Cyber Incident Prevention Best Practices for Small Businesses

As a small business owner, you may think you are “too small” to be the target of cybercrime because you aren’t a large, multimillion-dollar company. However, this couldn’t be further from the truth. Although the media mainly focuses on attacks on big businesses, small businesses are low-hanging fruit for cybercriminals. Cybercriminals know that small businesses […]

How to Find the Right Managed IT Service Provider for Your Business

When looking for an IT service provider for outsourced tech support and management, it’s crucial to remember not all IT service providers are the same. You need to find one that understands your specific needs and can offer you the best possible service. There are a lot of IT service providers out there and it […]

What to Expect from a Managed IT Services Provider

Fragmented IT management – where multiple vendors handle different areas of your technology – often leads to extreme frustration and possible extended downtime. When business applications act up and don’t want to play nice with other systems in your network, you or your team members are left on your own and at the mercy of […]

Why Businesses Outsource Their IT Management

In both our personal and professional lives, it’s almost impossible to escape from technology. It has disrupted the way we live, work, interact and collaborate. Technology can benefit small and medium businesses by automating processes, connecting with new customers and improving communication among your team members. In short, technology can help you reach your business […]

Things to Consider When Deciding to Outsource IT management

Small and medium-sized businesses are constantly challenged with making the most of their limited resources. Every decision must be made with the intent to protect their bottom line. One decision SMB owners often face is whether to hire internal IT staff or outsource IT responsibilities to a managed services provider (MSP). There’s not a one-size-fits-all […]

How to Use Technology to Build Trust

Small and medium businesses that view technology as an investment are finding that they’re able to use technology to build trust with their employees, customers and vendors. But investing in technology can be daunting – it’s not cheap and it takes time and effort to maintain it. By having reliable technologies, you can build trust […]

4 Reasons Phishing Is Becoming More Frequent

Phishing is a common attack used by criminals to obtain sensitive information, such as login credentials and payment details, from users. It happens when an attacker, posing as a trusted source, tricks a victim into clicking on a malicious link or downloading a spam file sent via email, text messages, phone calls or social media. […]

How Trust Impacts an Organization’s Bottom Line

There is a strong connection between trust and prosperity. In fact, when trust levels are high, businesses tend to succeed and grow more quickly. According to McKinsey and Company, Harvard Business Review, Forrester Research and many other reputable organizations, trust is the connecting fabric upon which innovation and business success are built. In short, trust […]

Why SMBs Need to Prioritize Trust

In the IT space, trust usually means zero trust, which is the concept of not automatically trusting anything inside or outside the organization’s perimeters, but instead verifying and authorizing everything before granting access to its systems. But the traditional concept of trust – the belief in the reliability of someone or something – is equally […]