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When SME CEOs are trying to expand their business quickly, they can't afford to have a 3 month hiring cycle for every needed IT professional. Not only are IT needs bound to be inconsistent and sporadic – making the prospect of a full-time salaried IT team rather wasteful – but the very nature of a young business means it needs to be adaptable and agile enough to scale up or down at a moment’s notice. This is where the benefits of outsourcing IT truly come to light.

 

TAGS: it strategy

In most businesses in the SMB world you will find a collection of individuals who wear many hats. There aren’t large corporate structures and therefore, it often is decided to outsource some of these hats, giving the business space to grow.

 

TAGS: Support services, hybrid IT, managed service provider, outsourced, Tech, IT support, IT Support Melbourne

An annual IT strategy helps you to set your technology on the right course, and make your company goals a reality by aligning the two.  

 

Business IT exists to support your business growth, it should be quietly ticking along in the background helping your team achieve success. Without an IT strategy, it's easy for your technology suite to become messy, complicated and create more problems than it solves. 

 

Having a good IT strategy mapped out will help you and your team stay on course, building the right technology stack that will complement and align with your business goals. 

 

TAGS: it strategy, leadership, business continuity planning, strategy, business

Technology changes so quickly, everyday apps are being updated and gaining new features. Here are some tech tips from our IT Support team and new features to help you get the most out of your technology.

 

TAGS: tips, Tech, apps for working from home, productivity, apps

We spend so much time on our computers, downloading things, uploading things, watching videos, sending and receiving emails, that it is inevitable that our computers end up with a lot of things on there that we don't want or need and can slow us down. 

TAGS: cyber security, IT systems, It monitoring, Microsoft, tips, software, Tech, IT support, productivity

Microsoft have released new Microsoft Teams features that we are excited about, here are the top 5 you need to know about.

TAGS: Microsoft, Microsoft 365, IT support, teams

Microsoft are always releasing new features to the Office suite, it can be hard to keep up to date. Here are our favorite Outlook features that are often overlooked.

TAGS: Microsoft, tips, Microsoft 365, Tech, IT support

Cloud services and managed IT services are two buzz phrases that are commonly heard through the tech and business worlds. Here's what they mean

TAGS: it security, cloud, Support services, hybrid cloud, managed service provider, private cloud, public cloud, Data Security, IT support

With identify theft on the rise and cyber criminals becoming savvier every day, securing your personal accounts is more important now than ever. A study conducted by McAfee, revealed that 22% of internet users said that their online accounts have been hacked, at least once. The results of being hacked varies from being unable to access your accounts, to identity or financial theft.

 

Businesses today usually have cyber insurance to cover them in the event of a cyberattack, but as an individual, loosing thousands of dollars to a cyber criminal could have a significant impact on your life. 

TAGS: it security, cyber security, two factor authentication, Data Security, Tech

Adopting a secure and accessible data management solution can protect your business from data theft, misplaced documents and can save employees hours of labor as files are readily accessible. 

TAGS: it security, modern workplace, data management, Data Security, data