February 2017: In the ever-growing space of cloud-based productivity apps and app development platforms, three providers lead the pack — Google, Microsoft and Amazon. Each offers pay-as-you-go subscription models so businesses can rent capacity instead of buying it, and they get to use all of the platform’s nifty tools and built-in capabilities. While competing clouds …
Updated for February 2017 (Originally posted July 2014): If your company likes the idea of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) — i.e., desktops that live in the cloud — but doesn’t like what it costs to build, then look at pay-as-you-go Desktop as a Service (DaaS). With DaaS you get the same benefits as VDI on …
If you bought a Samsung Galaxy Note 7, us frogs are sorry for your troubles. Nothing sucker-punches productivity like being told you have to power down your smartphone … forever. Except maybe having it blow up. On the other hand, nothing boosts productivity like knowing your smartphone is super-secure … forever. Here’s how Galaxy Note …
August 2016: You are one in 7.125 billion! Your DNA, fingerprints, retinas, voice, ear shape, vein patterns and the way you walk — all unique. And all can be read! That’s why biometrics authentication is so secure. But it’s also a super timesaver. If your mere presence was enough to log in to devices and …
A consistently smooth Internet connection for consistently high-quality Internet voice calls would be a dream come true for many companies. But the public Internet is bumpy. There’s traffic, congestion, broken this, delayed that. Mostly you don’t notice unless you’re talking on the phone. Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) technology may solve all that without having …
If the majority of what you do with your computer is access things on the Internet, do you need to pay extra for a fast processor and big hard drive? Or can you get away with a $150 Chromebook and its pared-down operating system? Or maybe a tablet with a keyboard is the way to …
Now that group communications apps (chat apps) can integrate with apps critical to your business, is it time for your company to take them seriously? It is if you want to attract Millennial employees! Slack and dozens of competitors are so popular because they look like social media, let team members share files and avoid …
If you text or email groups of people and haven’t tried apps designed specifically for that, you’re missing out. Not only do chat apps make it easier to group chat, add-on apps let you share files, calendars, to-do lists and even create and plan projects — all within the app. Everything is cross-platform, synced and …
March 2016: Your operating system (OS) is the “window” to your computing world. So changing it can change how you interact with everything from the files on your hard drive to the Internet to organizing your desktop and screen. Now that Windows 10 is more than six months old, it’s time to seriously consider migrating …
January 2016: Are you tired of usernames and passwords? You’re not the only one! Passwords are painfully passé — and risky. Fortunately, some new, more secure, more convenient options are coming down the IT pipeline, including something called a Trusted Platform Module, or TPM. TPM is a chip with a unique code that’s embedded in …