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What do social media, smartphones, wearables, 4G LTE, Big Data Analytics, ridesharing apps, virtual assistants, and streaming have in common? They are all fairly recent technology trends that reshape...

The growing reliance on third-party vendors has helped companies cost-effectively drive productivity, performance, collaboration, compliance, and scalability. That’s the good news. The bad news is th...

Over the past few years, the use of third-party vendors has increased dramatically as organizations look for ways to cut costs, increase efficiencies, and drive scalability. However, as Deloitte note...

Our theme this year for SysAdmin Appreciation Day is celebrating the heroic IT pros who work hard to keep networks, systems, and devices optimized and secure — while also helping their organizations ...

As we all know, working in the IT world can be difficult; especially these days, when so much of an organization’s success — or make that its survival — depends on a secure and functional tech ecosys...

Working in IT is always stressful. But over the last year and a half, many IT professionals have been forced to deal with unprecedented pressure, expectations, and deadlines. And even though things o...

We all know that stress is a part of life. In fact, some stress — called eustress — is beneficial, because it motivates us to do things like exercise, learn a skill, or get a better job that ultimate...

Love them or hate them (or maybe a bit of both), the fact is that channel-based messaging platforms have become mainstream communication tools. And not just for remote workers, either. Employees who ...

Discord. Slack. Flock. Ryver. Teams. Mattermost. Chanty. No, these are not the names of rock bands, racehorses, or breakfast cereals. They’re popular channel-based messaging platforms that allow teams...

Way back in 1968, the Beatles sang, “Help! I need somebody. Help! Not just anybody. Help! You know I need someone. Heeeeellllppppp!” Well, fast-forward more than half a century, and end users around t...

Every profession has its essential set of tools, and for people who work on IT helpdesks, there is nothing more vital than the ticketing solution. As the old saying goes: “If it’s not in the ticket, t...

We recently looked at several ways in which remote working is permanently changing the business landscape. Technology is a MAJOR part of this development — both in terms of getting rid of tools that a...

Before COVID-19, remote working was becoming more popular (despite some ill-advised and short-lived attempts by some companies to completely ban it). Now, though, remote working has become the norm. W...

We are nearly one-sixth of the way into 2021. The more dominating timeline, however, is measured by the pandemic. In this part of the world, it was about this time last year that EVERYTHING CHANGED. I...

In the past, many of us looked forward to packing our bags and heading off to various conferences, where we connected with peers, learned about new trends, and got lots (and lots) of swag. Well, thing...

To say that 2020 was merely “unusual” is like saying the Grand Canyon is a “little hole in the ground,” or that the Himalayas are “some pretty tall hills.” In so many ways, 2020 was unlike anything we...

IT. IS. OVER. Of course, we’re talking about the annus horribilis known as 2020. Let’s see, we had: So many hurricanes and tropical storms that the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administra...

Normally, we would say something like “another holiday season has come and gone.” But as we all know, there was nothing normal about 2020. Frankly, most of us are happy to say goodbye to one of the mo...

It is said that “hindsight is 20/20”. Well, I think that it’s fair to say that all of us can’t wait to see the year 2020 in the past — because it has been very tough for obvious reasons. We all need t...

The MSP industry is growing rapidly, and is expected to be worth $282 billion by 2023 — up from $193 billion in 2019. Last month we asked you to share your experiences either as an MSP serving clients...