War in Ukraine is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to burgeoning geopolitical unrest. Malignant actors have taken advantage of widespread global disruption and other crises to increase acts of hacktivism and cyberwarfare. In fact, European officials claim that there are over 10 TB of sensitive information stolen every month, with both ransomware and phishing being tapped as the most common tool used to gain inroads to data.
Topics: government, Managed IT, #cybersecurity
Hospitals are so very important to our lives, but they are under a lot of stress as well.
Topics: healthcare, Managed IT, #cybersecurity
In this article, we will explore the engineering challenges (and opportunities) of the future, such as cybersecurity threats and the “Internet of Things.” We will also share how Managed IT can support new engineering efforts and improve productivity for teams.
Topics: Managed IT, #Engineering, #cybersecurity
The recent historic supply chain disruptions are likely to continue, but it is hard to predict what might happen next. Having an “elastic” supply chain can be critical in overcoming these problems, and Managed IT can help.
Topics: Managed IT, supply chain network
Medical device manufacturers face many challenges these days, especially with recent supply chain snarls and snafus. A balance must be achieved between bringing a product to market quickly and ensuring products are reliable and effective.
Topics: Managed IT, #Manufacturing, medical device
Customer relationship management (CRM) is the blanket term for a group of tools and techniques that help businesses understand the needs and desires of their customer base to optimize sales and marketing. By collecting and understanding essential information about your customers such as purchase records, buying habits, demographic information, and cross-channel messaging, a CRM can help you provide a better customer experience.
Topics: Managed IT, Cloud computing, auto dealerships, cloud-based crm
In our post-pandemic world, consumers have learned to live, work, and shop more locally. In fact, 56% of shoppers are looking to local stores for their needs, moving away from malls and toward more hyper-local choices. In the coming year, 75% of consumers plan to shop locally for their goods and services. For that reason, local marketing is a key component of any business strategy. Local marketing is a way for your business to target people who live within a specific range surrounding your business. It helps to improve sales and conversion rates by targeting nearby customers through digital marketing.
Topics: Managed IT, In-house printer, MSP, managed service provider, local marketing
Data collection and use are growing across all industries — and so is cybercrime, a trend that is driving the need for better enterprise data management and security. While malicious actors continue to develop increasingly sophisticated ways to access sensitive data, many companies are spending more on IT budgets to develop more protective strategies. However, protecting endpoints — those devices such as production printers, desktop printers or multifunction devices, copiers, scanners, and others — often gets overlooked.
Topics: Managed IT, #cybersecurity, Data Management, Wide Format printer, productionprint
No business system has been hit harder by the ongoing pandemic than our supply chain. Challenges, including delays and further disruption, are continuing, especially as supply chain actors continue to adjust to a new way of doing business. And now that more workers are demanding remote or hybrid work environments, businesses are having to contend with new weaknesses and vulnerabilities in their security infrastructure — both digital and physical.
Topics: Managed IT, #SupplyChain, #cybersecurity, Cyberattacks, cybersecurity in supply chain, warshipping, phygital
Before the pandemic, many businesses were looking at digital transformations that included cloud migration. After the pandemic hit, 48% of businesses surveyed are fast-tracking their cloud migration and more than a third are looking at digitizing more processes using cloud-based technology. In general terms, the switch to cloud technology was predicated on the need for better security and collaboration to support remote and hybrid workplaces and to deal with disruptions in both business and consumer demands.
Topics: Managed IT, #cybersecurity, Hackers, Cyberattack, Cyberthreat, Entertainment
