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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...
Be Proactive: You Need a Plan for Disruption
This is the first 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. Technology is essential to the operation...
Could avatars make your Teams meetings more fun?
Do you inwardly (or outwardly) groan at the thought of yet another video call? They’re now a normal part of our working lives, but it doesn’t make them any more exciting. Good news: Microsoft is introducing Metaverse-style avatars, called Mesh avatars, to Teams....
Windows 12 is coming… here’s what we know so far
While Windows 11 is only just celebrating its first birthday, we’re already hearing our first rumors about what Windows 12 will have in store. There’s no rush for the time being – we won’t see this new operating system until the back end of 2024 – but we love to be...
It’s Time to Raise the Bar: Expect More from Your IT Provider
Earlier this year, I published a blog entry encouraging business owners not to choose their IT vendor simply because they personally like them. Business owners - especially here in Charlotte - often default to the old adage of doing business with people they “know,...
My Data Has Been Stolen. Should I Pay a Ransom to Get it Back?
It’s a scenario that has become all-too-common in recent years: Your business is attacked by malicious hackers, and you wake up one morning to discover that critical data has been stolen from your business. You’re contacted by the hackers and told that the only way...
Are you really downloading Zoom… or is it malware?
When you think about tools for remote working and chatting online, one of the first names in your mind is Zoom. But its popularity has opened the door for cyber criminals. They’re using its name to steal sensitive data. Researchers have discovered at least six...
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