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Keeping your workers as productive as possible is a challenge for every employer. According to a recent study by the Harvard Business Review, there is one easy that you can increase productivity: By keeping a productive worker in close proximity to other workers.
An internal IT department serves two primary purposes for businesses. The first is to keep an eye on your technology problems and resolve them. The second is to plan for the future and implement new strategies that will help your organization function more effectively. The problem for the average small business is that their IT department often doesn’t have the luxury of performing both of these tasks.
Full disclosure: we don’t recommend doing anything important, or really anything at all, on a public computer. However, we understand that sometimes life works out in an unideal fashion, and sometimes you can be stuck doing something you shouldn’t, and otherwise wouldn’t. Even in these cases, there are steps you can take to preserve your security.
What have you watched on TV lately? Actually, never mind; if you don’t want to tell us, we can just ask Vizio. Relax--we’re not actually going through with this, but the fact remains that 11 million owners of Vizio televisions had their viewing habits tracked by the manufacturer. Were you one of them?
Depending on how long you’ve had your current workstation, you might start to see performance problems. Eventually, you’ll start to see issues that could cause downtime and lead to wasted assets. Therefore, you need to have a plan in order to replace your hardware before it fails. What’s the best way to do this without breaking your budget?
Firewalls are one of those things that businesses need, but may not have. They are integral parts of network security for organizations of all shapes and sizes, as well as the average PC user. We’ll discuss what a firewall does for your organization, and why it’s important that you implement one as soon as possible.
How does your business handle threats to its data security? You might think you’re safe, but according to the Ponemon Institute, nearly four out of every five organizations aren’t prepared to fend off threats to their security. This is a major problem, so it should make you question whether you’re prepared to handle the various security risks that could potentially plague your business.
Some organizations have cyber threat intelligence for specific reasons, or one that’s exclusive to only one part of a company’s network. More than one-third of organizations have no way of gathering intelligence, while close to one-fifth claim they have a process for gathering information on network threats. Either way, the results are clear; security is not the priority that it needs to be for the respondent’s businesses.
Due to this less-than-ideal focus on cyber security, the Ponemon institute claims that businesses experience an average of at least one cyber attack every month. These breaches result in costs totaling over $3.5 million annually. You need to assess your organization’s current state of security and consider whether you can afford to suffer from a data breach.
Hint: You can’t.
One of the most dangerous ways that hackers try to harm organizations is through the use of phishing scams. These attempts to convince users to part ways with sensitive information by using an elaborate ruse. By the end of a successful phishing scheme, the hacker will have all of the information they need to access a sensitive network, compromise an online account, or steal the user’s identity. If users can’t tell the difference between a hacker and a normal user, there’s an increased risk of communicating with anyone online. More often than not, hackers are allowed to have their way specifically because organizations either don’t take the threat of a hacking attack seriously enough, or they just accidentally let a threat through their defenses.
The easy solution to this problem can be implemented by any business professional. All you have to do is keep two major points in mind: 1) Implement preventative measures, and 2) Educate your employees on security threats.
If your business is concerned about cybersecurity, Infradapt can help. To learn more, reach out to us at 800.394.2301.
Your computer always starts acting up when you need it most; otherwise, you might not notice the minor technical hiccups that happen. To try and fix it, you tap the tower, but the problem only worsens. Now you’re seeing a blue screen, which is definitely not a good sign. If you’re unlucky, you may have lost data, and you might need to start the project over again.
This is one reason why it’s so frustrating to deal with a break-fix IT provider. They only fix your technology when it breaks down, rather than prevent problems in the long run. Unfortunately, this is an all-too-common problem for people who don’t have the skills to fix their own technology troubles. Organizations that do try to find alternative ways to fix their technology often waste time and resources doing it themselves. Don’t let this happen to your business; instead, implement proactive managed IT services, which are designed to prevent problems altogether.
You Can’t Ignore Cost-Effectiveness
When you’re experiencing IT trouble, the last thing you want to do is waste time trying to get back in action. This is downtime that costs your organization money, so you naturally want to make sure that you minimize it. Furthermore, you can convert your IT maintenance from a capital expense to an operating expense, adding more flexibility to your business. After all, monthly payments are much more manageable than large upfront costs.
You’ll Have More Time in Your Day
When you aren’t wasting time dealing with your technology problems, what are you doing with that time? You’re probably using it to get more done, like starting new projects and simply not being stressed about faulty IT equipment. Since you’re not wasting time, you’re wasting less money, which lets you invest more into innovative solutions. Ultimately, the main benefit is that you’ll have more time and more resources to invest in your own business.
Your Technology Gets the Maintenance It Needs
If you don’t have an internal IT department, you’re probably relying on your employees to perform mandatory maintenance on IT systems. This isn’t an ideal situation to be in, as chances are your team doesn’t have the experience and skill required to perform adequate IT maintenance. When this happens, mistakes can be made and time can be wasted. This is why it’s important to have trusted professionals like Infradapt on-hand and ready to go.
Proactive IT services can go a long way toward mitigating issues and preventing them from turning into bigger problems. You could say that we’re the go-to technology professionals in the Philadelphia community. To learn more about managed IT services, reach out to Infradapt at 800.394.2301.