Google Workspace to Microsoft 365 Migration: A Business Planning Checklist
Plan your Google Workspace to Microsoft 365 migration with clear scope, a representative pilot, cutover preparation, and acceptance checks.
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Small-Business Backup: What to Buy and How to Prove Recovery
Buy a recovery process before buying another storage device. Begin with the business activity that must restart, the information it needs and the amount of downtime you can tolerate. A backup dashboard reporting success is useful; a successful restore is stronger evidence. What each component contributes Component Useful role What to verify External drive A […]
Small-Office Wi-Fi: Wired Access Points or Mesh?
For a small office, start with the rooms, devices and applications that need a reliable connection. A faster advertised Wi-Fi number does not explain whether a video call will work in the back meeting room. Our starting recommendation is wired access points where cabling is practical, with mesh reserved for locations where wiring is difficult. […]
CRM Options for Small Business Owners
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software is used by businesses to gain a top-down view of their customer and their associated sales efforts. The SaaS products can track revenue data, customer interactions, and provide insights into which sales people are performing (or under-performing.) Five years ago CRMs were reserved for your larger organizations due to the […]
Protecting Yourself Against Cyberthreats
In case you haven’t noticed, the threat of online security breaches is real! And sadly there aren’t enough jails to lock up all the cyber-criminals walking the earth. We recently worked with a client whose computer became overrun with viruses, causing a loss in work productivity and personal data. Today’s cyber-bandits come in various forms […]
How to Buy a Wireless Router
We get asked this question a lot: I’m going to buy a router for home, but I’m not sure which one to get. Can you give me some guidance? While there’s a lot of information out there and many devices to choose from, many of the bells and whistles might not be advantageous to you. […]
Gartner’s Top 10 IT Trends: Hits and Misses
Strategic technologies are those with the potential for significant impact on enterprises during the next three years. Gartner’s list of the top 10 strategic technology trends highlights 10 key trends that companies should be factoring into their strategic plans for the year ahead. Eric Lundquist of Information Week comments on the list in a commentary on […]
The New Windows 8 Tablets…How do they compare with the iPad and Android Tablets?
I own both an iPad and an Android Tablet. And I admit, trying to keep up with all this new technology can be a job in it of itself. It may seem as though a new device comes out every week. And that can make you feel a bit overwhelmed. In the IT field it […]
NFC (Near Field Communication) is the future…
Near field communication (NFC) technology lets smartphones and other enabled devices communicate with other devices containing a NFC tag. Whether swiping your smartphone at the checkout lane in the grocery store, waving it over a display at a local museum, or bumping phones with a friend to share the latest games, near field technology lets you […]
End of the road for Windows XP…
Every Windows product has a lifecycle. The lifecycle begins when a product is released and ends when it’s no longer supported or sold. Knowing key dates in this lifecycle helps you make informed decisions about when to upgrade or make other changes to your software. To find out more about the end of support for […]