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choosing the right IT services

Choose the Right IT Service Type to Best Meet Your Business Needs

IT services come in several different forms. If the service type you choose doesn’t match your requirements, you won’t get the benefits you expect and will likely be disappointed by your experience. Make sure you know what different IT services offer so the one you select is a good fit for your business.
cloud risks and rewards

Balance Risks and Rewards When Making the Cloud Decision

Deciding to invest in cloud technology, like making any IT investment, requires balancing the risks against the rewards. This scale will tilt differently for every business depending on its internal priorities and the challenges of its internal IT. How do these numbers stack up for you?
benefits of better business collaboration

5 Benefits of Better Collaboration for Businesses

Who doesn’t want better collaboration in their business? Collaboration has turned out to be harder to achieve than people expect. If you’re contemplating a program to stimulate better productivity, like Microsoft Teams, here are five benefit you’ll realize in the process.
Project Cost Management

The Importance of Project Cost Management

Project-based businesses need more than basic accounting. The income statement has a section for revenue and a section for costs. This is great for preparing the tax return or reporting to shareholders. If you want to know how much you’re making or losing on projects, you won’t find it in the income statement. You’ll need specialized project accounting software.
dangers of the dark web

Discover the Dangers of the Dark Web

The dark web is a vibrant marketplace, filled with stolen data (account numbers, social security numbers, passwords, and other personal information) and tools for hacking. For businesses to protect themselves against the dark web’s dangers, the first step is to know when the dark web is brushing up against them.
choosing a backup strategy

Choose the Right Backup Strategy to Meet Time and Space Requirements

There are multiple reasons businesses need to backup their data. All critical systems need to be backed up daily, but not every piece of data needs to be backed up every day. Given all these reasons for making backups, implementing an effective backup process is a critical IT function.
what is the dark web

What is the Dark Web and Why Should We Care?

The Dark Web is a conglomeration of websites that cannot be found on search engines or accessed via traditional web browsers because their location and identity is hidden through encryption tools such as TOR. People create sites on the Dark Web in order to hide where they’re operating from.
distribution industry trends 2020 ERP

Looking at 2020 Distribution Industry Trends with ERP in Mind

Distribution challenges loom as 2020 approaches. Distribution businesses must keep up to meet their goals of continued growth. ERP software specialized for distribution offers a solution. Here is a selection of pressing trends in distribution that can be addressed by ERP.
information security culture

Create An Information Security Culture to Protect Your Data

Who do you rely on to keep your data safe? If your answer is your information security team, you’re only half right. Because everyone can cause a security incident, information security is everybody’s job. Making everyone realize that requires deliberately creating a culture of information security.