When you started your business, you knew you needed a domain name. As time went on, you added more. You purchased your business name’s dot com, net, org, and any others you could think of.
You wanted to protect your brand and consolidate traffic. Now, much to the chagrin of your IT support department, you have multiple domains across multiple registrars.
Business productivity apps can make or break an organization. Previously, we discussed the differences between Google’s G-Suite and Microsoft’s Office 365. While there’s plenty to like in both platforms, consider these G-Suite drawbacks before you make a decision.
Which is the best email for small businesses?
There are plenty of names on the list of business productivity tools, but G-Suite and Office 365 are at the top of most. Both are anchored by popular and established email services in the form of Gmail and Outlook.
As your company grows, you will need to decide whether to outsource your IT and if so, when. If you don’t necessarily know, that’s fine. There are a lot of factors that go into the decision, and it isn’t one you want to take lightly. Let’s go over some of the benefits of IT outsourcing and what factors might contribute to making that decision.
Cost savings are easily the biggest driver behind the increasing popularity of cloud computing. However, while predictable costs and long-term flexibility are enormously beneficial, that doesn’t necessarily mean that migrating to the cloud is either cheap or easy.
Maximizing return on investment is a key priority with every area of your business, but it’s not always easy to determine when it’s time to get rid of old IT hardware. Like everything else, all hardware devices have a predefined lifecycle, which is typically determined by the manufacturer.
Although on-premises data centers remain relevant in niche applications, the cloud represents the obvious next step in the evolution of small-business computing. Migrating to the cloud offers a considerable reduction in overheads, practically unlimited scalability, and the freedom for your employees to work anywhere, without having to be tied down to a desk.
You probably know that a firewall helps protect your network from unauthorized traffic. It is a critical component of any network, including both home and business networks. However, consumer firewalls, such as those that ship with modern operating systems, are designed to protect only one computer rather than a whole network.
In 2017, the number of emails sent per day is estimated to reach 269 billion, making email the most used communication tool for businesses worldwide. With this in mind, your business can gain a competitive advantage by choosing the right enterprise email solution.
The “Internet of Things,” or IoT, is a network of internet-connected devices able to collect and exchange data using embedded sensors. More simply, these are everyday items that can connect to the internet to share data like your heart rate, the temperature in your fridge, or whether you forgot to lock the front door.
