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Microsoft Productivity Score Overview: Supercharge Remote Teams
Microsoft 365 has been one of the cloud platforms that companies in Singapore and around the world have flocked to during the pandemic to keep remote teams connected. The applications, collaborative features as well as video and team messaging capabilities make it...
Pandemic Lessons Learned About Our Use of Technology
The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting Circuit Breaker here in Singapore have completely changed the way people live and work for roughly a year now. A majority of companies had to send employees home to work remotely and adjust to new ways to serve clients, such as...
Why Every Small Business Needs Effective Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery
Much of a company’s value and livelihood is held within its data. This includes data on customers, customer projects, product and service collateral, accounting entries, and much more. We’ve become used to searching in a cloud storage folder based on a keyword instead...
Do We Still Need Managed IT If We Use the Cloud?
The technology environment of today is in the cloud. The cloud has gone from being a new phenomenon to the standard way that businesses need to set up operations to be resilient and flexible. For any latecomers that were not yet using cloud processes at the beginning...
Two Big Apps Have or Will Be Losing Support Soon (Flash & IE). Here’s What You Need to Know
Technology marches on and evolves at a rapid pace. And part of that evolution is leaving behind outdated technologies, even those that may have been popular in their prime. Two names that used to be big in the online world are being phased out as we enter a new year....
The 6 Most Important Areas to Focus Your 2021 Cybersecurity Budget
According to a report by Channel News Asia, during the first part of 2020 COVID-19 related cyberattacks increased over 100x. Phishing, ransomware, data breaches, and other cyber threats became worse last year, spurred on by the disruption of the pandemic. In 2021,...
Are You Using These Important Microsoft 365 Security Settings
A survey of companies across 26 countries, including Singapore, found that 70% of businesses have suffered a public cloud breach within the last 12 months. Cloud security has become a major issue following the migration of a majority of organizations to cloud...
4 Reasons Your Freelance or Virtually Run Business Needs Managed IT Support
Two trends in the global workforce that have been accelerated by the pandemic are virtually run businesses and freelance workers. Both groups forgo the traditional office environment to reduce costs and rely heavily on cloud services to run their businesses from...
How Protected is Your Cloud Data? 7 Reasons You Need to Consider Datto SaaS Protection
When it comes to backup and recovery, most Singapore businesses understand the importance of making a backup copy of all the files that reside on their computers and servers. But with much of a company’s data is now located in cloud productivity platforms like G...
Can Our Small Business Save Money by Outsourcing IT Management?
When you’re a small business owner, you’re often balancing your budget with your needs. You may try to do as much yourself as possible because you feel it’s saving your business money. But there are some aspects of your business that can actually cost you more if you...
Managed IT Asia – Channel Asia Innovation Awards 2020 Finalist
We are delighted to learn that we have made it, to be part of the 45 finalists, of the Channel Asia Innovation Awards 2020. It is humbling to know that we have been selected to be a finalist from a record-breaking 332 nominations. In keeping with our focus on managing...
How to Create an Effective Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery (BCDR) Plan
If 2020 has taught business owners anything, it’s that things can happen out of the blue that put their livelihood in danger. No one expected a global pandemic at the beginning of the year that would transform much of the way the world lives and works. The companies...
Why Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) is Critical for Your Small Business
The network of today looks completely different from the one of 15 years ago. In the past, most network endpoints were either computers or servers and they were all contained in a single location. In 2020, a typical Singapore business network includes multiple mobile...
What’s the Best Replacement Cycle for Business Computers?
Do you know how much it’s costing you to keep business computers in operation longer than you should? It’s not always apparent from the outside of a computer when it should be replaced, and performance issues tend to sneak up little by little over time. Small...
How to Transition from a Physical to a Completely Virtual Business
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses in Singapore went through a lot of disruption, along with the rest of the world. They had to quickly transition to a remote working environment during Circuit Breaker, leaving offices empty. While this has typically...
