Important Variables of a Successful Backup Platform

We are consistently adamant that businesses have a comprehensive data backup strategy to help secure its operational continuity. The threat environment in which we find ourselves at the present time only reinforces the importance of such a backup strategy. This month, we thought we’d take a few minutes to review what makes a business’ backup […]

Working from Home is a Mixed Bag for Parents

For all its benefits, remote work can introduce plenty of complications. These complications can easily make employees question a lot of things about their careers, including whether or not they should continue working for the same company they have been. This has been particularly the case amongst workers with children also in the home. Let’s […]

Embedding a YouTube Video in a PowerPoint Presentation

If you’re trying to share an idea in a presentation, adding a brief video clip can make it simple to communicate with your audience. With this in mind, it is quite helpful that Microsoft PowerPoint makes it easy to embed a YouTube video directly into your presentation, whether you’re using PowerPoint 365 or PowerPoint 2016.

Clearing the Ethical Hurdles of Employee Monitoring

Employee monitoring is the practice of keeping an eye on your employees and their computer activity during work hours. This isn’t exactly a new practice, but with remote work suddenly seeing a huge boost in popularity, many businesses have sought to confirm that their workers are spending their time as productively as possible. If you […]

Should You Use Wired or Wireless Connections?

It hasn’t been too long since connectivity required a physical connection between the connecting endpoints, making a wired connection the chosen option for businesses. However, now that wireless connectivity is so widely available, businesses now have a choice. Which is the better option? Let’s compare some of the pros of each to make the answer a […]

Tip of the Week: Minding Your Manners in the Office Again

In the office, there are certain courtesies that most people follow, simply to make sure that the environment remains a peaceful and effective place to work. Working at home (as many have) makes many of these courtesies redundant. As many return to the office, resuming these manners will be important. Let’s go over some of […]

How to Set the Tone for Workplace Collaboration

Collaboration is one of the more popular workplace buzzwords you hear nowadays, as it serves a very important function for any successful business. Therefore, establishing healthy collaborative processes should be considered a priority in any establishment’s operations. Let’s review what true collaboration is and how you can lead your company toward more collaborative behaviors in […]

How to Encourage Collaboration in Your Place of Work

Collaboration is the gold standard of teamwork that so many businesses seek. If your employees aren’t naturally drawn to the idea, however, there are some ways that you can help to sell the concept. Let’s discuss a few of the ways that you can coax your users into collaborative behaviors.

What to Include in a BYOD Policy

A Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policy is something that many organizations have adopted for a few good reasons: employee satisfaction, cost savings and productivity boosts included. It’s crucial, however, that you don’t just assume you can adopt a policy like BYOD without establishing some ground rules your employees need to abide by. Here, we’ll […]

Tip of the Week: Tips to Help Manage Your IT Inventory Better

IT inventory management, also known as IT asset management or ITAM, is an important process for any business to undergo. This is effectively the process of ensuring that all of your information technology resources are accounted for and protected. Here, we’ve assembled some practices that will help make this process much simpler. First, let’s delve […]