Stop the RESTRICT Act and Pass Real Privacy Legislation
Under the guise of curbing data collection by foreign governments, the RESTRICT Act (Senate Bill 686) would set the stage for a restriction on the use of TikTok, but not do nearly enough to truly protect our private information. Due to undefined mitigation measures...
Technology and Daylight Saving Time
This coming weekend marks the annual “spring ahead” to Daylight Saving time. So overnight (early Sunday) this weekend the clocks will move from 1:59 AM to 3:00 AM – meaning an hour's less sleep. Most of us think only of that missing sleep, or about the perceived...
Managing Cyber Security: How AI Can Help Your Business
Note from Philipp Emma: There has been a lot in the news lately about AI and how it might be used for business. I have seen stories about AI passing an exam designed for MBA students, or writing WordPress code. As a technology services firm and strong supporter...
Power Your Business to Succeed
Your IT Management plan should include the proper use of an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) – when the next severe thunderstorm warning hits your area, you should have the security of knowing that a power outage will not shut your business down. Uninterruptible...
October: Cyber Awareness Month
I was happy to appear on MiTech TV along with the current Chief Security Officer for the State of Michigan Jayson Cavendish, Michigan's former CIO David Behen, and Executive Search Partners CEO Gary Erikson. https://youtu.be/p1U7JcIL6Eg Hosts Mike Brennan and Matt...
Data Management Best Practices
For business owners, the choices of low-cost tools to manage your business data are plenty. The challenge these choices present include keeping tabs on the multiple tools and processes involved in keeping your business up and running. Trying to manage or even define...
Managed IT: Essential To Your Growing Business
Today, for small and medium-sized businesses, a presence on the internet is not an option but is a requirement. That fact brings with it some risk as you deal with sensitive data concerning customers, financial transactions, and other online records. The technology...
Staying Secure in a Hybrid Workplace
For business managers today, the challenge of managing hybrid employees (working onsite and offsite) certainly adds complexity to an already challenging job as a manger. In the current post-pandemic period, the shift to yet another way of working brings new...
What’s Your Best Business Voice Solution?
The telephone has evolved a lot since the device was first imagined and developed - around the time of the U.S. Civil War. Today it is hard to imagine working productively without a phone that is mobile and can connect you to others - - no matter your location. Many...
Keeping Our Customers Secure
These past few years and particularly these past few months have proven that cybercrimes and cyber-attacks are on the rise. We have seen some of our customers get their e-mail hacked and spoofed which caused some additional fallout along the corporate chain. In...