid the same day the payroll checks are dated, rather than by the due date. Although I agree that it is better to be […]
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May 06, 2017
Security You Can Control: DocuSign Scam
So you get an email asking you to sign a document. All you have to do is enter your user name and password for your Exchange email account; what? This is a scam – they do not need your email password for you to sign an electronic document through DocuSign. Be suspicious! Don’t give passwords […]
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