Google Workspace (formerly G Suite) is more than an email, calendar, and simple file sharing service. G Suite is a productivity suite that serves as a platform for a range of tools that helps your team, and your business, work more effectively. It is a cloud-based productivity suite developed by Google that includes a range […]
00Allen Falconhttps://www.cumulusglobal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Cumulus-Global-logo-with-spacing.pngAllen Falcon2018-09-05 16:32:582023-04-25 19:32:51Partnering for G Suite Productivity with Our Top 9 Tips
I expect you have heard the old saying: “What you don’t know won’t hurt you.” — Anonymous In the cloud-y world of IT services and solutions, the lesson is better expressed as: “What you don’t know, can’t help you!” — Allen Falcon For a long time, small and midsize businesses (SMBs) moved to the cloud […]
00Allen Falconhttps://www.cumulusglobal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Cumulus-Global-logo-with-spacing.pngAllen Falcon2018-07-31 10:04:212018-07-31 10:04:21What You Don’t Know Can’t Help You
As a courtesy to our existing clients and prospective clients, we have been running complementary Dark Web Summary Scans of their domains. These summary scans let us know how many email addresses from each domain currently appear on dark web and identity theft websites. We can then perform a more detailed scan and analysis to […]
00Allen Falconhttps://www.cumulusglobal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Cumulus-Global-logo-with-spacing.pngAllen Falcon2018-06-21 12:50:372018-06-21 12:50:37When Your Identity is on the Dark Web
As reported last week by eWeek and others, researched found two flaws that allow hackers with access to email accounts to read emails encrypted with OpenPGP and S/MIME. This is significant for two reasons: These standards are available for us in almost every email client Budget-conscious users often relay on public-domain or free tools to use […]
00Allen Falconhttps://www.cumulusglobal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Cumulus-Global-logo-with-spacing.pngAllen Falcon2018-05-21 16:12:412018-05-21 16:12:41EFail Flaw: Encryption Alone Does Not Protect Your Email
Bad WiFi service frustrates employees, hurts productivity, and can send customers to your competitors. Even if you use your wireless access point (AP) vendor’s management tool, there are still things that may be hurting your WiFi service quality or slowing down your internet speed without your knowledge. Read on below to learn about network connectivity, […]
00Allen Falconhttps://www.cumulusglobal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Cumulus-Global-logo-with-spacing.pngAllen Falcon2018-05-10 10:00:372023-04-25 19:49:43What is Slowing Down Your Internet? 5 Things Hurting Your Connection Speed
An ever increasing number of businesses are learning that WiFi is more than a convenient network connection. Restaurants, bars, and coffee shops that want patrons to linger and spend more lose business when customers can’t check the score, answer an email, or scan their social apps. When your mobile app doesn’t work in your establishment […]
00Allen Falconhttps://www.cumulusglobal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Cumulus-Global-logo-with-spacing.pngAllen Falcon2018-05-07 12:58:402018-05-07 12:58:40WiFi Quality is About the User Experience
Everyday, we hear about new ways we can use our smart speakers. Retailers, radio stations, product companies, and others remind us that we can use our Amazon Echo or Google Home to buy, listen, or learn. The term “smart speaker”, however, is misleading. These are microphones and they are always listening. They are also likely […]
To paraphrase Newton’s Laws of Motion (with credit to Galileo) … Absent an unbalanced force, an object in motion will stay in motion and an object at rest will stay at rest. While this holds true for objects in a friction-less environment, it holds true for our businesses as well. Our businesses are in motion, […]
00Allen Falconhttps://www.cumulusglobal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Cumulus-Global-logo-with-spacing.pngAllen Falcon2018-03-14 12:02:442018-03-14 12:02:44Inertia: The Science of Business Continuity
A quick scan of the weather headlines late on Thursday afternoon: a “Nor’easter” storm going through rapid escalation, know as “Bombogenisis”, looks ready to hit New England tomorrow with rain, snow and hurricane force wind gusts. Now it is Sunday, and many small and midsize businesses along the northeastern coast are wondering when, or if, they […]
QuickBooks is the leading accounting package for small business. And yet, many businesses cannot run QuickBooks Online, the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) version. Whether the online versions lack industry-specific features you need, or you have integrated third party tools/add-ons, staying with an on-premise version of QuickBooks remains the best solution for your business. As you move to […]
Through June 30, 2018, you can upgrade from G Suite Basic to G Suite Business and save up to 33%. To qualify, you must: Running G Suite Basic with at least 1 user (no minimum user limit) Upgrade before June 3o, 2018 If you are on an annual commitment plan, you can upgrade during your […]
00Allen Falconhttps://www.cumulusglobal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Cumulus-Global-logo-with-spacing.pngAllen Falcon2018-02-15 08:30:332018-02-15 08:30:33G Suite Business Upgrade Incentives
G Suite Business is the recommended G Suite subscription for most small and midsize businesses. Many of our clients have upgraded already, so we asked them what is driving them to make the move. In no particular order, our clients tell us that with G Suite Business, you get: Better File Services Team Drives gives […]
