by Beth Vriesman | Sep 26, 2024 | The TOucan’s Cable |
Today’s small and medium businesses face different challenges than just a decade ago. There was a time where all the average SMB worried about was a virus. However, over the past few years, SMBs have become the primary target of cyber criminals. No longer are they...
by Beth Vriesman | Sep 10, 2024 | Cybersecurity, Data Backup, Data Protection, IT Outsourcing, Managed Service Provider, The TOucan’s Cable |
Unlike decades ago where data lived on individual machines, today’s data is more widespread. Some may be on laptops and tablets, other data could be on a local server while other lives in data centers, the cloud and in SaaS programs. A unified backup solution backs up...
by Beth Vriesman | Sep 1, 2024 | Cybersecurity, Data Backup, Data Protection, Managed Service Provider |
The increase in cybersecurity attacks in the past five years has been astronomical. In fact, according to the latest data, it’s estimated that about 75% of SMB have already or will experience a cyber related business disruption in the next three years. And, if your...
by Beth Vriesman | Aug 15, 2024 | Hardware, The TOucan’s Cable, VOIP |
If you’re a small business and haven’t updated your phone system in the past 15 years, it’s likely that it will soon stop working. As Verizon and the other local exchange carriers (LECs) decommission the copper phone lines, many businesses are finding that their...
by Beth Vriesman | Aug 6, 2024 | Cybersecurity, Data Protection, Managed Service Provider, Network, The TOucan’s Cable |
Today’s business owners have to juggle countless things daily. However, their cybersecurity and network shouldn’t be one of their worries. Ideally, every business should have a dedicated IT person on staff or work with a managed service provider (MSP) or both. One of...
by Beth Vriesman | Jul 13, 2024 | Hardware, Managed Service Provider, The TOucan’s Cable |
If you’re looking for a short answer, we’ll summarize this blog by saying every 3-5 years. However, there are a lot of reasons you may need to do so sooner. There are also reasons your business computers may last a little longer. So, the real question you may want to...
by Beth Vriesman | Jun 24, 2024 | Data Backup, Data Protection, Email, Managed Service Provider, The TOucan’s Cable |
Although Google provides many services to individuals and businesses alike, one area they don’t venture into is secure data storage. You may think that because you’re paying for Google Workspace, rather than using a free account, that your data is secure. Depending on...
by Beth Vriesman | Jun 11, 2024 | Data Backup, Data Protection, Industry News, IT Outsourcing, Managed Service Provider, Software, The TOucan’s Cable |
Depending who you ask, RMM stands for either Remote Management and Monitoring or Remote Machine Management. We prefer remote management and monitoring because we know that monitoring can often help prevent problems. Remote machine management is the older definition...
by Beth Vriesman | May 13, 2024 | Hardware, Show Features, The TOucan’s Cable |
If you’re in public safety, construction or the military, you know that there are many brands of rugged laptops. However, when we have a client who requires a durable machine, we only recommend the Getac rugged laptop. And, in most cases we suggest the V110. Getac has...
by Beth Vriesman | Apr 15, 2024 | Industry News, IT Outsourcing, Managed Service Provider, Special Events, The TOucan’s Cable |
We’re excited to attend our first FDIC event in Indianapolis this month. If you are looking for us, we’ll be in the Convention Center at booth number 2309. We felt this show was a good fit for us because we offer so many of the services that municipalities and their...
