MicroLogix Network Services, LLC Blog

Your email inbox is one of your most accessed business resources, which means that it cannot get clogged up with useless messages that have little to no value, i.e., spam. If you want to make the most out of your workday, that means mastering your inbox and getting it under control. Today, we have three great tips to help you do just that.

Your business lives and dies by its budget, and its IT budget is no different. If you can get your IT budget under control, you can enjoy greater peace of mind and reassurance that your operations are as smooth as possible. Today, we want to look at three of the greatest factors that can contribute to an efficient IT budget: the IT roadmap, minimized downtime, and outsourcing IT. Let’s get to it.

Whether employees like it or not, they bear some sort of responsibility for the technology they use in the office. It’s your job as the business owner to ensure that they get the help they need to both make effective use of the technology and to do so in a way that keeps the business safe. Today, we want to look at three of the ways hiring a managed service provider can help you offer better and more consistent IT assistance for your employees.

When you send someone within your business an email, the expectation is that they will read it and respond accordingly. Unfortunately, messages can sometimes slip through the cracks, especially for small businesses with limited staff and an impossible workload to keep up with. If you primarily use email to communicate with your team, you need an email archiving system that can help ensure lost emails aren’t setting your business up for disaster.

When the time comes that you have to make a big decision—one that could have some significant impact on your business, for instance—what does your thought process look like? Do you rely on data, or do you rely on what your gut tells you?

If it’s the latter, you’re literally relying on your least accurate information and hoping that you get the most beneficial outcome. Instead, why not rely on the other, quantitative and confirmed data your business has collected over the years and pair it with the analytical prowess of AI tools?

It’s official; Windows 10 is no longer supported by Microsoft. It was an incredibly popular operating system, which might give you a certain level of hesitation to move on and upgrade to Windows 11, but we want to urge you to do so now rather than later. Let’s take a look at your options and which one is best for your business.

If your business relies on its digital infrastructure—and nearly every modern business does—you know that downtime isn't just an inconvenience; it's a direct hit to your revenue, reputation, and productivity.

Have you ever wondered how major online services stay operational even when a server crashes or a major event occurs? The secret is failover.

We’ve all been given an impression of what artificial intelligence is or will ultimately become through pop culture. HAL 9000, Skynet, Ultron, and M3GAN each show their own form of calculated malice. 

However, in reality, the true potential of AI is more in line with the likes of Rosie the Robot, JARVIS, R2-D2, or Data, helpful companions who assist their cohort in generating ideas or completing tasks, often leaning on the soft skills that have been so valued in human relationships, things like curiosity, empathy, and resilience. Let’s consider how we can embrace these soft skills and better utilize the tool at hand.

We've all heard the saying, “Opportunity knocks only once." While it sounds like something a wise man would say, it’s not always true. For business owners, opportunity is everywhere, but it doesn’t stand on a corner spinning a flashy sign. The real skill is learning how to identify it and, more importantly, how to take advantage of it.

If you're ready to stop waiting and start creating your own luck, here are a few tips to help you get started.

Your IT project manager is the centerpiece at the proverbial table of project implementation. Without one, your project will be much more likely to fail, or at least more likely to get done incorrectly or inefficiently. Today, we want to break down some of the qualities that make for a great project manager and how you can find the right one for your business.

Passwords are an important part of ensuring your IT infrastructure remains safe, but they are far from the most effective security solution. It’s not necessarily the fault of the password, either; it’s just that hackers and scammers have gotten a lot better at cracking passwords in recent years, even reasonably complex ones. We recommend you implement multi-factor authentication as a secondary precaution against breaches—and here’s why.

Let’s say, for a moment, that somewhere out there is a diligent employee—John—who works for a small business. While John means well, he has the unfortunate habit of using the same password for everything… including the marketing tool his employer has him sign up to use.

A year or two goes by. The company hasn’t touched that marketing tool in months. John has completely forgotten he has an account with it. Meanwhile, that tool experiences a significant data breach, and suddenly, the credentials to almost everything John has ever accessed are now available on the dark web.

Sometimes the best technology solutions will fly under your radar, and depending on your company’s preferred productivity suite, you might already have tools that are being underutilized. One such tool is Google Forms. Today, we’ve got a step-by-step guide that shows you how to create a Google Form for a variety of purposes.

How much would you be willing to pay to keep all of your business’ records from being locked away, or to keep them off the dark web? Hundreds? Thousands? More?

This is precisely what cybercriminals rely on when they infect businesses just like yours with ransomware. Let’s talk about ransomware a bit: what it is, why it’s so effective, and (most importantly) how to keep it from dragging your business down.

How much data do you think your business stores? How much of that data does your business need to operate? Regardless of your answers to these questions, one thing is for certain: you need to take action to ensure your business’ data is never put in harm’s way needlessly. It should be able to survive in the face of great adversity, whether it’s from a fire, weather incident, cyberattack, or simple user error.

You want your company’s technology to aid your employees in getting their work done, not hinder their ability to be productive. This might seem like a logical statement, but you’d be surprised by how many businesses struggle with implementing the right technology for the right job. If you want to increase employee morale, build a better company culture, and boost productivity, your company should consider the following technologies for the employee experience.

There are countless moving parts for any business, and if you don’t keep your operations organized, you could quickly find yourself losing grasp of your business in the worst ways. SMBs might use instant messaging, shared drives, and endless email chains to communicate internally, but there’s a better, less clunky solution. We’re looking into the intranet, a digital hub for your business that offers several benefits.

Here’s a fun thought experiment; can your team identify phishing scams and respond to them appropriately? It’s a skill that must be learned if you want your organization to be successful and safe. Today, we’re taking a look at the three big signs you’re looking at a phishing scam (and what to do about it).

Operational efficiency is pretty important for businesses. Wasting time, money, and resources can stifle growth and put you at a competitive disadvantage. Fortunately, technology offers powerful solutions used to eliminate common inefficiencies. Today, we want to go through five ways you can use technology to drive real results.

Data storage is an evergreen issue for businesses, and the best solution seems to change with every new innovation. That said, the principles behind effective data storage seem to be fairly cut and dry. Today, we want to share some data storage best practices that transcend time.