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Have you been thinking to yourself, “Why are my IT costs so high?”, lately? If so, you should do something about it by learning how to reduce IT costs in a hurry. In this day and age, it’s pretty much impossible to get rid of IT costs entirely. You need an IT department or an IT company on your side to help you with your company’s computers, software, and network.

It takes a substantial amount of effort to start a business. Even more effort is required to foster your business into a steady growth rate. We know that attempting to grow business can oftentimes lead to burnout. It’s time-consuming and you may feel like you’re not advancing.

You certainly have many goals you’d like to achieve, but your biggest desire is to grow your small business into a large corporation. If you run a niche ecommerce store, for example, you’re always thinking of growing it into an Amazon-like business.

IT outsourcing has become quite popular in recent years, and for good reasons. If your business is spending too many resources on managing your network, updating software, maintaining printers, or ensuring that your cybersecurity software is doing its job, it’s time to start thinking about getting help from IT professionals.

Tech Data is a large technology distributor. It has for the longest time helped companies like Apple. Microsoft, Cisco, and HP bring their products to the market. It also offers a broad range of technical and business support services.

Zoom allows users to enhance accessibility and flexibility with the new closed captioning feature. Once enabled, the feature makes it easier for users to type captions during a webinar or meeting.

Thanks to COVID-19, virtual learning has become the norm in most classrooms across the United States as well as around the world.

Virtual and augmented reality products have experienced slow market-share growth over the last couple of years. Microsoft has made efforts to accelerate the sector with defining collaboration solutions.

Everyday people typically think about hacking as a targeted attack that penetrates a single system or device and pilfers off valuable digital assets. Cybercriminals, many believe, are like burglars orchestrating quick…

Science fiction writer Mira Grant’s novel Feed conjures a post-pandemic world in which a highly contagious virus decimates the population, leaving an apocalyptic world of zombies.

They say hunger can make a thief out of anyone, and the global economic downturn appears to have prompted an increased number of people learning hacking skills.

With so many more people working remotely due to the coronavirus pandemic, its time to question how to strengthen your workplace culture. Working remotely can be unnerving and lonely for some employees having to deal with the added stress of homeschooling children while also adhering to stay-at-home orders.

Operating a successful organization requires industry professionals to focus their expertise in a fashion that drives profits and achieves goals. Investing time and energy into seemingly peripheral issues such as logistics and cybersecurity are not necessarily what makes thought leaders thrive.

Billions of people the world over depend on the jobs that frontline workers do; however, a recent survey indicates that only a measly 15% of these workers feel engaged in their work.

Microsoft Teams Calling has been widely touted by the company for the many features and ability to connect your company with clients in, let’s face it, a more modern world. Legacy telephone systems are quickly going away.

SolarWinds (News – Alert), an American software development company that creates infrastructure technologies for a variety of client companies, was the subject of a widespread cybersecurity attack near the end of 2020. The attack, according to Brad Smith, President of Microsoft (News – Alert) Corp.

Who knows how long Zoom spaces will be the new “water coolers” for those of us who are used to office life. But while most of us are still in work-from-home mode, we might as well get comfy with our new surroundings, right?

Cloud storage comes with wide-ranging security issues that require robust solutions to safeguard data protection. Both service providers and customers have a role to play in securing the data.

As holders of highly-sensitive personal data and financial information, businesses in the insurance and financial sectors need to be especially aware of major cybersecurity concerns. This is especially true when using video conferencing technologies like FaceTime, Zoom, and Google Meet.

Carl Fransen, president of IT services and support company CTech Consulting, joins Global News Morning Calgary via Skype to discuss the increase in hacking and security breaches they are seeing while many work from home during the pandemic.

Did you know Microsoft’s source code was successfully breached by Russian hackers? The company admitted the incident late last year, and it shocked the world. Surely, small companies and even larger ones with faulty security could be hacked. But one of the largest technology corporations in the world?

There was more than a little hype surrounding the surge in remote workforces as the “new normal.”

Microsoft Teams Calling has been widely touted by the company for the many features and ability to connect your company with clients in, let’s face it, a more modern world.