00Allen Falconhttps://www.cumulusglobal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Cumulus-Global-logo-with-spacing.pngAllen Falcon2018-02-14 13:57:412018-02-14 13:57:41Driving G Suite Upgrades
Businesses depend on WiFi service. From employee laptops, tablets, and phones, to visitors in conference rooms, having the best WiFi for your small business is a critical component of your network infrastructure. And yet, for many small businesses, WiFi performance and reliability degrade over time. Most WiFi installations start with a focus on coverage — […]
00Allen Falconhttps://www.cumulusglobal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Cumulus-Global-logo-with-spacing.pngAllen Falcon2018-01-24 08:30:532023-04-26 19:46:37The Best WiFi Solutions for Small Business
Internet access has changed radically in the past half decade. With greater availability of broadband service from cable providers, small and midsize businesses are no longer limited by legacy wide area network technologies offered by traditional telephone providers. The cost of service has also plummeted. In our area, we have gone from paying $500 per […]
00Allen Falconhttps://www.cumulusglobal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Cumulus-Global-logo-with-spacing.pngAllen Falcon2018-01-17 10:00:272025-08-28 21:47:50The Last Mile: Internet Access in the Age of Cloud
00Allen Falconhttps://www.cumulusglobal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Cumulus-Global-logo-with-spacing.pngAllen Falcon2018-01-03 08:00:072025-10-09 13:56:45Advanced Persistent Threats(APTs): What You Need to Know
For Small and Midsize Enterprises (SMEs), the regulatory landscape remains in a perpetual state of flux with changes originating at the Federal, state, and local levels. While some rules and regulations can severely impact your business’ operations, and profitability, many create requirements that you can easily satisfy at a nominal cost. Three regulations with upcoming […]
As noted in our recent post, Moving Cloud Gets Real, many small and midsize businesses are approaching the tipping point between on-premise and cloud service. When (not if) you reach this point, how you manage and support your IT will change, and you will begin to wonder what a managed cloud service provider can do […]
00Allen Falconhttps://www.cumulusglobal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Cumulus-Global-logo-with-spacing.pngAllen Falcon2017-11-22 14:00:592022-12-20 14:09:13What is a MCSP?
As we noted in our last blog post, Moving Cloud Gets Real, small and midsize businesses like yours are reaching the tipping point where cloud solutions outweigh those running on-site. When this happens, you need to decide if/when you move your remaining on-premise systems to cloud infrastructure. As you do, you face the question about […]
00Allen Falconhttps://www.cumulusglobal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Cumulus-Global-logo-with-spacing.pngAllen Falcon2017-11-15 14:00:382023-04-26 20:12:41Buy, Lease, DaaS, or BYOD?: Which Option is Right for Your Business
Cloud Computing is reaching a tipping point for small and midsize enterprises (SMEs) as the number and value of cloud-based applications and systems surpasses those running on site. Beyond email, SMBs use Software-as-a-Service solutions for customer relationship management, operations, finance, customer service, and vendor/supply chain management. SMBs want better integration between SaaS solutions and custom-built […]
It doesn’t just happen. It seems to become a bigger and bigger thing over time. More feel like they are missing out. More try to join in. Many see an opportunity and try to ride the perceived popularity. And many get turned off because of personal taste or even just to buck the trend. Such […]
Partnering for G Suite Productivity with Our Top 9 Tips
/in Education, GeneralGoogle Workspace (formerly G Suite) is more than an email, calendar, and simple file sharing service. G Suite is a productivity suite that serves as a platform for a range of tools that helps your team, and your business, work more effectively. It is a cloud-based productivity suite developed by Google that includes a range […]
What You Don’t Know Can’t Help You
/in GeneralI expect you have heard the old saying: “What you don’t know won’t hurt you.” — Anonymous In the cloud-y world of IT services and solutions, the lesson is better expressed as: “What you don’t know, can’t help you!” — Allen Falcon For a long time, small and midsize businesses (SMBs) moved to the cloud […]
When Your Identity is on the Dark Web
/in Education, GeneralAs a courtesy to our existing clients and prospective clients, we have been running complementary Dark Web Summary Scans of their domains. These summary scans let us know how many email addresses from each domain currently appear on dark web and identity theft websites. We can then perform a more detailed scan and analysis to […]
EFail Flaw: Encryption Alone Does Not Protect Your Email
/in Education, GeneralAs reported last week by eWeek and others, researched found two flaws that allow hackers with access to email accounts to read emails encrypted with OpenPGP and S/MIME. This is significant for two reasons: These standards are available for us in almost every email client Budget-conscious users often relay on public-domain or free tools to use […]
What is Slowing Down Your Internet? 5 Things Hurting Your Connection Speed
/in Education, GeneralBad WiFi service frustrates employees, hurts productivity, and can send customers to your competitors. Even if you use your wireless access point (AP) vendor’s management tool, there are still things that may be hurting your WiFi service quality or slowing down your internet speed without your knowledge. Read on below to learn about network connectivity, […]
