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Implementing BYOD for Small and Midsized Businesses
Implementing BYOD for Small and Midsized Businesses

Implementing BYOD for Small and Midsized Businesses

admin_hosting2022-02-20T14:16:43-07:00

December 4, 2017 - BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) has become more and more popular with small and midsized businesses. When employees supply their own mobile devices and laptops it can be a great benefit for your business in terms of cost savings. Plus, employees get to have the device of their own choosing. (For more on the pros and cons of BYOD, see our blog post from last week). When implementing BYOD, one of the cons we highlighted last week is security issues. To reduce the risks (and the costs) we recommend small and mid-sized businesses take an approach that includes the following areas: Create a BYOD Policy Before implementing BYOD, it’s important to set up the policies you will [...]

Implementing BYOD for Small and Midsized Businessesadmin_hosting2022-02-20T14:16:43-07:00

An Overview of Azure Site Recovery
An Overview of Azure Site Recovery

An Overview of Azure Site Recovery

admin_hosting2019-05-22T14:14:49-07:00

Azure Site Recovery Overview Microsoft introduced Azure Site Recovery (ASR) in 2014. This Disaster-Recovery-as-a-Service offering allows on-premisess workloads to be replicated into Azure, or another datacenter, to allow for rapid failover in the event of a major outage. At the time the service was narrowly focused on only those environments running Hyper-V and System Center Virtual Machine Manager. Since then the service has expanded to cover not only VMware environments, but has Azure region-to-region support in Preview. It has become the de facto method for migrating live workloads to Azure with minimal disruption. We’re going to review how to plan an ASR deployment for these newer capabilities. Key Concepts Azure Site Recovery works well in both [...]

An Overview of Azure Site Recoveryadmin_hosting2019-05-22T14:14:49-07:00

BYOD – Should Your Midsized Business Allow it?
BYOD – Should Your Midsized Business Allow it?

BYOD – Should Your Midsized Business Allow it?

admin_hosting2017-11-27T07:30:56-07:00

November 27, 2017 - What is BYOD? BYOD stands for Bring Your Own Device, and it has become a popular option for employers. And it's popular with employees, too, as more and more team members want to work using their favorite (personal) devices. In fact, the BYOD and enterprise mobility market size is estimated to double from 2016 to 2017!* And this may be a great way to save some cash (after all, the employee is now paying for the hardware). But it may introduce other challenges (and costs) to your business as well. In this blog post we’ll example the pros and cons of BYOD for small and mid-sized businesses. BYOD Pros User Preference – One of the most [...]

BYOD – Should Your Midsized Business Allow it?admin_hosting2017-11-27T07:30:56-07:00

Top 5 Social Engineering Scams – Protect Yourself
Top 5 Social Engineering Scams – Protect Yourself

Top 5 Social Engineering Scams – Protect Yourself

admin_hosting2024-11-22T12:37:08-07:00

November 6, 2017 - What are Social Engineering Scams? Social engineering scams are tactics that allows hackers to access your systems through direct manipulation of your employees. This is taking cyber-attacks to a whole new level. And it is challenging because it can be extremely difficult to prevent. With social engineering, the hacker will focus themselves on a specific target. They will try to fool their target into clicking on a link and downloading a file. Or they'll try to get them to reveal personal and confidential information like usernames and passwords. What are the main Social Engineering Scams to watch out for? There are 5 main social engineering scams. Read below to find out how to spot them before [...]

Top 5 Social Engineering Scams – Protect Yourselfadmin_hosting2024-11-22T12:37:08-07:00

Small Business Technology: Is It Leveling the Playing Field?
Small Business Technology: Is It Leveling the Playing Field?

Small Business Technology: Is It Leveling the Playing Field?

admin_hosting2022-02-20T14:16:46-07:00

October 30, 2017 - New technologies come online every day. Small and mid-sized businesses can be position themselves well for the future by adopting the latest solutions. While some believe only larger companies can adopt new technologies, the latest cloud-based solutions are leveling the playing field. In many ways it’s now actually smaller organizations that are positioned to be early adopters. Not only does this help them “keep up” with their larger competitors, it might just give them a strategic advantage. Small and Mid-sized Businesses are actually in a Better Position to Adopt New Technologies And there are several reasons for this. First, for smaller and mid-sized companies, it is often a shorter and easier adoption and implantation. Solutions can [...]

Small Business Technology: Is It Leveling the Playing Field?admin_hosting2022-02-20T14:16:46-07:00

Is it Time for a Password Manager?
Is it Time for a Password Manager?

Is it Time for a Password Manager?

admin_hosting2024-11-18T14:36:46-07:00

October 16, 2017 - A couple of weeks ago we wrote about the importance of changing and managing your passwords. We also provided some tips on creating complex and unique passwords that are continuously updated. (If you missed the post check it out). For those of you who read the article and thought “I’m not sure I want to deal with that” there may be another way…the Password Manager. There are multiple options out there for password management software. Here’s what you need to know. What is a Password Manager? A password manager is an application you install on your computer and mobile devices designed to make password management quick and easy. The core concept is you create one Master [...]

