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August 19, 2015 by Vertical Axion
Say your SMB is still doing mail-out campaigns, and you’re still spending all that money on postage. You still do paper invoices. You still print everything out so you can collaborate on projects. You are a paper-fiend, and honestly, it’s costing you a pretty penny. Today is the day you can not only reduce, but […]
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August 18, 2015 by Vertical Axion
You probably know by now that protecting your small business from threats is absolutely essential, and even if you haven’t taken the steps to have an off-site backup or an on-board IT helper, you’ve probably done your best with your resources and installed the free software available to small businesses. Of course, this is a […]
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August 17, 2015 by Vertical Axion
We know that as an SMB, you have a budget – and you have to stretch that budget each and every month to ensure you can keep conducting business. Sometimes this means not upgrading something when you would otherwise do so. Sometimes it means foregoing that business trip you wanted to take and sometimes it […]
August 15, 2015 by Vertical Axion
There are laptops that are worth more than you pay for them, and there are laptops that are worth just about what you pay for them or a little less. When you buy a cheap laptop, that’s what you expect: a functional, but drab, machine that kind of just gets the job done most of […]
August 14, 2015 by Vertical Axion
An environmentally friendly approach to sharing and storing your computer generated documents and other communications, cloud computing can also help you and your business save money and operate much more efficiently and effectively. Every computing need from servers to hardware to software to paper can be adapted by using cloud-based solutions, using less energy, resources […]
August 13, 2015 by Vertical Axion
The mountains of paper your company has generated in the past cost money and time to store and access later. Additional space was leased and filing systems purchased to keep tabs on all that paper. In recent years, a wide range of applications and technologies has been developed that encourage the digitization of your business’s […]
August 12, 2015 by Vertical Axion
Most companies that are active on social media are aware of the importance of having a social media manager, a specialist who analyzes and brings their insights and conclusions about the company’s status on social media sites to management. There are obvious metrics and superficial insights that can be gained from a cursory examination of […]
August 11, 2015 by Vertical Axion
With all the emphasis put on the customer in the global business environment, knowing what your customers want, how they feel about your products or services and what their expressed views are on social media, knowing the nuances of customer terminology is critical to be able to differentiate between a satisfied customer and one who […]
August 10, 2015 by Vertical Axion
Marketing Applications and Software With the automated options available for businesses, it is no longer necessary for your online marketing plan to be managed manually. Both time and money will be saved if you research, review and choose a package that makes sense for you and your company. This isn’t just limited to things like […]
August 8, 2015 by Vertical Axion
The Internet of Things (IoT) is the international effort to incorporate unique identifiers to give household and industrial devices the ability to transfer data over a network and avoid human-to-human or human-to-computer involvement. In other words, the chips included on IoT devices will do all the work. The advantages are that companies will be able […]
August 7, 2015 by Vertical Axion
If you have ever been in a retail store where you are trying to access the Internet (to compare price, for example) and find yourself without Wi-Fi access, you may start to think that there is something the store does not want you to know. What is closer to the truth of the matter is […]
August 6, 2015 by Vertical Axion
In today’s workplace, one thing that is almost a certainly is the need to stay in the productivity loop while you are traveling or working from a remote location. Many options exist for you and your staff to remain in touch while one or more team members are either on the move or located away […]
August 5, 2015 by Vertical Axion
If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it a thousand times. Mac’s are just “safer” than PC’s. They’re less prone to viral and other types of hacking attacks. This has, in fact, been a major selling point for the machines, and Apple has used it to good advantage. The problem is, it’s not true, generally […]
August 4, 2015 by Vertical Axion
Advances in technology are revising notions of what the typical workplace looks like. Once a central location where management and staff gathered daily to plan and complete the tasks of the business, the office has become a much more fluid concept as companies permit employees to work remotely. Today’s workers can call their homes, vacation […]
August 3, 2015 by Vertical Axion
When people think about extreme reactions to changes in technology within a company, what most often comes to mind is the older worker, the one who is not a digital native. These are the people for whom change has come too quickly and demanded retraining for positions that otherwise were following a simpler and established […]
August 1, 2015 by Vertical Axion
When we think of technology, there are two main ideas that come to mind. The first is hardware, the tangible products that we directly experience such as a smartphone camera or a cloud server. The second is software, commonly known as apps, which are not tangible but of which we do see the results. For […]
July 31, 2015 by Vertical Axion
In the United States and many other countries, the small business is at the heart of economic growth and sustainability. Though the definition of a small business may vary, one thing is clear: the number of people employed by them greatly outnumbers that of the largest corporations. With the expansion of the Internet over the […]
July 30, 2015 by Vertical Axion
You have probably heard more than you care to about social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter, their popularity and the viral nature of people’s posts that claim to “crash the Internet.” Dramatics aside, social media serves many valuable functions in the company business plan, particularly how it relates to your customers. Engaged and […]
July 29, 2015 by Vertical Axion
Ok, so if you’re looking to bypass the waiting line to get Windows 10, there is a way to do it. Note: If you’re our client: Don’t. We will handle it for you when it’s time! What you need to do: We tried this on Windows 7 and Windows 8 both. It might take a […]
Crowdsourcing, a term coined by writer Jeff Howe, is the act of designating tasks usually performed by a specific person, such as a contractor or employee, to a large pool of workers who handle these individual chores on a freelance basis. Since these workers are independent contractors, the usual expenses of hiring, training and even […]
July 28, 2015 by Vertical Axion
You are opening up your own business, or your small business has decided to start accepting credit cards to make purchases more convenient for customers. What steps will you take to garner your customers’ trust that their credit card data are secure and remain confidential? PCI Data Security Standards First, as a new business accepting […]
July 27, 2015 by Vertical Axion
So which is right for your business: virtualization or cloud computing? Do you know the difference? No? That’s okay; a lot of people who don’t work in IT don’t know the difference either. The word “cloud” is thrown around so often that sometimes people aren’t sure how “virtualization” fits in, and the two get confused […]
Beginning on Monday, July 27th and throughout this week we will be remotely upgrading all the antivirus protection on our customer’s systems with a newer version of the agent software. As part of the upgrade process, you will see your MAV icon changed to look like the blue and white shield shown here on the […]
July 25, 2015 by Vertical Axion
GoogleNow’s service has now been listening to, learning from and directing people for nearly three years, and the newest round of improvements reflects all of that time spent collecting information. As GoogleNow continues to develop, the goal is that it will become more and more like interacting with a human. While Siri did pioneer the […]
