Could Your Employees Benefit from a Compressed Workweek?
The concept of a four-day workweek has started to gain significant traction among businesses of all sizes. There’s a subtle distinction between the traditional four-day workweek and the compressed workweek, however. Today, we will discuss the compressed workweek and what it means for employees.
What are Immutable Backups, and What Makes them Useful?
We have frequently espoused the benefits of data backups, referring to how critical they are should your business experience a disaster at any scale. However, there is always the concern that your backups could also be altered negatively. This is one reason that immutable backups exist. Let’s take a few moments to examine the concept […]
Sabotage Isn’t Just About Theft
Businesses have to deal with a lot of different types of problems, but they often don’t see many of the issues that come from within their company. Whether this comes from hackers, disgruntled customers, or unreliable vendors, every business leader constantly deals with some type of issue. Unfortunately, sometimes these problems can come from inside […]
Leverage Gmail’s Priority Inbox to Your Advantage
If you are a Gmail user, you might have noticed the different inbox categories available. This makes it much easier to reach “inbox zero.” With the “priority inbox,” you can achieve this feat without so much as breaking a sweat—unless you count sweat from how much you’re laughing at how easy this tip is to […]
Tip of the Week: Signs that You are Probably Being Scammed
Being scammed—in either the professional or personal sense—is a scary thought. To avoid this outcome, we must be vigilant all the time now. Of course, it also helps to know what to look for. Let’s take a few minutes to go over a few warning signs and red flags that something is likely a scam.
You Can Embrace Remote Operations Without Sacrificing Cybersecurity… It Just Needs to Be Done Right
Remote work has proven incredibly useful over the past few years despite many employers having various concerns about its implementation. While these concerns vary, one prevalent one is how remote operations impact cybersecurity. If you’re utilizing remote operations to any degree and aren’t concerned about cybersecurity, you must adjust this mindset and correct your approach.
Small Businesses Should Keep it Simple
To maintain a healthy and thriving business, it’s essential to have a team that can effectively manage spending. For small businesses, this often means making strategic choices. Let’s focus on why a simple approach to technology might be the best strategy.
Scope Creep Can Railroad Your Projects
Projects are a big part of the small business model. Whether they are projects to improve organizational efficiency or productivity or projects that are completed for customers, strong project management is extremely important. Scope creep happens when a project becomes less efficient because the demands of the project keep changing. In today’s blog, we will […]
Are You Doing Enough to Prevent Risk? (Probably Not)
There are plenty of risks that today’s businesses regularly deal with, particularly in terms of cybersecurity. This year, a panel of experts shared some human risk management insights at the Cybsafe Impact 2024 USA conference. Let’s review some of the topics they touched on.
Protecting the Brains of Your Business
Managing servers can be a challenging task for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Despite being essential to your operations, servers are complex technologies that, if not managed properly, can lead to wasted time, energy, and resources. Today, we’ll explore the key functions of server management and how to maximize your current resources.