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It’s time to say goodbye to traditional passwords
Did you ever imagine a world where the lengthy, complicated passwords people often forget would become a thing of the past? It seems that day might be arriving sooner than we anticipated. Google has officially made Passkeys the default sign-in method for all personal...
If You Need New Equipment or New Software, NOW is the Time to Act!
Have you heard of Section 179?It’s part of the IRS tax code that’s aimed at helping small businesses, just like yours. When you buy new equipment or some software you can deduct the full purchase price from your gross income this year, rather than depreciate it over a...
Burst Pipes on Christmas Day: A Disaster Planning Case Study, Part 3
“IT was the one thing that went well when a lot of things were going wrong.” - Andrew Kromer When frozen pipes burst in the attic above his office, Andrew Kromer’s CPA business was flooded on Christmas Day, causing a cascade of events that rendered the office...
Burst Pipes on Christmas Day: A Disaster Planning Case Study, Part 2
Last Christmas was memorable for Andrew Kromer - and not in a good way. A pipe burst in the office of his CPA firm, flooding the building and rendering it unsafe and unusable. This type of disaster could have been devastating for his business, but, thanks to proper...
Burst Pipes on Christmas Day: A Real-Life Disaster Planning Case Study
When a pipe burst in his office building on Christmas Day, Andrew Kromer had no idea that, eight months later, he would still be unable to move back into his office. The cascade of events set off by the flooding could have been devastating to his small business, but...
Tempted to test new features before everyone else? DON’T BE!
Ever been tempted to download the beta version of your favorite app, ready to test out all the cool new features before everyone else? STOP!! The FBI has some news that might just make you think twice. Cyber criminals have come up with a brand new trick to lure us...
And breathe… the “file too large to send” problem is over
How many times have you been in the middle of an urgent email, attaching a critical file, only to be met with the dreaded notification – "file too large to send"? Frustrating, isn't it? Well, Microsoft has heard our collective sighs of exasperation. They've announced...
Microsoft and Samsung team up to boost work phone security
You’ve checked your pockets, your bag, under pillows … and then it hits you. You left your work phone on the table at the coffee shop. You panic. It's not the device itself that’s got you worried, but all the sensitive business information stored on it. If that mobile...
ChatGPT and the 3-2-1-1-0 Backup Methodology
I was experimenting with ChatGPT AI recently to see what kind of impact it may have on my business. I asked it two questions, which follow. Its reply, tweaked only slightly by me, also follows. ChatGPT did as good a job as I could do of describing Proactive’s...
3 ways AI makes almost any business task easier
In the fast evolving world of technology, business owners and managers like you are always on the lookout for the next big thing to give them a competitive edge. Have you considered how AI tools might be able to help? ChatGPT – or Generative Pretrained Transformer, if...
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