Help Your Business Thrive With Co-Managed IT Services
Over the past few years, awareness about IT services has significantly increased. Businesses of varying sizes recognize the need for and importance of utilizing IT services to protect sensitive data, keep day-to-day ...
Microsoft Teams Productivity Tips Every Business Needs to Know
Every business needs the right tools to get the job done and to keep your team on track. But juggling multiple apps and software can be a nightmare when trying to keep information streamlined and easily accessible. That’s where ...
Cyber Liability Insurance Checklist: Key Security Controls for Effective Coverage
There is a growing market for cyber liability insurance – which can cover financial losses from cyber incidents, such as legal fees, operational losses and data recovery costs. But with each new breach, intrusion or data leak, insurers increase ...
10 Common Tech Problems SMBs Are Eliminating From Their Business Forever
They say, “You get what you tolerate.” And now, more than ever, we’ve been conditioned to tolerate worse services at higher prices. Companies get a ‘free pass’ simply by saying phrases like “the labor shortage,” “because of Covid,” or ...
Building Digital Resilience: How to Develop a Robust IT Disaster Recovery Plan
As organizations look to innovate at speed, they’re occasionally disrupted by unforeseen incidents. Every minute of downtime costs companies thousands of dollars in lost productivity and revenue, tarnished reputation, missed opportunities and hefty recovery expenses. To add insult to ...
The Biggest Risk Is Not the One You Don’t Take, but the One You Don’t See
“The biggest risk is the one you don’t take” is a mantra you’ll hear motivational speakers deliver in their presentations to make the argument that you should throw all caution to the wind and go for it (whatever “it” ...
5 Innocent Download Habits Your Employees Must STOP to Avoid a Ransomware Attack
Once upon a time, you could install antivirus software and go about your merry way online and in your inbox, opening, clicking and downloading files without a care. Today, antivirus alone cannot and will not protect you, especially if ...
MFA Fatigue Attacks: How Hackers Can Use Multi-Factor Authentication Against You
We think of multi-factor authentication (MFA) as a bulletproof solution to ward off unauthorized access, but a recent rise in what’s known as MFA fatigue attacks have demonstrated how savvy hackers are turning the table. In recent years, hacking ...
Understanding Cybersecurity Compliance Standards
There is an endless number of things a business owner should do for their business to be successful. They must develop a product or service that can attract customers, hire and train a team to oversee day-to-day operations, implement ...
How to Get More Productivity Out of Every Employee (And Make Them Happier About It)
You’ve heard the phrase, “Get with the program!” It’s often used as a direct order to someone to align with how things are supposed to be done at your company. The problem is most business owners don’t have “a ...
Keep Your Business Protected by Becoming Aware of the Most Common Cyber-Attacks
The rate of cyber-attacks has significantly increased over the past few years. Businesses of all sizes are at risk of becoming victims of them, which is why it’s crucial that every business owner and leader is aware of the ...
Death by Cheapness
Southwest Airlines’ recent fiasco that caused them to cancel over 16,700 flights, leaving people stranded across America, was the epitome of what’s happening with so many businesses right now across the US—a total and complete meltdown in service due ...
If I’m Going to Get Hacked Anyway, Why Bother Spending Money on Cyber Security?
In his book The Road Less Stupid, Keith Cunningham makes this correct observation about succeeding in business: “I don’t need to do more smart things. I just need to do fewer dumb things.” When it comes to cyber security, ...
Add an Extra Layer of Cyber Security Protection by Utilizing Cyber Insurance
Establishing effective and efficient cyber security policies is one of the most important aspects of protecting your business. We often discuss why cyber security is so important and the different cyber security practices your business can implement. We also ...
3 Tech and Automation Strategies Businesses Need to Stay Profitable and Thriving This Year
Covid changed everyone’s lives dramatically on many levels – but small and big businesses alike were radically impacted, from events, restaurants and retail being shut down to sending everyone home to work remotely. It’s no surprise that the tech ...
Scale, Adapt and Grow! Technology and Business Trends for the New Year
As the leader in your organization, your first order of business in welcoming the new year might be regaining momentum, especially with the continuing uncertainties and challenges of Covid-19. If the last three years taught us anything, it was that ...
TNS Joins the Omega Systems Family
Reading, PA (JANUARY 9, 2023) – Omega Systems, a portfolio company of Pfingsten Partners and award-winning managed service provider (MSP) and managed security service provider (MSSP), today announced it has acquired The TNS Group, a seasoned IT services provider based ...
3 Quick Things to Do Before You Head Out for the Holidays
Chances are you and your employees are taking some well-deserved time off in the next few weeks. As a business owner or executive, you may find it tough to get away because your thoughts turn back to the business. To ...
12 Under - $100 Tech Gift Ideas This Holiday
Do you find yourself scrambling for gift ideas so close to the holidays? We've all been there—coming up with thoughtful gifts that the people on your list will truly appreciate and use throughout the year (and for many years to ...
Are Your Smart Devices (Siri, Alexa, Google) Eavesdropping on You?
Have you ever had a conversation about a topic, and then later that day, you started seeing the news, ads, or updates about that subject and said to yourself, “This can’t be a coincidence?” Well, you’re probably right. According to ...
TNS Is the 2022 Manifest #1 Most-Reviewed Company
NOVEMBER 17, 2022: We are delighted to announce that The TNS Group has recently ranked as one of the world’s most-reviewed companies in ...
Are You on a Bad Date and Don’t Even Know It?
They don’t call you back, they don’t text back, and when you get time with them, they are disheveled, rude, and uninterested, doing barely enough to keep things going. This sounds like a bad date…and it’s one that many businesses ...
Top 10 Cybersecurity Tips of 2023
If cybercrime were a country, it would be the world’s third-largest economy after the U.S. and China! The rate at which businesses today are experiencing cybersecurity hacks and breaches is alarming. According to Cybersecurity Ventures, cybercrime is expected to cost ...
What Is Your Stripper Name?
Anyone active on social media has seen those seemingly harmless quizzes that someone in your newsfeed takes and then shares…the ones that ask you to enter your first name, middle name, and the street you grew up on to create ...