Is it Time for a Password Manager?admin_hosting2024-11-18T14:36:46-07:00

Ready to Ditch Your Sticky Notes? Get Started with Outlook Tasks
Ready to Ditch Your Sticky Notes? Get Started with Outlook Tasks

Ready to Ditch Your Sticky Notes? Get Started with Outlook Tasks

admin_hosting2022-02-20T14:16:46-07:00

October 9, 2017 - One of the best ways to boost your productivity is improving your desktop organization. And in this case, we mean your physical desktop organization. It’s time to ditch the post-it notes and scraps of paper and capture your to-do items in a simple task list. Many of us are using the robust Microsoft Outlook platform but few are using it to its full potential. A great way to get more from the program (beyond email and calendars) is by using Outlook Tasks. Getting Started with Microsoft Outlook Tasks Outlook Tasks have been around for years, but you’re not alone if you’ve never tried it…. it’s amazing how few people use this valuable functionality. There are entire [...]

Ready to Ditch Your Sticky Notes? Get Started with Outlook Tasksadmin_hosting2022-02-20T14:16:46-07:00

That Favorite Password You Love…It’s Out There | AccountabilIT Tech Tip of the Month
That Favorite Password You Love…It’s Out There | AccountabilIT Tech Tip of the Month

That Favorite Password You Love…It’s Out There | AccountabilIT Tech Tip of the Month

admin_hosting2022-02-20T14:16:46-07:00

October 2, 2017 - That favorite password you love is great. You know it well. It flies off your fingers onto your keyboard with lightning speed and gets you in everywhere. Unfortunately, if you’re using the same one in more than one place there’s a very good chance it’s out there. And not “out there” in a cool way, it’s out there on the dark web, waiting to be purchased by the next cyber-criminal set out to make some cash and ruin your day. So, what’s the right type of password? Passwords should be like your high school relationships. Super special, constantly changing and overly complicated. By special we mean you should treat each place you log in like it’s [...]

That Favorite Password You Love…It’s Out There | AccountabilIT Tech Tip of the Monthadmin_hosting2022-02-20T14:16:46-07:00

Ransomware – Two Myths That Are Putting You at Risk
Ransomware – Two Myths That Are Putting You at Risk

Ransomware – Two Myths That Are Putting You at Risk

admin_hosting2017-09-25T08:21:40-07:00

September 25, 2017 - We’ve encountered some interesting perspectives when talking with small businesses about ransomware. Unfortunately what we’ve found is most small and midsized businesses have beliefs about cyber security and ransomware that are anchored more in myths than in facts. Here’s the two biggest myths we encountered, and why they’re dangerous for your business. Myth #1: I won't be a victim of ransomware The first thing we found is that most small businesses think they won’t be a victim. After all, who would want to steal their data? Unfortunately the stats don’t prove that out….according to Symantec’s 2016 Internet Security Threat Report 43% of cyber attacks actually target small businesses. That’s a startling statistic, but when you break [...]

Ransomware – Two Myths That Are Putting You at Riskadmin_hosting2017-09-25T08:21:40-07:00

Microsoft Teams is a Game Changer for Education
Microsoft Teams is a Game Changer for Education

Microsoft Teams is a Game Changer for Education

admin_hosting2019-05-22T14:21:55-07:00

Microsoft Teams set the bar for digital transformation in education by wrapping its Office 365 suite of products in a collaboration engine unlike anything I have ever seen. It is surprising to see the agility of a company Microsoft’s size making these innovations seemingly out of nowhere and changing collaboration in education at its core. This is not to say the Google platform isn’t equally impressive in its own right with what some would say is a more robust management offering as well as a much more rapid deployment time; but in the collaboration space, Google pushes its base to platforms such as Slack because it has no offering of its own. A missed opportunity for sure as [...]

Microsoft Teams is a Game Changer for Educationadmin_hosting2019-05-22T14:21:55-07:00

AccountabilIT Achieves SOC 2 Compliance
AccountabilIT Achieves SOC 2 Compliance

AccountabilIT Achieves SOC 2 Compliance

admin_hosting2024-09-12T11:56:28-07:00

AccountabilIT achieves Service Organization Control (SOC) 2 compliance. This report focuses on the controls service organizations have in place relevant to security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality and privacy. AccountabilIT’s annual SOC 2 compliance audit was returned with zero exceptions. Strenuous policies and procedures are part of our culture, so while we are extremely proud of our SOC 2 audit, we also expect these high levels of internal standards. SOC 2 compliance is governed by the American Institute of CPAs (IACPA) and is becoming the standard among technology companies especially for businesses operating in the cloud. In our industry it is essential to have this level of compliance. Security, privacy and availability are at the core of [...]

AccountabilIT Achieves SOC 2 Complianceadmin_hosting2024-09-12T11:56:28-07:00

One of Microsoft’s Top U.S. Partners
One of Microsoft’s Top U.S. Partners

One of Microsoft’s Top U.S. Partners

admin_hosting2024-09-12T12:16:27-07:00

ACCOUNTABILIT NAMED AS ONE OF MICROSOFT’S TOP U.S. PARTNERS LITTLE ROCK, AR — AccountabilIT was named by Redmond Channel Partner magazine to the RCP 200, a list of the top 200 Microsoft partners in the United States. The prestigious list began in 2016 and AccountabilIT has been listed both years. "The great Microsoft partners combine strong technical expertise with a sophisticated understanding of their customers' business requirements to deliver great solutions. The companies that made our 2nd annual RCP 200 list demonstrated those qualities," said Scott Bekker, Editor-in-Chief of Redmond Channel Partner magazine, the leading channel publication for the Microsoft partner community. With over 100,000 Microsoft partners in the U.S. alone, this list was published as [...]

One of Microsoft’s Top U.S. Partnersadmin_hosting2024-09-12T12:16:27-07:00