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iDrive cloud backup solution for small businesses
Everything your business runs on lives on a computer somewhere. Client lists, invoices, project files, employee records, emails, all of it. And all of it can disappear in an afternoon. Hard drives die. Ransomware encrypts everything you own. Someone accidentally deletes the wrong folder. A power sur...
IT technician repairing desktop computer at professional workbench
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. A rough guide for when it’s worth calling a computer repair tech versus when you can probably sort it out on ...
Password strength meter for cybersecurity
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. That advice is outdated. Security experts (including NIST, the organization that basically sets the standards) stopped rec...
speed up your computer
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...
Protecting your small business from phishing attacks
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...