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Key Benefits of VoIP Phone Systems for Businesses in Portland
If you consider changing your phone system, your time is better spent looking at VoIP phone systems. VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) systems provide numerous benefits that make up for any potential differences in cost and functionality. There are many benefits of implementing a VoIP phone system in your business,...
How Cloud Data Backups Can Save Your San Jose Business
Cloud data backups are quickly becoming the industry standard for businesses. No matter your business type, there’s a good chance you will store sensitive customer data on your computers. If, in the unlikely event that your physical server or computer should fail, you must have a secondary backup automatically saved...
Why Your Business Should Use a Password Manager
To the average person, it’s too easy to forget a password and leave themselves vulnerable to account lockout, which can end up being a real hassle. One way users deal with this is by creating easy-to-remember passwords that they reuse across websites. This approach is risky, especially in business environments...
Ways a Managed Service Provider in Portland (MSP) Helps Your Business
A managed service provider (MSP) are companies that offer services on a month to month or yearly basis for your business. Services like security, backup, cloud computing, disaster recovery, networking and more are provided. MSPs can offer valuable benefits to businesses of all sizes as they increase your reliability and...
The Importance Of Having An Email Newsletter
Most business owners understand the importance of being active on at least one social media channel. That’s fine as far as it goes, but have you considered supplementing your social media presence with a good, old-fashioned newsletter? Of course, when we say newsletter, we’re not talking about something you print and...
New Version Releases For iOS Devices
Apple has recently announced a new string of updates for their OS family including iOS, iPadOS 15.6, macOS 12.5, watchOS 8.7 and tvOS 15.6. Bear in mind that the next version of all of these will be out in just a few months, so these updates are a bit light...
Conflict Resolution In The Workplace
Conflict in the workplace is sadly inevitable. Put a group of people in a room together for eight hours or longer every day, week after week. No matter how well they get along, sooner or later, it’s going to happen. Since it can’t be completely avoided, the next best thing...
Voicemail Phishing Attacks Called Vishing Are On The Rise
While “vishing” is by no means a new threat, it’s not something that has ever happened with sufficient frequency to get most people’s attention. So, if you haven’t heard the term before, you’re not alone. “Vishing” is short for voicemail phishing, and it is apparently on the rise based on...
Researchers Find New CPU Security Vulnerability
Remember the Heartbleed scare we had a couple years back? It was a nasty side-channel attack that was somewhat exotic and difficult to pull off, and it was absolutely devastating and sent shockwaves through the entire world. Well, it’s back. In a way. While this new side-channel attack isn’t identical,...
How To Protect Your Company With Cybersecurity Awareness
These days, companies spend significant sums of money to protect themselves from cyber criminals. The threat matrix is vast, and attacks can come from almost any quarter. That is why many companies not only spend heavily on antivirus software, but also on a wide range of tools that IT security...
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