Posts by Josh Rees
Best Practices to Avoid File Sharing Dangers
File sharing has long been a way to socialize with friends and family, especially sharing a photo of a sweet moment or memory. Everyone does it, whether on social media, through cloud platforms like Google photos, by email or even a text message. But sharing can give cyber criminals a key to your data: If…
Read MoreFour Cloud Computing Trends You’ll Love
Here at Intrust IT, we keep a sharp eye on all IT trends including the widely used area of cloud computing: business cloud storage. It isn’t as showy as software, but storing files in the cloud makes them easily accessible and shareable from anywhere. It’s one of the very first uses of the cloud that…
Read MoreCloud Migration Nightmares and Tips
By now you know that migrating to the cloud is an absolute necessity for both large and small companies for better mobility and collaboration and business resilience. But you need to move to the cloud with a trusted and experienced cloud services company to avoid cloud migration nightmares. As a managed service provider, we’ve seen…
Read MoreYour Cloud Migration Strategy in 10 Steps
Cloud migration, simply put, is moving your digital business operations such as relevant data, applications and IT-related processes from your onsite premises to an offsite cloud. A cloud migration strategy is the process behind the move. You probably already use cloud services to store your personal photos or documents. Unlike with those personal services that…
Read MoreChange IT Company Guide: Ready to Change IT Support?
There are several reasons why you might want to change IT support providers. Maybe you’ve outgrown their services or are unhappy with their response time. Or, maybe you’ve never used a managed service provider (MSP) before and want to know the benefits, onboarding process and, of course, how to find a good one. This guide…
Read MoreHow to Stop Worrying and Love Your Office Move
Moving from one place to another is a scary thought, especially for a business. There are so many things to do and consider. You want to minimize both the downtime for your team and any impact on your customers. But it is possible to LOVE the office move, with a little bit of planning, especially…
Read MoreMulti-Factor Authentication (MFA) Guide For A COVID Work-From-Anywhere World
If you don’t have Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) set up for your Microsoft 365 email account (or any email account), you need to set it up – TODAY. Email based attacks have been on the rise as data thieves are adjusting to the COVID Work-From-Anywhere culture. Even if you do currently use MFA – it’s time…
Read MoreTax Security Tips
It’s that most wonderful time of the year when we cheerfully pay Uncle Sam what we owe. Unfortunately, not only do we have to deal with the stress of filing taxes, we have to watch for ways cyber criminals can take advantage of us. Here are tax security tips: Phishing in HR and Accounting Throughout…
Read MoreSave Money and Time with a Technology Roadmap
It’s 2020: Do you know how much you’ll spend on tech for your company or organization this year? How about in 2021? 2023? It doesn’t take a psychic to figure future tech needs out, what you need is a good technology roadmap. Technology Roadmap Basics A technology roadmap is an action plan that shows the…
Read More6 Signs Your IT Plan and Your IT Service Provider Are Out of Sync
Feeling like your IT service provider isn’t in sync with your IT plan? Technology is the engine for business today, no matter what you make, do or sell. With the importance of technology, having an IT plan is critical; and it should be in sync with your IT service provider. 6 Signs Your IT Service…
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