Top Zoom Meeting Best Practices: IT, Security and More

zoom meeting best practices

With more and more businesses moving to a distance-based online platform, Zoom meetings have become increasingly popular. During the early days of the pandemic when business owners and employees were looking for quick and effective ways to communicate with one another, Zoom became a go-to application for this. While it did prove helpful, most business owners learned as they went along. The problem with learning any kind of Internet-based application as you go is you expose yourself and your employees to potential external threats. You also may not run your Zoom meeting as effectively and efficiently as possible. When it comes to Zoom meeting best practices, here is what you need to know and how you can improve your user experience. (more…)

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Microsoft Teams vs Slack: Which is Best for Your Small Business

microsoft teams vs slack

Collaboration platforms have become more important now than ever before, as businesses continue to run off-site, and employees take their jobs back to the home office instead of the traditional workplace. With modern business constantly changing, it is important for you to invest in a collaboration software platform. There are a handful of platforms dedicated to professionals such as yourself, but two of the most popular services are Microsoft Teams and Slack. (more…)

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What Is The Average Server Lifespan and How Often Should It Be Replaced?

what is the average server lifespan

When you run your own small business, you know just how important it is to have hardware that can handle not only your current needs but the needs you might have in the future. As your business grows, you will eventually need to replace and upgrade your hardware. This is to assist with the additional information and bandwidth requirements of added data, not to mention to ensure your network doesn’t lag with new computers and other hardware you begin implementing onto your network. The equipment you run on your business server is only as strong as the weakest link, so if server speed begins to lag, nothing else will perform as quickly as advertised. (more…)

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Considerations for Remote Working: Technology, Team Building and Beyond!?

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In the last few years, people have made a rather seismic shift in their business’ overall daily operations. This likely included the move from in-person work to mostly online, remote work. If you already had software and protocols in place, this may have been a smooth transition.
However, if you didn’t, you likely hit a few snags along the way.

Thanks to some video conferencing programs like Zoom, many businesses, just like your own, may have found an initial footing in this strange new world of business.

One area you might be struggling with is managing your remote team. Instead of having everyone there on hand, your team members are now scattered throughout the region, making in-person communication difficult, and company-wide in-person gatherings all but impossible.

That is why you need to understand how to manage a remote team effectively.

It’s a form of management you may not have been forced to learn prior, but now that you’ve had a bit of time to experiment with the approach, it’s time to take a more formal approach to future proof your organization.

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Why Is IT Budget Planning Critical To Business Success?

IT budget planning

There are a few ultimately inevitable things when it comes to each new year: new resolutions to keep, new technology to catch up on, and new budgets to plan. 

Depending on your organization’s culture and the value of technology to your finance department, the latter can be a very daunting process. 

Whether you’re excited about the technological prospects or you’re already looking forward to the next new year, we’ve gathered a few tips to help you be more successful through the IT budget planning and approval process with your financial decision-makers. 

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