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Employees are Your Biggest Cyber Security Risk – What to Do About It

Any cybersecurity analysis will show that employees, mostly via human error, are almost consistently the largest risk in any organization. The 2019 Cyber Security Risk Report by Aon says that 51% of cybersecurity companies have reported malicious internal activity in the organizations they safeguard, but these activities make up a tiny percentage of employee-related cybersecurity […]

86% of Organizations Use Virtual Classrooms to Train Employees: Does Yours?

Virtual classrooms are rapidly rising in popularity, offering schools, universities, individuals, and organizations low-cost yet efficient ways to deliver information and training. Studies by organizations like ATD Research show that 86% of organizations have already implemented some form of digital learning, citing reasons like low cost of development, cheaper cost of deployment, and on-demand access.

Benefits vs. Tools: What wins employees?

Organizations must step back to look at what they offer, how it benefits the employee, and what value it adds. Learn about benefits vs tools for your team and the effect each has on job satisfaction.

Managing IT Networks Over the Holidays

Taking steps to get ready for the holidays means IT teams will have more freedom to spend time away for the holidays, with fewer business costs and fewer likely incidences. In most cases, these measures, including work-from-home and flex work, remote network management, and automation will benefit your business year-round.

Why Offering Flex Work Benefits Employees and Organizations Over the Holidays

Many organizations simply can’t afford to simply stop work for 2-3 weeks out of the year, but flex work, where employees can simply choose to work from home on most days, is often a happy middle ground.

Network Management for Cloud Servers and Software

Most organizations are increasingly implementing cloud networks and applications. Navigating change to manage those networks is crucial to seeing value, retaining safety, and avoiding issues relating to bottlenecks, speed, and user access.

Reducing Load on IT Teams with Managed Services

Implementing IT managed services does not always mean replacing IT teams (although it can, especially for small business) because most organizations should retain their own IT. Instead, it means supplementing existing IT with specific service support and infrastructure or hardware, plus external specialists or teams to handle work.

How to Streamline Multi-Branch Communications

As your business grows, you naturally open more branches, more offices, and more physical locations. These branches can be spread across a relatively small geographical area or across the globe but will present communication problems no matter what the distance. At the same time, these communication problems will persist whether you have one or a […]

Online Collaboration Tools for Multi-Office Operations

Modern organizations often work across wide spaces, with offices in several cities or even countries. Even relatively small tech companies often have offices in several countries, largely relating to the lowered cost of outsourcing to other areas. However, multi-office operations create complexities in communication and collaboration. Digital or online collaboration tools help to bridge these […]

Business Process Improvement: 5 Ways to Optimize for Growth

Business Process Improvement is a standardized process designed to help organizations improve efficiency and create infrastructure supporting growth. Taking the time to analyze, review, and improve every stage of any business process will help you to increase efficiencies, enabling higher productivity, more profit, or a faster development or deployment journey. This remains true across nearly […]

How to ace corporate communication from the top down

How do you keep your team happy, increase profits, and streamline production? One simple skill can help you run a thriving business. Not having it will bring down morale and create an atmosphere of fear, plummeting both productivity and innovative thinking. If your business has a top-down, hierarchical structure where the vision is passed down […]

The Worst Advice We’ve Ever Heard About Business Processes

When it comes to business processes everyone has something to say. Other entrepreneurs, managers and small business owners. Your hair stylist. Your grandma. Not to mention the various business publications that are overstuffed with content about best practices and what you should be doing with your life. But some advice takes the cake. Here are […]

Managed Print Services 101: Why You Need to Give Your Office a Print (Eco)System Upgrade [Infographic]

The typical office printing environment can get messy, and messy is costly. Managed print services (MPS) is defined as the outsourced management of business risks associated with large volume printing within companies that have scaled their business. MPS enables businesses to gain visibility and control over their printing environment, which cuts overhead costs and improves […]

Management and Self-Awareness

“Know yourself and you will win all battles.” – Sun Tzu, The Art of War While corporate management is arguably not as bloody as leading an army into battle for control of China, it is no walk in the park either. As a manager you are not simply looking after the best interest of your […]