The Importance of Using a Business VPN in a Remote-Working World
While remote working was already a growing trend prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the crisis accelerated the process. It has now forever changed the way that many businesses operate in Singapore and around the world. A survey of CFOs revealed that 74% of them intend to...
6 Practical Ways to Use SharePoint to Increase Efficiency
Because SharePoint in Microsoft 365 can do so many things, it’s often misunderstood. Some companies don’t fully utilize the app because they’re just not sure exactly how to use it. But if you take advantage of this versatile cloud solution, you can boost efficiency,...
Managed IT Asia named as one of the world’s premier managed service providers
Managed IT Asia Ranked Among World’s Most Elite 501 Managed Service Providers Annual MSP 501 Identifies Best-in-Class Global MSP Businesses & Leading Trends in Managed Services JULY 28, 2020: Managed IT Asia, based in Singapore, has been named as one of the...
4 Important Tactics to Defend Against Credential Hacking
Hacking of login credentials has gone from a few guessed or stolen passwords here and there to a major criminal enterprise. Password stealing malware is used to compromise large databases of login credentials and credential stuffing software is then employed to...
What’s the Best Way to Keep Our Cloud Apps Secure?
How secure is the data in your cloud applications? Probably not as secure as you might think. Many small businesses in Singapore and the rest of the world have made the transition to the cloud, and cyberattacks have followed the data there. As many as 59% of surveyed...
Are You Making the Most of Microsoft Teams? (Security, VoIP, etc.)
During the Circuit Breaker measures here in Singapore and stay-at-home orders throughout the world, cloud software that keeps remote employees connected has moved to the top of the IT necessity list. Without cloud services, this pandemic would’ve looked much...
How to Ensure Your Technology is Ready for Your Post-Circuit Breaker Reopening
As Singapore prepares for a three-phase reopening after Circuit Breaker measures to combat COVID-19, business owners are looking forward to reopening premises that have been dormant for about two months. Some businesses have had to close altogether during the...
Telecommute? Why Backup & Disaster Recovery Solutions are Even More Important!
Many people are telecommuting now that never have before due to lockdown orders in Singapore, and the rest of the world, to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. This has left employees trying to adapt to the “new normal” in a number of ways: Creating offices in...
6 Important Ways to Secure Your Network & Device While Telecommuting from Home
Many small businesses in Singapore and around the world understand the need to fortify their office IT security. This includes using next-gen firewalls and workstation protection against malware and phishing attacks. But what happens when you’re not working at the...
Can We Save Money by Having Our Cloud Services Customized?
We recently discussed the importance of having small business cloud solutions customized for a number of beneficial reasons. Not all companies operate in the same way, and all cloud solutions don’t fit perfectly “out of the box.” In this article, we’re going to...
Day 1 – “Circuit Breaker”
07 Apr 2020 - Day 1 of the "Circuit Breaker" Lockdown in Singapore. All non-essential businesses are required to telecommute and all dining places have to revert to take-outs. We live in unusual times and we need to be able to adapt to the changes. For businesses,...
Managed Remote Services Can Help You Quickly Transition to a Remote Workforce
The recent COVID-19 pandemic has quickly made many companies rethink their telecommuting policy. Whether they previously had one or not, the need to keep workers home for social distancing has changed the calculation dramatically. Many businesses around the world have...
Small Business Cloud Solutions Need to Be Tailored – There’s No “One Size Fits All”
Have you ever felt disappointed with a cloud solution that looked good on the explainer video but fell short of your expectations? It may be because you were given a “one size fits all” solution that without any customization, was not well suited to your business. Not...
Microsoft Teams Makes For Easier Communication
Managing multiple projects with lots of different contributors can be a real headache unless you use one of the world’s favourite collaboration tool – something that you might already be paying for. Introducing Microsoft Teams, part of Office 365 and is currently...
5 Ways that Windows Virtual Desktops Can Benefit Your Small Business
Approximately 90% of businesses are using cloud services and as of 2019, 60% of company workloads were based in the cloud. Small businesses have seen some of the biggest benefits from cloud solutions through lower operational costs and increased operational...