WiFi Quality is About the User Experience
/in Education, GeneralAn ever increasing number of businesses are learning that WiFi is more than a convenient network connection. Restaurants, bars, and coffee shops that want patrons to linger and spend more lose business when customers can’t check the score, answer an email, or scan their social apps. When your mobile app doesn’t work in your establishment […]
Echo of Non-Compliance
/in Education, GeneralEveryday, we hear about new ways we can use our smart speakers. Retailers, radio stations, product companies, and others remind us that we can use our Amazon Echo or Google Home to buy, listen, or learn. The term “smart speaker”, however, is misleading. These are microphones and they are always listening. They are also likely […]
Inertia: The Science of Business Continuity
/in GeneralTo paraphrase Newton’s Laws of Motion (with credit to Galileo) … Absent an unbalanced force, an object in motion will stay in motion and an object at rest will stay at rest. While this holds true for objects in a friction-less environment, it holds true for our businesses as well. Our businesses are in motion, […]
Pending Storm; Pending Doom
/in GeneralA quick scan of the weather headlines late on Thursday afternoon: a “Nor’easter” storm going through rapid escalation, know as “Bombogenisis”, looks ready to hit New England tomorrow with rain, snow and hurricane force wind gusts. Now it is Sunday, and many small and midsize businesses along the northeastern coast are wondering when, or if, they […]
The QuickBooks Hosting Challenge
/in GeneralQuickBooks is the leading accounting package for small business. And yet, many businesses cannot run QuickBooks Online, the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) version. Whether the online versions lack industry-specific features you need, or you have integrated third party tools/add-ons, staying with an on-premise version of QuickBooks remains the best solution for your business. As you move to […]
G Suite Business Upgrade Incentives
/in GeneralThrough June 30, 2018, you can upgrade from G Suite Basic to G Suite Business and save up to 33%. To qualify, you must: Running G Suite Basic with at least 1 user (no minimum user limit) Upgrade before June 3o, 2018 If you are on an annual commitment plan, you can upgrade during your […]
Driving G Suite Upgrades
/in GeneralG Suite Business is the recommended G Suite subscription for most small and midsize businesses. Many of our clients have upgraded already, so we asked them what is driving them to make the move. In no particular order, our clients tell us that with G Suite Business, you get: Better File Services Team Drives gives […]
The Best WiFi Solutions for Small Business
/in GeneralBusinesses depend on WiFi service. From employee laptops, tablets, and phones, to visitors in conference rooms, having the best WiFi for your small business is a critical component of your network infrastructure. And yet, for many small businesses, WiFi performance and reliability degrade over time. Most WiFi installations start with a focus on coverage — […]
The Last Mile: Internet Access in the Age of Cloud
/in GeneralInternet access has changed radically in the past half decade. With greater availability of broadband service from cable providers, small and midsize businesses are no longer limited by legacy wide area network technologies offered by traditional telephone providers. The cost of service has also plummeted. In our area, we have gone from paying $500 per […]
Advanced Persistent Threats(APTs): What You Need to Know
/in Cybersecurity, Education, GeneralRules, Regulations, and Results
/in GeneralFor Small and Midsize Enterprises (SMEs), the regulatory landscape remains in a perpetual state of flux with changes originating at the Federal, state, and local levels. While some rules and regulations can severely impact your business’ operations, and profitability, many create requirements that you can easily satisfy at a nominal cost. Three regulations with upcoming […]
What is a MCSP?
/in GeneralAs noted in our recent post, Moving Cloud Gets Real, many small and midsize businesses are approaching the tipping point between on-premise and cloud service. When (not if) you reach this point, how you manage and support your IT will change, and you will begin to wonder what a managed cloud service provider can do […]
Buy, Lease, DaaS, or BYOD?: Which Option is Right for Your Business
/in GeneralAs we noted in our last blog post, Moving Cloud Gets Real, small and midsize businesses like yours are reaching the tipping point where cloud solutions outweigh those running on-site. When this happens, you need to decide if/when you move your remaining on-premise systems to cloud infrastructure. As you do, you face the question about […]
Moving Cloud Gets Real
/in GeneralCloud Computing is reaching a tipping point for small and midsize enterprises (SMEs) as the number and value of cloud-based applications and systems surpasses those running on site. Beyond email, SMBs use Software-as-a-Service solutions for customer relationship management, operations, finance, customer service, and vendor/supply chain management. SMBs want better integration between SaaS solutions and custom-built […]
Pumpkin Spice Cloud Solutions
/in GeneralIt doesn’t just happen. It seems to become a bigger and bigger thing over time. More feel like they are missing out. More try to join in. Many see an opportunity and try to ride the perceived popularity. And many get turned off because of personal taste or even just to buck the trend. Such […]