Tony’s Chocolonely found the best way for employees to work together, thanks to its Microsoft 365 subscription, which includes Microsoft Teams with Vodafone Calling in Microsoft Office 365. The Amsterdam-based company grew quickly, but its original collaboration apps didn’t support its international expansion or its work-life balance ideals. For the Tony’s team, its suppliers, and…
Human resources management and strategies are complex and they could save or sink your business, your reputation, and your bank account. It can be controversial or it can be cutting edge. However, make no mistake, if you do not have a great Human Resource Strategy, you are walking through a minefield of laws, rules, and…
Every month, our Operations Team and our Marketing Team look at stats on our website traffic. Without fail, we end up discussing how to move up on Google Search, how to drive more traffic, were we up from last month, or are we down? The conversation always turns to the standard items like organic search,…
Traditional boardroom meetings’ heyday has come and gone, leaving a trail of ineffective and directionless leadership behind. But when applied to current meetings that feature more modern technology capabilities for broader inclusion (like phone and video conferencing), yesterday’s lessons can help improve today’s business for greater success. With the advent of online meetings, new issues…
Cybercriminals and hackers are rarely shy about the methods they use to attack their victims. Many of them are more than happy to share how they broke into a business’s network or how they walked away with thousands of dollars after successfully extorting a business owner whose company is now destroyed. There are new stories…
With innovative technology such as artificial intelligence and mixed reality, we have more power at our fingertips than entire generations that came before us. Yet, technology is just a tool, and a tool is only as useful as the person who wields it. We’re celebrating individuals and organizations using Microsoft technology to change lives, inspiring…
COVID19 is teaching us a business lesson… As businesses recover from one of the biggest catastrophes to hit our nation. Your job as the leader of your organization is to re-shape your business model. I cringe at the thought that my local fish store doesn’t take apple pay (why not?) it’s 2020. But we all…
Some businesses just aren’t proactive. They only rely on their IT services company when something goes horribly wrong. If there’s a network failure or their website gets hacked, they’ll make the call to their IT people, but that’s the extent of the relationship.
The ransomware in question is Ryuk, the same ransomware that breached Mineola’s school district in early August and several other districts’ servers. The Rockville Centre school’s insurance paid nearly 100k and can restore all of their data within the next few weeks whereas the Mineola school district had an offline backup that kept them from paying the hackers.
You probably can’t come up with a list of all the shadow IT that’s used at your work, but you can keep an eye on the trends as they develop. Research the technology that’s being used and watch the headlines for data breaches or other compromises.
