Nothing lasts forever, but it would be nice if hard drives lasted a little longer. The hard drives that power your business’s electronics and store all your data generally have a life expectancy of around five years, depending on the model; sometimes they start to fail even earlier. Considering how many computers and external drives...Continue Reading
The spread of COVID-19 happened so quickly that businesses of all sizes and across all industries had to scramble to respond. Some non-essential businesses had just hours to prepare their employees before everyone headed home to work remotely for the foreseeable future. Setting up the technology to support temporary remote work may have been relatively...Continue Reading
How long will your company keep a former employee’s W2? What about 1099s? Do bank deposit slips get saved for a few years, or saved forever? How should old receipts and expense reports be handled? These are just some of the questions that can be answered by a company’s record retention policy. A clearly-defined and...Continue Reading
If you need to install new lights in your workplace, do you call on a local electrician for expert help? When you need office supplies, do you have a vendor you can call? Does an accounting firm help you file your taxes? Do you trust other companies to handle your landscaping, snow removal and office...Continue Reading
Another year is nearly over. No matter what victories and challenges the year held for your business, one thing is certain: You accumulated a ton of stuff. How many sheets of paper were added to your files this year? How many devices broke down and had to be replaced? If your year was busy, there’s...Continue Reading
Issuing ID cards and access badges can be a bit of a pain. New employees need them created, forgetful employees need them replaced, and departing employees need to be made to give theirs back. There’s a lot of administrative work around creating and maintaining these cards. But it’s all worthwhile, right? Badges and ID cards...Continue Reading
Running a successful business is a little like being a circus performer at times. Specifically, a plate spinner: someone who balances and spins a dozen plates, then rushes across the stage making sure that each one stays in motion. You have so many critical and time-sensitive matters to attend to each day. It’s understandable that...Continue Reading
It’s not a distinction worthy of celebration, but this year is on track to be the worst on record for data breaches. There were 54% more data breaches reported by midyear 2019 than were reported by midyear 2018, according to research done by Risk Based Security. Thousands of breaches have occurred already this year. The...Continue Reading
Like getting your teeth cleaned and changing the smoke alarm batteries, scheduling document shredding is one of those essential tasks that’s nevertheless easy to forget. You know the security risks of trashing sensitive documents, and you know that it’s a bad use of company resources to have an employee shred papers a few at a...Continue Reading
Has anyone ever told you that you have your mother’s or father’s eyes? Mom’s or Dad’s could be the same shape, size and color as yours, but ultimately your eyes have a totally unique structure. That’s why, sometime in the near future, a store clerk might ask you to complete a purchase by looking into...Continue Reading
