Business Solutions & Software Group Blog

When you hear about the dark web, you might picture extremely shadowy figures and illicit dealings going down. While that's part of it, for businesses, the dark web is a real threat: it's where your stolen data is shared and sold. In cybersecurity, this means understanding the hidden currents of the Internet, not just what's visible on the surface. Today, we will take a look at the dark web and why monitoring it is a good idea.

It sure seems that, very suddenly, artificial intelligence is everywhere you look… including many of the tools that are available for your business to use and—most likely—the ones you are already using. It can certainly be intimidating, to say the least. Have these kinds of feelings prevented you from incorporating these tools and capabilities into your workflows?

That would be a very fair reaction to the influx of promises that AI seems to come with, which is why we wanted to hit the reset button, so to speak. Let’s get back to basics and talk about some simple benefits that AI-empowered tools can bring to your small or medium-sized business right now.

How often do you think about the amount of downtime your business suffers and how much it’s costing you in lost profits and productivity? Estimates show that SMBs lose somewhere between $427 and $8,000 PER HOUR of downtime. Instead of dealing with downtime, we recommend an approach called proactive maintenance.

We’re continuing our series for Mac users who are new to the world of Windows, whatever the reason you’ve decided to branch out. This time, let's talk about a scenario every computer user faces: a frozen application. On your Mac, you’d hit Command+Option+Escape to force quit. On Windows, your new best friend for this job is the Task Manager.

We've all been there. One minute your business is cruising along, spreadsheets humming, emails flying, and the next, your screen freezes, things start buffering, or your entire network decides to take a nap. Since technology is the backbone of business, when it stumbles, it can feel like your whole operation is grinding to a halt.