File Sharing & Collaboration Are PROVEN Ways to Get Work Done More Effectively – Is Your Office Making the Most of Technology? With the constant evolution of technology, businesses are continuously finding practices that allow their employees to more efficiently share documents, data, and other vital information with one another. Whether it’s within a single shared office space or between partners across the globe, employee collaboration is essential to turning in the best work possible; and the implementation of new technology is making it easier than ever to keep your employees in constant contact without any hassle. {company} offers a variety of options to help your employees stay connected to one another and access information outside of the office. To learn more, call us at {phone} or send us an email at {email}. Cloud Services The emergence of cloud services has been one of the biggest modern developments in business technology. Rather than storing your companies data on a computer or through paper files, the cloud allows universal online storage that can be accessed by any employees you wish to share it with. This makes the exchange and collaboration on work projects much easier and allows workers to quickly share files and data with one another, as well as with their employer. File-Syncing Solutions Working from multiple locations is common practice in business today. With advancements in file-syncing solutions, companies can more easily share data and upload across multiple platforms and from several locations. Backup between operating systems, hassle-free transfer between network computers, and advanced encryption for security are some of the many benefits of working with an enterprise-grade file syncing solution. VoIP Phones The benefits of implementing VoIP (Voice over IP) phones in a business setting are seemingly endless. Beyond the huge potential for cost savings due to making incoming and outgoing calls over the Internet, VoIP phones also offer great media services, easy phone portability, zero geographical boundaries, and easy user control inference. Communication between employees has never been easier! When you enable your employees to collaborate in and out of the office, you’re able to make sure work is getting done. With a number of ways to help make communication easier, {company} can help your employees turn in their best work possible. For further information, contact us at {email} or speak to us directly at {phone}.

Is your I.T. company keeping secrets from you? When you hire someone to handle all your information technology for you, it’s to be expected that you’re going to let them handle the nitty-gritty details. That’s what they’re good at, and you’ve got better things to do than worry about handling updates or patches for all the applications you use every day. But you have to be careful not to get to the point where you have NO idea what your I.T. company is doing for you. There are a lot of I.T. people out there who think they can trap you in their service by not telling you where the bodies are buried in the backyard. They think that if you never know the status of your technology, or are afraid of what will happen if you don’t have them handling it, that you’ll never leave them and they can do whatever they like with your money. Here are 3 tips to ensure that you keep your I.T. company honest: Have regular status meetings: Your company should be maintaining regular communications with you, keeping you in the know on the health of your technology and the potential challenges that may arise down the road. Make sure they meet with you at least once per quarter, in person, to talk about the relationship between your business and your technology. Ensure you track support requests: If you’ve turned to your company’s Help Desk for I.T. support, they should be sending you email copies of your ticket, so you can stay on top of the work being done for you. Demand no geek-speak: Nothing is more frustrating than having a technician babble at you using complex terms you didn’t go to school for. Don’t let anyone do this to you! Demand plain English explanations of the work being done on your behalf. You can rest easy knowing you’ll always be kept in the loop with a Total Technology Experience from {company}. We demand transparency in all our client relationships with businesses in {city}, and you will never feel like you’re trapped in our service. Call us at {phone} or send an email to {email} today to tell us what YOU need from your business technology.

Every file you have saved on your computer could be at risk from the attack of a new e-mail virus, expertly designed to seem like an average e-mail you may find in your inbox. In seconds, all of your files, photos, and downloads or even the entirety of your business’s information and saved data can be destroyed. VirRansom is a new version of the traditional malware, Ransomware, though it’s much more dangerous in how it can quietly spread through your files and be unwittingly shared with others. What is VirRansom? Ransomware is spread like customary malware, as most users get it by opening a seemingly urgent e-mail. Once opened, the ransomware releases an encrypted script that locks files, photos, documents and spreadsheets using a method that cannot be broken. A screen then appears demanding that money be sent to an overseas account in order to unlock the affected files. VirRansom is even more dangerous due to the fact that it may be in your computer without you even knowing it – spreading itself secretly though files and moving to other computers through file-sharing. The virus continues to replicate and spread until it’s activated. Before you know it’s there, the damage will be done. When VirRansom actives, it locks the affected files and displays the ransom image. This, of course, poses a great threat to both home users and especially businesses with sensitive information and files. How to Keep Your Computer and Business Protected: Most important and useful in protecting yourself and your network from this bug is to keep an eye out for phony e-mails. There are a number of red flags you can look for and stay away from. Common subject lines of infected e-mails you may receive include: Payroll Received by Intuit ADP RUN: Payroll Processed Alert DNB Complaint Annual Form – Authorization To Use Privately Owned Vehicle on State Business Payroll Manager Payroll Invoice ADP RUN Also keep an eye out for anything that may not pertain to you or doesn’t make much sense, such as seemingly urgent e-mails from the IRS or EZPass. Beware of Zip files especially if you don’t recognize their origin or are not expecting something. Misspelled subject lines or e-mail content is also a huge red flag. Take Precautions: Waiting until after you’ve got a virus to take care of a problem is simply too late – all of your files could be lost forever. It helps to have multiple checks in place on your system, as a single antivirus scanner may not detect the bug. There are simply too many variants of malware to be sure that a single check will uncover all of them. The best line of defense is to have multiple lines of defense. Regularly backing up all your computer data is an easy way to minimize the damage done in case of an attack. The downtime after your files are lost or compromised could be devastating for a business, and having your files backed up is the best way to ensure that they’re still accessible after a malware attack. VirRansom and other data-attacking bugs are the most potentially harmful to a business. The loss of data can be devastating, costly, and potentially business ending. {company} is dedicated to ensuring that businesses remain safe and avoid dangerous bugs. For more information on how to keep your business secure, contact us at {e-mail} or speak to us directly by phone at {phone}.