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Recruiting and retaining good people is a never-ending challenge, one made more daunting by the explosion of new technology.
Employees overburdened with daily tasks often bristle at the announcement of new software or systems designed to streamline processes and enhance productivity. To many, it’s another giant hairball that will further complicate their jobs.

One weak link in any chain will eventually cause it to fail. The same is true in any IT management program.

Surf safely to avoid making waves at work
While most would-be surfers take adequate precautions before tackling the
big wave, many surf the Internet without discriminating between safe and unsafe
destinations.
Safely surfing the Internet requires a protocol somewhat similar to its watersport
counterpart- use common sense, be observant, and avoid potentially [...]

Conducting your Banking online is an efficient way to conduct your business. But how can you be sure it is safe and secure?
Follow these tips:

Create long complicated passwords
Do not trust emails or phone calls that supposedly come from your bank. Instead, hang up and either email or call your bank directly on what [...]

It is easy to inadvertently download a virus to your computer. One way you can avoid this is to be careful as to what websites you visit on the internet. The following types of sites are a good idea to avoid as many of them contain these viruses that may cause you problems [...]

IT security can make or break a business. Staying protected is becoming ever tougher and more urgent as workforces increasingly go off-premises, expanding layoffs expose companies to meddling of disgruntled former employees, and state-of-the-art policies are only sporadically enforced.

Many electronically transmitted documents unwittingly disclose confidential information to adversaries, unauthorized parties and data thieves through release of unscrubbed metadata.
Metadata, information that characterizes data being transmitted, is typically used to track document changes, names of authors, dates created and last printed, et al. When transmitted to outside parties, unscrubbed metadata can create confidentiality breaches and [...]

Lately I’ve been thinking about MCS more as the Honda Civic of the IT world.  We may not be sexy, but we’re dependible over the long haul.  Many of our clients have a great experience with other IT companies for the first 6 months.  People are making good impressions, the consultant is on their A [...]

Companies nationwide are finally starting to get the message that IT management means more than fixing something when it goes wrong. Technology must make business processes work better and more reliably, and that requires a commitment to constant upgrading and improvement…Gartner, Inc.’s Tiffani Bova, Vice President, Research, Indirect Channel Programs & Sales Strategies, emphasizes that [...]