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Take action to avoid a devious new phishing scam
Another day, another scam. And this is a sneaky one. Cyber criminals are getting smarter. This recent malware threat is unusually smart. It impersonates a highly trusted brand name to get a foot in the door. Targets receive a convincing looking email that appears to...

What the LastPass Breach Means to You & Your Organization
A few weeks back, the popular password manager LastPass announced that they had experienced a major security breach. (And shortly before we published this article, the cybersecurity service LifeLock suffered a similar breach.) Whether you’re using LastPass for...

When did you last have a health check?
How’s the January health kick going? Lots of us take our health seriously – once a year, anyway – and it’s good to spend time thinking about whether you’ve been looking after yourself (and better still, doing something about it). Your doctor would probably like to see...

Are your younger employees experiencing ‘tech shame’?
It seems that Gen Z and even some Millennial employees are less tech savvy than many employers might expect. It’s an assumption that’s leading to a sense of ‘tech shame’. Younger workers may have grown up using Snapchat, TikTok and Minecraft, but they’re not always...

A little trust can go a long way
Countless employers still don’t trust their people to do their best work unless they’re physically in the office. But while managers may be struggling to adjust to our new hybrid world, this perception is a long way from the truth. Research from around the world...

Windows is the prime target for cyber criminals
With its huge dominance in the workplace, Microsoft’s Windows has become the prime target for cyber criminals. They’re looking to access your information, disrupt your business, or hold your data to ransom. Tens of millions of attempted malware attacks were discovered...

Professional Services Firms: Improve Profitability By Making Your People More Productive
The work that your firm performs for your clients is complex, nuanced, and tremendously valuable - but the underlying business model for most professional services firms is usually quite simple. Essentially, your “product” is the work that your team produces for...

Professional Services Firms: Why It’s Time to Ditch That Server
Do you still have a physical server in your office? You’re not alone - even with the migration to cloud services over the past decade, plenty of businesses here in Charlotte still maintain a physical server in their office. If you run a professional services firm...

Zoom wants to be the new Teams
You think Zoom, you think video calls. For millions around the world, it’s a tool they rely on at work every day. But for productivity, collaboration and workplace integration (as well as video calls), it’s Microsoft Teams that’s leading the way. Its tight integration...

Be Proactive: Help Your Team Become More Productive
This is the second in our series of articles in which we examine how taking a proactive approach to your technology - and your business in general – makes your organization more secure, more sustainable, and more profitable. Productivity is key to business growth and...
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