10 Best Apps to Help Accountants Stay Organized
Accounting involves a lot of meticulous labor. While immersed in the details of decimal points and debt to equity ratios, it can be easy to let slip the larger picture of staying organized and keeping your practice running. However, thanks to quickly advancing technology, accountants can find succor in many …
13 Tips for Maintaining Mental Health While Working Remotely
Makeshift offices. Kids fighting in the background. Catastrophic headlines everywhere. The nation’s sudden pivot to remote working is different than a “normal” work-from-home policy, and many teams are struggling to adapt. (That’s not to say that remote work doesn’t offer unique challenges even in a “normal” world; many of the …
5 Vital Things That Banks Should Consider When Outsourcing I.T. Support Services
There are few organization that are more concerned about security and reliability then financial institutions. After all, they are dealing with the life-blood of what the world runs on, money. Downtime means people might not have access to the means to get gas, pay their mortgage, get needed medicine, or …
5 Reasons Business Technology Fails and How to Break the Cycle
Your business needs your technology to operate efficiently and effectively. Competing in today’s digitally-driven economy requires systems that perform at optimum levels and provide the functionality demanded by your users. The reliance your business has on technology has increased as new solutions have broken down barriers, improved efficiencies, and enhanced …
The 8 Essential Components of Good I.T. Support in the Hospitality Industry
Technology has changed the hospitality industry dramatically in recent years. Yet without good I.T. support, even the latest technology is useless, cumbersome, and vulnerable. So, what should you look for in I.T. support services? Here are some of the basic components of excellent I.T. support for the hospitality industry. 1. …
Advice on Leading Remote Workers from 9 Execs Whose Teams Have Found Success
Leaders from The Callaway Bank discuss the changes they found necessary to lead a remote team vs. meeting in the office. They highlight how remote work has changed from just a few weeks ago. Joe Gaunt from Ollis/Akers/Arney talks about how the insurance firm made the transition to …
10 Helpful Tips to Stay Focused on Work During COVID-19
Technology can sometimes be a double-edged sword. Although it allows employees and managers to communicate and stay up to date with projects, it can also present a multitude of distractions that get in the way of productivity. This is especially true as remote workers are deluged with incoming news about …
4 Common Outlook Issues and Steps to Fix Them
As a technician, there are several programs I cannot do my job successfully without. Within that list, Microsoft Outlook is hard to beat out of the top spot. Many see Outlook as just a way to view your emails, but it is so much more than that. Outlook has the …
7 Tips on Keeping Your Zoom Meeting Secure and Updates on Zoom Security Enhancements
Due to recent Zoombombing incidents, you may have heard that Zoom meetings are not secure. However, because of these recent unwelcome meeting disruptions, Zoom has just implemented enhancements to add even more security than before. Not only that, but for the next 90 days, they will not be releasing any …
A Light in the Darkness: 16 Uplifting COVID-19 Stories
It goes without saying that we are all living through a hard time right now. COVID-19 has and continues to take the world by storm. But when you look hard enough in the darkness, you can always find light. Out of tragedy, something miraculous is born. People come together in …
4 Big Benefits of the “Internet of Things” in Healthcare
In an environment where healthcare remains notably expensive to the average citizen, the overall age of the global population is increasing, and the prevalence of chronic diseases is on the rise, the advent of the “Internet of Things” (IoT) shows promise in helping healthcare facilities operate more efficiently. The Internet …
5 Technologies That Are Revolutionizing Long-Term Care
Thanks to scientific breakthroughs in medicine, surgery, nutrition, and even technology, human beings are enjoying an increasingly longer lifespan. In many cases, that increase in years has also come with a corresponding increase in the number of years people are living healthy, fully-abled lives. However, there inevitably comes a point …
Business Continuity vs. Disaster Recovery: 3 Ways to Prepare
Business Continuity vs. Disaster Recovery – What’s the Difference? Every business venture will eventually have obstacles they encounter that could potentially destroy their business. The question though, is are you going to prepare for them? In order to know how to prepare for obstacles and make an informed decision about what …
Best Practices for a Secure Network Infrastructure
Networks form the backbone of I.T. infrastructure. In fact, every service we take for granted today is made possible by the interconnectivity of different systems which can transmit data to each other. The internet, as an example, is the most extensive network in the world and is an excellent illustration …
7 Things to Make Your Home Office Be Productive
Ok, let’s face it. Many of us are having to make something that was an occasional thing into a daily routine. You have probably seen many emails, news stories and posts from friends on social media about how life has changed – either for the better or the worse – …
JBITS 2020 Postponed Due to COVID-19
It is with regret that we must announce that we are postponing the JMARK Business Innovation Technology Summit. We will NOT be holding JBITS 2020 on April 28-30. After carefully monitoring the ongoing COVID-19 situation, and with full respect to all measures that are being implemented to prevent the spread …
Protect Your Data from Coronavirus Scammers with These 5 Tips
As tensions rise around the spread of a global pandemic, most people are naturally concerned first and foremost with protecting their health. However, while you focus on preventing the spread of COVID-19, you might not be aware that your data is also at risk. Unfortunately, cybercriminals are taking advantage of …
Business Continuity in the Midst of the Storm: Ensuring Your Digital Assets are Safe, Secure and Protected
Business downtime is much more common than you may think. Every business faces risk of business interruption every day, from an employee clicking on something that they shouldn’t have, hardware failure, natural disasters, the list just goes on and on. There are ways to protect your business from this …
Coronavirus: The Newest Topic for Phishing Emails
By now, you’ve heard of the growing threat of the Coronavirus. If you’ve heard of it, that means that hackers have too. In fact, they’re using this disaster to infect computers across the globe. Scammers have been sending emails and texts appearing to be from the World Health Organization or …
