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Cloud PBX Phone Systems for Business
These days there is a lot of talk about “the cloud” with all kinds of IT services. We’ve all seen services that store documents and photos in the cloud and certainly plenty of applications in the cloud. When we talk about “the cloud”, we are referring to servers that are accessed over the Internet. Cloud
What Is Your Zoom Background Revealing About You? Is It a Social Engineering Cybersecurity Risk?
With the Coronavirus Pandemic, we’ve all been using online video chats more than ever to connect with work, school, for government meetings and social gatherings. Has Zoom and other video conferencing apps put our security at risk? Are you inadvertently sharing personal information through items that appear on screen behind you on video calls? Many
VoIP Phone Number Options (Keeping Your Existing Number, DIDs, Toll-Free and Local Numbers)
A few questions we often get when companies are considering switching to a new VoIP Business Phone system are . . . What are my phone number options? Can I keep my existing phone number when moving to a new system? Can I add additional phone numbers and if so what kind? In this article,
Cybersecurity and Ransomware: Why One Small 8 Computer Company Paid the $150,000 Ransom and What You Can Do to Protect Yourself
In recent news – just a week ago a small manufacturing company in the Midwest with only 8 computers had their computer network held hostage and wound up paying the ransomware fee of $150,000 to regain control of their network. If you thought your network or business was too small to fall victim to this
Why It’s Important to Backup Your Office 365 Data
For most businesses today, Office 365 is a very attractive alternative to having local installs of Microsoft Office and an on-premise Exchange Servers. It offers great software and includes all components of the classic on-premises solution, including Exchange Online, OneDrive for Business and SharePoint Online. Instead of the high upfront costs for the software and
Free Cybersecurity Training video, Employee Tips and Policy Templates for Working From Home
Working from home can pose many cybersecurity risks. As many organizations have been forced to begin operating from a remote work environment, more employees than ever before have started working from home. The problem with this is that working remotely poses new cybersecurity risks to organizations that they likely have not dealt with up until
The Top 5 VoIP Features To Help Your Business
VoIP phone systems are extremely flexible and come with lots of advanced but easy to use features you can customize to improve your business communications. Not only do they typically cost less than a traditional phone system, but they also allow you to do some things your older phone system probably can’t. These features can
What Does the “New Normal” Look Like for Your Business?
We keep hearing about the “new normal” but what does that look like for your business? There is no doubt about it – our personal and professional lives will forever be changed by COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic. For businesses, the ability to set up and manage a suddenly remote workforce was challenging. Some companies
Zoom 5.0 Is Here – Why You Should Download It Today!
There is no doubt you have been involved with many Zoom video conferences in the past few months. As people across the world shifted to remote work, schooling, and socializing due to COVID-19 we have all been using more videoconferencing. If you hadn’t heard of Zoom before you most definitely have since the pandemic hit.
