Are Your Employees Too Distracted To Be Productive? In the age of technology that has come with cell phones, email, instant messaging and social media, it's easy to see where distractions can become a common occurrence. Nobody wants to be distracted, especially while at work. However, recent research has shown that the common distractions we all face in the workplace may be diminishing productivity and efficiency more than we realize. Set It and Forget It Constant emails, questions from … Read more
A Simple Way to Increase Employee Productivity
Don't Lose Information when You Update. Everyday it seems like a new technology is hitting the market, and in order to keep up companies are constantly updating to the latest software. While this can be a great way to become more efficient in the workplace, this can also cause employees problems if not properly implemented. One of the largest time wasters for employees is searching or finding information. In order to reduce the time wasting and confusion these services could be applied to … Read more
How Rapid is Your Disaster Recovery?
It's Not IF, But WHEN... Everyone has experienced a setback due to a computer crash. However, the impact of a digital disaster is much more drastic when it comes to your business. Instead of losing an hour or two of work, you could be losing days or even weeks of valuable work and data. What's your plan if your network went down for days and you were unable to access your email or file sharing? What would you do? I'll Prepare...Eventually... While this issue is a major risk and could have … Read more
Disaster Recovery Plan: Preparing for the Storm Ahead
How Long Will It Take to Get Your House in Order When it comes to a proper disaster recovery plan for your business, do you feel satisfied and secure with simply having your data backup on a hard drive or in-house server? If you said yes, then you could be setting your business up for failure. Simply having your data backed up doesn't account for the time and effort it's going to take to get things back up and running again. Many business owners fail to take into account the time needed to … Read more
Sonic Drive-In Latest Company With Credit Card Breach
Another week, another data breach, and this time, popular fast food chain Sonic found itself in the crosshairs. The breach came to light when a Brian Krebs, a journalist for Infosec, spotted a large batch of credit card data for sale on an underground website. IBM’s “X-Force” division confirmed Krebs’ findings, and later that same day, Sonic confirmed the report, offering all of its customers two years of free fraud and identity theft protection. At this point, the company has released … Read more
Google Has Announced Earbuds That Translate Language In Real Time
Google Labs has produced some amazing ideas. Some of them have found their way to the market, and many others have not. The one thing they have in common, though, is that they’re all intriguing and exciting. That’s especially true of Google’s latest offering, Google Pixel Buds. If you’ve ever read “The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy,” then you know the term “Bable Fish.” If you grew up watching Star Trek, then you know all about the Universal Translator. Well, Google has built the … Read more
Phone Recording: Know the Law
As we have discussed in our previous blogs, recording the calls at your business or office can be a useful tool. It allows you to review how your employees engage the clients/customers and the success or struggles of your sales team. However, before you hit the record button, it's important to know law for recording phone conversations. Here is a breakdown of the Alabama state code as it applies to recording phone conversations: Unlawful eavesdropping is regarded as overhearing or recording of … Read more
10 Tips to Keep Your Email Clean, Clear and Efficient
Is your email getting bogged down with spam? Do those junk emails seem to multiply every time you try to get rid of them? Getting emails faster than you can respond to them? Well no worries, because we have some tips to the rescue! Keep Your Guard Up. A quality spam filter can save you time, and that time can add up quickly and be used to focus in other areas of need in your business. No Thanks. Cancel all your subscriptions to unwanted email lists and be caution when purchasing items … Read more
Not Monitoring Internet Usage Could Be Risky Business
A Big Part of Your Business Can Cause Big Problems The internet and email are tools we use in business so fluently we can't imagine the world without them. However, more and more businesses are discovering that these tools are being used by employees for activities that aren't business related. Employers are quickly discovering that unmonitored internet use by employees is severely hampering productivity and can even result in serious legal consequences. In order to reduce or even eliminate … Read more
Four Important Tips For Moving Offices
Moving an office is never a simple operation, but the stress of the process can be greatly reduced when properly planned out. The most common issues and hurdles faced when moving offices, arises from simply not knowing everything that needs to be done. Unfortunately, it's much more complicated than simply boxing up and calling the movers. But with these four tips, your move is sure to go much more smoothly. TIP #1 - Have a Plan and Stay Organized This should be the obvious focus for any move. … Read more
