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 …
October 2015: Choosing the right cloud provider for your business can be one of the best decisions you make — so you need to know what to look for! Last month we talked about cloud provider performance, responsiveness, security and customization — critical stuff. Now we’re getting down to details. As you work through your …
September 2015: Choosing a cloud provider for your business is a lot more complicated than choosing one for your home — price is only one variable, expertise makes a difference and the ability to integrate with your current system is critical. And since most mature businesses run in multiple clouds, you’re not choosing one cloud …
May 2015: If you think your employees don’t mind giving you control over their personal devices for business purposes, you’re kidding yourself. Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) comes with huge privacy and mistrust issues … and research shows they’re getting worse. People identify with their devices so allowing even partial control can seem like a …
November 2014: Windows-based companies, pop that Champagne! Microsoft is about to give businesses the operating system (OS) they’ve been asking for. Windows 10 combines keyboard-friendly Windows 7 with touch-friendly Windows 8 in a single every-device-friendly OS. Here’s what you need to know and how this new OS compares to the others your company can use …
May 2014: April 2014 was the month OpenSSL became really, really famous. Not because everyone learned it’s a super-useful encryption tool that most websites use but because it had one tiny bit of bad code — a bug. And that Heartbleed bug broke Internet security for a while. Why is OpenSSL used on so many …
June 2013: Do you know what the greatest threat is to your company when you use cloud-based services? How about the nine greatest? The brainiacs at the Cloud Security Alliance, a nonprofit that researches and promotes best practices for cloud-based services, recently released its report, “The Notorious Nine: Cloud Computing Top Threats in 2013.” While …