Useful tips to prolong your laptop battery life
It’s difficult to gain momentum at work when your laptop constantly notifies you that it’s running out of juice. And if there’s not a power outlet in sight, your device will soon be nothing more than a cold slab of metal and plastic. Here are some helpful tips to...
Use IT to increase the business resilience
To be resilient is to have the capacity to recover from setbacks. Seeing how 2020 continues to be a terrible year for companies in Virginia — what with COVID-19, racial justice protests, and hurricane season ravaging the state — grit is truly what we need right now....
5 Tips to ensure smooth on-site and remote team collaboration
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many businesses to function with a completely virtual workforce. Several months into the pandemic and many companies are gradually reverting to on-site operations. Because of this, it’s not uncommon for some businesses to have some of...
Calculating the total cost of a VoIP system
Cost is always an important factor to consider when it comes to technological investments. Especially with Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone systems, you have to be careful that investing in one doesn’t put you way over budget. Even if that phone system comes...
The difference between Groups, Yammer, and Teams
Yammer, Outlook Groups, and Microsoft Teams have plenty in common. They’re all Microsoft 365 tools designed for sharing files and communicating with colleagues. So what differentiates them from one another, and when should you use which? Let’s take a quick look....
Top 5 tips for a successful web conversion
Grabbing people’s attention and converting them to prospective customers is the goal of any professional website. To do that, you need to create a terrific-looking and user-friendly site that encourages visitors to sign up for eBooks, consultations, and other...
3 Creative ways to engage employees as they work from home
As COVID-19 continues to take its toll on Virginia and the rest of the nation, business owners and managers increasingly recognize the importance of letting their staff work remotely. Not having to share rides during commutes to work and not having to congregate at...
Choosing the best MSP for your business
Technology underpins nearly every aspect of modern business processes. The problem is that managing technology can be complex and tedious. This is where managed IT services providers (MSPs) come in. Whether a company needs software to record customers’ data, network...
Out of sight, out of mind (so clear your desktop now)
It’s simple, really: if your desktop is messy, then it’s more difficult to use. Don’t waste time and energy struggling to function — literally clean up your act by heeding our tips on decluttering your desktop. 1. Arrange, sort, and prioritize Before you go about...
Distributed spam distraction hides illegal activities
As annoying as spam email is, it’s usually pretty harmless. But hackers have been using a method called distributed spam distraction (DSD) where spam email is used to carry out illegal activities. Learn more about DSD and how you can safeguard your systems against it....
