We spend a lot of time thinking and discussing operating systems in our work as IT professionals.
Your computer would just be an ineffective piece of metal and plastic without Windows.
However, are you aware that your company needs an operating system?
It’s no secret that some applications are a little too interested in us and what we’re doing.
We’ve all had this experience. You might be talking to a friend about a new product that you’d like to try. Or perhaps you’ve discussed somewhere you’d like to visit.
Then the next time you go online you see adverts for the exact things you were talking about.
It’s more than a coincidence, surely???
Imagine having hours to focus on your most critical projects, without being interrupted by your team.
Spam emails. Everyone hates them.
It’s not just the emotional pain of clearing spam from your inbox. Having to do that is a real productivity killer, too.
A recent report found that each one of your employees could be losing up to 80 hours each year, thanks to filtering and deleting spam emails.
That’s a LOT of lost productivity.
When you’re browsing it can feel like you’re being bombarded with things other people want you to see.
Not only do we have to click on permissions for cookies and tracking, but now a lot of websites ask for our permission to send us notifications.
And while many of these notifications are harmless – news updates, latest recipes, product releases – sometimes they can be outright spam.
Concentrate more, be less interrupted... and get things done.
Your cognitive load can be burdensome when you own or run a business.
Not only do you have your own work to consider, but you also have to divide your attention between that and what your people require of you.
That can mean constant interruptions, a growing to-do list, and never quite reaching the work/life balance you desire. Which was most likely one of your key objectives when you first established your company.
It feels like every day we’re being warned about a new threat to our cyber security, doesn’t it?
That’s for good reason. Last year, ransomware attacks alone affected 81% of US businesses.
And the cost of cyber-crime is estimated to hit $10.5 trillion by 2025, according to the ‘2022 Cybersecurity Almanac’.
But we’re still seeing far too many businesses that aren’t taking this threat seriously.
It’s not only your data that you could lose if your company falls victim to a cyber-attack. The cost of remediation or mitigation can run into tens of thousands of $$$.
Ransomware is one of the fastest growing cyber-crimes in the world. Last year, 37% of businesses were victim to an attack.
In case you didn’t know, a ransomware attack is where cyber criminals infiltrate your network (or device) and steal your data by encrypting it. The data is still there, but you can’t access it.
Then they demand you pay a large ransom fee for the encryption key.
If you don’t pay the demand (which can be tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars), they delete your data.
Every business we work with that uses Microsoft Teams believes that it's a fantastic tool for communication and collaboration.
We have a lot of cool Microsoft Teams tips and tricks. Here are three that you may have never seen before
Early on in the first lockdowns in 2020, did you ever sit at your computer and think “I really like working from home”?
Or were you the opposite; desperate to get back into a building and meet with other people like in the old days?
Whichever was the case – and whether you feel the same now – we’ve ended up with a mix of the two: Hybrid working.
