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Quickbooks: In the Cloud or On-Prem?

Quickbooks: In the Cloud or On-Prem?

Just a couple of months ago, Intuit announced that they would stop selling many of their Desktop edition software subscriptions at the end of July 2024. While this doesn’t affect existing subscribers (or businesses with QuickBooks Enterprise), it signals to everyone...

Are “cold emails” ever legitimate?

Are “cold emails” ever legitimate?

With all of the emphasis on phishing and social engineering scams, it might be easy to lose sight of old-fashioned swindles. While there are some cutting-edge techniques out there for tricking you into handing over private information (like login/password or payment...

Today’s best ways to call internationally

Today’s best ways to call internationally

It’s possible that you’ve noticed that the least important part of your phone is how it serves as a telephone. Now that mobile devices are (rightly) thought of as an ultra-portable computing device, it can be easy to overlook how you’ll stay in touch when traveling...

Bridge the Gap Between Your Mobile Device and Your Computer

Bridge the Gap Between Your Mobile Device and Your Computer

Windows Phone Link is the newest way to integrate your phone and your desktop. Choosing which device to use for the most productivity can be fairly simple: writing intensive tasks are usually done more effectively at a device with a physical keyboard while phones have...

IT Business Process Management: Definition, Process and Benefits

IT Business Process Management: Definition, Process and Benefits

Inefficiencies and bottlenecks can slow down IT operations. This can hinder a business’s total quality management. IT business process management (BPM) is the solution to these challenges. BPM makes tasks easier and cuts down on mistakes. Teams are able to focus on...

Understanding SIEM and Logging in the Modern Stack

Understanding SIEM and Logging in the Modern Stack

As one of the main kinds of security software and services, SIEM (Security Information and Event Management; pronounced either like "seem" or like "sim") can be one of the more straightforward to understand. While it often does involve some advanced AI techniques,...

Top IT Management Frameworks for Businesses

Top IT Management Frameworks for Businesses

It can be hard for an organization to make sure that its IT (information technology) strategy, processes, and resources all align with its goals and needs. Many different frameworks say they can help with that, but which one is the best? Or is there any direct answer...

Teams vs Teams Premium: Is It Worth Upgrading to Premium Teams?

Teams vs Teams Premium: Is It Worth Upgrading to Premium Teams?

Your organization might already be using Microsoft Teams for all of your office communications, but you might not have heard of Teams Premium. It's an offering from Microsoft that contains a few serious features for stepping up your company's branding and...

Top 5 Steps to Securing Microsoft 365

Top 5 Steps to Securing Microsoft 365

In our last blog post, we mentioned some of the biggest security risks to your company's Microsoft 365 suite. It may have seemed like there were a lot of concerns to have over your data's confidentiality and availability-which is right, your data's security is your...