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...
by Beth Vriesman | Feb 20, 2024 | Data Backup, Data Protection, Industry News, IT Outsourcing, Managed Service Provider, Show Features, The TOucan’s Cable |
Are you a financial institution according to the FTC? A financial institution “means any institution the business of which is engaging in an activity that is financial in nature or incidental to such financial activities as described in section 4(k) of the Bank...
by Beth Vriesman | Feb 5, 2024 | Elevator Phones, The TOucan’s Cable, VOIP |
Admittedly tomorrow may be next month, next year or two years from now, but tomorrow is coming. The change your business needs to be ahead of is the decommissioning of the copper wires that POTS phones run on. Many hotels and older businesses have key or PBX systems...
by Beth Vriesman | Jan 24, 2024 | Elevator Phones, Managed Service Provider, Network, Show Features, The TOucan’s Cable, VOIP |
It’s unlikely that you actually test your elevator phones. During the annual inspection, however, they are part of the re-certification. In fact, the number one reason for QEI inspection failure (according to Champion Elevator) is phone connection failure. Although...
by Beth Vriesman | Dec 29, 2023 | Data Protection, Network, The TOucan’s Cable, Wi-Fi |
When businesses started operating on Wi-Fi it was a matter of you, your internet provider, or your IT person installing a wireless router. Business Wi-Fi today is a much more complex proposition. You want your Wi-Fi to be available to everyone who needs to use it, to...
by Beth Vriesman | Dec 18, 2023 | Data Backup, Data Protection, Managed Service Provider, Show Features, Software, The TOucan’s Cable |
Before the internet, we communicated in person, on the phone or through paper memos passed from one person to review and approve to another. Information may have occasionally been misplaced, but rarely lost or stolen. Today there are many solutions companies use to...
