Introduction
While software vendors typically provide a dose of value-add service to your business, it’s important to spend the time up front to understand their cloud offerings and weigh the Pros and Cons before you sign a long term agreement.
It’s highly likely you’re already on a well vetted cloud platform already -- such as Office 365 or G Suite for email.
Planning to perform IT maintenance within your business? This blog breaks down some common terms and how you can best prepare your business for minimal interruption, most efficient results, and for the right budget.
First off, a maintenance window is a period of time designated in advance where IT personnel are able to take down IT resources for the purpose of maintaining a healthy and predictable IT environment.
You’ve likely heard about the the tariffs on goods from China in the news. US consumers and business are already seeing the effects. The exact structure of these tariffs are complicated and will likely shift over time.
To summarize:
Prices on some computer/server components (hard drives, RAM, etc.
Here’s a free tip that will save hours or even days of email and remote access downtime for your business.
First, you’re probably wondering, what is DNS anyway?
The Domain Name Services (DNS) is a service used to convert a computer’s host name into an IP address.
Small business, big business: it's easy to get wrapped up in the day to day operations and accept the way you've always done things. We at PK Tech are here to emphasize two things. One: the world of tech is fast-paced and there's almost always something you can be doing better.
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In 2003, a manager at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) authored a document on password best practices for businesses, federal agencies, and academic institutions. More recently, however, the institute has reversed its stance. Find out why and what great passwords are made of. The problem The issue isn’t necessarily that the NIST […]
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Does your business pay through the nose for software licenses? Are you worried about annual maintenance costs? For most SMBs, software eats up a significant portion of their budget. Fortunately, with software as a service (SaaS), you can do a lot for less. Read on to save money. What is SaaS and what makes it […]
According to a recent survey of 1,800 consumers, 42% said they’re “very unlikely” to buy from unprofessional or ugly websites. If you’re wondering whether or not your site could fall into that category, check out these key indicators. A variety of professional photos From pictures of your products to team photos, high-quality images are arguably […]
