Cybersecurity Defense: IT Spring Cleaning Checklist
As someone who quite literally grew up in the managed services industry, I believe that the importance of spring cleaning when it comes to your IT infrastructure is something that cannot be overstated enough. A lot of other people seem to share the same opinion, as evidenced by the plethora of “X Things You NEED to Do When Spring Cleaning Your IT Systems” articles my clients keep sending me. On…
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The Best Wheelchair Accessible Coworking Spaces in Boston
TSI is like any other organization that has to consider the concerns of not just it’s clients but its employees to maintain its success. In order to address these areas, we’re always thinking of ways to improve work/life balance as well as identifying ways to accommodate to some of the more popular SMB employee retention trends, like company-wide wellness initiatives and programs. However, it wasn’t until recently when one of…
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Attention CFOs: Reduce Your Information Technology Expenses Now
The other day, I was having a conversation with a friend of mine who also just so happens to be a Chief Financial Officer (CFO). As is the case more often than either of us would like, our friendly chat quickly turned to business. He asked me how some of our clients budget their capital expenditures for IT, since they’re oftentimes large, up-front investments that are meant to be used…
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M&A Due Diligence: Are You Preparing for an Acquisition? Don’t Forget About Your IT
Being at one of the leading IT services firms in Boston, Cambridge and the greater New England area, one of the major things that excites me every day is the fact that we often find ourselves in the epicenter of biotech and pharma innovation in the modern era. In addition to helping break new ground in terms of healthcare technology, that also means that we often find ourselves dealing with…
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Stay Tech Compliant: 7 Ways to Properly Dispose or Decommission Old Technology
Whether you are moving to the cloud, refreshing equipment, moving offices and/or data centers, or simply cleaning house, properly discarding of old machines can be a tough task. The complexity of decommissioning IT assets only becomes more of a burden when you’re working in a highly regulated industry sector.
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Digital Privacy & Digital Security: Is Online Privacy Dead?
Privacy…we all talk about it and we’re all concerned with losing it, but does it really matter? There are 1.94 billion active monthly Facebook users, 3.5 billion daily Google searches, and over 95 million photos & videos shared on Instagram each day. These are a few examples of the many apps, fun quizzes & surveys, or even online purchases, we conduct while granting third party access to our information in…
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Cyber Security Policy Starter Kit:
10 Critical Policies That Every Company Should Have in Place
