Dec 10, 2021 | Working Smarter
“It’s Time To Get Rid of The IT Department” So says Joe Peppard, who recently wrote a Wall Street Journal article with that provocative title. Peppard, currently on leave from his position as a principal research scientist at MIT Sloan School of...
Dec 3, 2021 | Cybersecurity
The Financial Times and consulting firm McKinsey & Company recently announced their Business Book of the Year for 2021: “This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends,” by journalist Nicole Perlroth. The book, published in February by Bloomsbury, takes a sobering look...
Nov 29, 2021 | Cybersecurity, Working Smarter
Microsoft 365 (formerly known as Office 365) is a robust, subscription-based platform used by over 200 million people each month as their main email service. It is the backbone of the communications systems for over a million companies worldwide. Microsoft 365 is...
Nov 16, 2021 | Working Smarter
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Within weeks states began to shut down schools, businesses temporarily closed their doors, and workers quarantined at home in an effort to contain the spread of the disease. People...
Nov 14, 2021 | Cybersecurity
Cybercriminals hacked into an FBI email system on Saturday, November 13 and used it to send out tens of thousands of bogus emails warning of potential cyberattacks. The fake emails appeared to be coming from a legitimate FBI email address ending in @ic.fbi.gov....
Nov 14, 2021 | Cybersecurity
Robinhood, the commission-free stock trading app company, announced this past week that it experienced a security breach that compromised the data of approximately seven million customers. The incident occurred on November 3 and began when a cybercriminal convinced a...
Nov 3, 2021 | Working Smarter
Generally speaking, there are two models for addressing your IT needs, the Break/Fix Method and the Managed Service Method. What is Break/Fix? Break/Fix is pretty much just how it sounds. When something in your IT network breaks, you call in someone to fix it. Many...
Oct 20, 2021 | Cybersecurity
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Here are some haunting numbers… 1. The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Agency (CISA) says ransomware attacks happen every 11 seconds. That’s an increase in the US of 185% in the first six months of 2021 alone....
Sep 29, 2021 | Technology, Trends
What does the future of tech look like? What emerging technologies should we all be keeping an eye on? Bank of America Global Research recently published a 152-page research report identifying 14 “radical technologies that could change our lives and accelerate...
Sep 22, 2021 | Cybersecurity, Technology
Are you one of those people (like most of us) who struggle to keep track of all your passwords? Well last week, Microsoft began rolling out new passwordless sign-in for consumers. With the new process, Microsoft users no longer have to enter a password to gain access...
