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Artificial Intelligence for Small Business
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is finally making a real impact on businesses. While most of these benefits have gone to large businesses, applications are now becoming available for small business as well. Here are a few that are already available or will be right around the corner….
Password Management in the Cloud Age
If you can remember back to the days of computers before the internet, you probably only had 1 or 2 passwords. But with the explosion of cloud services, the number of passwords has exploded as well. Today, the average person is probably well over 2 dozen passwords. To deal with all these issues a whole new generation of cloud-based password management systems have sprung up. With these, you just type in one password, and it automatically logs into other sites….
SpotLink named a 2020 BBB Torch Awards for Ethics Finalist
All of us at SpotLink are both honored and thrilled to be named a 2020 BBB Torch Awards for Ethics Finalist. We pledge to all our clients that we will continue to provide honest and fair services, delivered with integrity and professionalism.
The winners will be named October 28th. Wish us luck!
The Changing Landscape of Technology Sourcing
When we started SpotLink over 20 years ago, we tended to recommend products from large technology corporations. (Think Cisco, Symantec, AT&T, etc.) We did this because they came with extra benefits that made it worth it. But the criteria SpotLink uses for what constitutes a “Recommended” product is shifting towards agile niche players.
TekTalk: 2021 IT Budgeting
This is our annual IT Budgeting TekTalk, updated for 2020, for 2021 planning.
Cloud PCs: Get Ready to Subscribe Your Next PC
Soon, rather than buy a new PC, you’ll just subscribe to one in the cloud from the likes of Microsoft 365 or Amazon. They’ll give you credentials and a link, and you’re on your new computer running the same software you do every day. This gives you tremendous flexibility. ….
MSP501 2020 Press Release
SpotLink® has been ranked #28 among the world’s premier managed service providers on the prestigious 2020 annual Channel Futures MSP 501 rankings. SpotLink ranked #394 in 2018.
MSP501 Press Release
SpotLink Ranked Among Top 501 Global Managed Service Providers by Channel Futures. Annual MSP 501 Identifies World’s Most Forward-Thinking MSPs & Leading Trends in Managed Services.
Business and Home Security in the Age of the IoT (Internet of Things)
Most homes and businesses invest considerable effort in keeping their networks secure, yet many don’t catch the gaping security holes that welcome unwanted intruders.
The Need for IT Monitoring
If you are like most small businesses, when you buy a new piece of IT equipment, you might do some configuration on it, and then put it in use, and you’re done. You let it do its thing until it breaks. If you’re a very small shop, that might be good enough, as the overhead of doing more may outweigh the costs. However, if you are not very small, you may be costing yourself by not adding monitoring to your technology services.