When running a business, information technology (IT) can be complex, time-consuming, and essential. However finding, hiring, and training qualified staff and getting the right managed IT services has become more difficult than ever. With long hiring periods due to the specialization of the role, 41% of companies cite a talent shortage as the biggest obstacle to adopting...
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Office365 Is Not a Disaster Recovery Plan
Disaster recovery plans are vital, not just important. Data becomes lost, deleted, purged, corrupted, all the time. Without that measure in place, data is truly lost. There does seem to be confusion on what constitutes a Disaster Recovery plan, however. While many systems have some form of data retention, they lack the necessary measures to be considered “disaster...
Data Backups and Disaster Recovery
Data backup is a critical part of an organization’s overall disaster recovery plan. The concept of data backup is simple: you make copies of your data and store them in a different location in case data is lost or destroyed.
Can I Recover an Unsaved Word Document?
We’ve all done it. You get so involved in your work that you forget to save the word document you are working on and then something catastrophic happens. Either Word crashes or you lose power and all is lost. Or is it?
I Lost a File, Can I Get It Back?
Lost FilesWe’ve all had that moment where you are looking for a file that mysteriously disappeared from a folder. Let’s dive into some possible solutions to the age-old problem of finding something you’ve lost.Misplaced FilesThe first thing to figure out is if you simply put the file in a different folder or if it is actually gone. If it is on your computer, you can...
Hurricane Irma Update – Ocala IT Services
We wanted to provide you, our valuable client, with a quick update on the status of our team and our rebuilding efforts. First, everyone on the team is grateful for the patience our partners have displayed as we work to get back to full capacity. We still have staff members in our Florida location that are without power, internet and gas to move around. Our office in...
What if This Email Link Leads Me to a Virus?
Email Is the Most Common Vehicle for MalwareSo, before you go clicking on any unknown links and have to call ITonDemand to resolve any virus or malware issues, use these tips best safety practices to protect your computer and system. Hover, don’t click You open an email and embedded in the text is a link to an unknown website. At this point, our instinct should be to...
The Hassle of Hardware Refreshes
Does Your Business Need a Hardware Refresh?Is it time to upgrade your businesses computer with a full hardware refresh, but you’re worried about getting the “latest and greatest” technology because you’re worried about potential bugs in the system? Were you burned (no pun intended) by the recall of the Samsung Note 7 – a recall that happened less than two weeks after the...