October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, which is as good a reason as any for Fort Myers businesses to take a few minutes and make sure the basics are covered. You don’t need to be a security expert, just a handful of smart habits can keep you out of trouble. Cyber Security Awareness Month He...
When your work computer starts acting up, freezing, running slow, making clicking sounds it shouldn’t be making, you’ve basically got two options. Try to fix it yourself (Google the symptoms, watch a YouTube video, pray), or call someone who actually knows what they’re doing. For a...
Computers break. It happens. The tricky part is figuring out whether it’s something you can handle yourself or whether you’re about to make things worse by messing with it. Here’s a rough guide for when it’s worth calling a computer repair tech versus when you can probably so...
You’ve probably heard the advice a hundred times: change your passwords every 90 days. Maybe your company enforces it. Maybe you’ve been doing it yourself for years. Here’s the thing, that advice is outdated. Security experts (including NIST, the organization that basically sets th...
Your computer used to be fast. Now it takes forever to boot up, programs hang for no reason, and you’ve started making coffee while you wait for Excel to open. Sound familiar? Before you go buy a new machine, try these things first. Most slow computers don’t need to be replaced, they jus...
Why having great tech support should be important to small businesses. As a small business owner, you know that every penny counts. You also know that your time is valuable, and you can’t afford to waste it on IT problems. That’s why having great tech support is so important. Here are ju...
Here are some IT security recommendations for employees in a small business: Use strong passwords, and change them regularly. A strong password is at least 12 characters long and includes a mix of upper and lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols. Enable multi-factor authentication (MFA) whenever po...
You don’t have to be a cybersecurity expert to keep your devices safe. Most of the stuff that protects you from hackers, malware, and scammers is pretty basic, it just requires actually doing it consistently. Here’s what works, without the tech jargon. Keep Everything Updated Those updat...
This is one of the first questions that comes up when a Fort Myers business is setting up email and productivity tools: Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace? Both are solid. Both will get the job done. But they’re built for slightly different kinds of users, and picking the right one can save you...








