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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...
What Should I Include in My Cybersecurity Plan to Defend Against Emerging Threats?
While some basic threats like phishing URLs were down in 2018 as compared to 2017, according to the Cyber Security Agency (CSA), Singapore saw a rise in cybercrime cases (up over 15%) and email impersonation, with monetary losses up 31%. As technology keeps evolving...
5 Ways a Unified Threat Management (UTM) Platform Can Strengthen Your Cybersecurity
One of the biggest threats to a company’s health and wellbeing in the 21st century is a data breach. Data breaches can involve things like ransomware attacks that render all your data unreadable or an attack that steals sensitive employee or customer information. Most...
8 Benefits of Planning Your Cloud Infrastructure Around Amazon Web Services
There’s no doubt that cloud services have become the new normal for enterprise corporations and small businesses alike. 90% of companies use cloud services to operate their businesses on a daily basis. The Cloud allows companies to connect to their business...
What Are the Biggest Tech Trends to Be Ready For in 2020?
We’ve just turned the page on a new year and whole new decade and the pace of technology is expected to continue racing on. The companies that anticipate and adopt new technology trends will be the best positioned to take advantage of what they can do for their...
Should My Office Switch to the Windows Virtual Desktop? (Here’s What You Need to Know)
Over the last decade, cloud computing has taken over offices around the world. Currently 90% of companies use the cloud for at least part of their workflow and by 2021, it’s projected that cloud data centers will process 94% of all workloads. There are multiple ways...
The Pros and Cons of On-Premise vs Cloud-Hosted Business Applications
Before the cloud came along, all business applications were considered “on-premise.” You bought a piece of software, installed it on your computer, and entered the license key, which typically only gave you the ability to use it on one computer. Then, faster and most...
Immediate Steps to Take if Your Small Business Has Suffered a Data Breach
One of the big dangers to any small business is the threat of a data breach. Not only is a breach costly as far as the immediate remediation, but those costs can also follow companies for years later. Many never make it 6 months after a breach. According to IBM...
What are the Benefits of Upgrading from Office 365 to Microsoft 365?
If you’re one of the millions of Office 365 users around the world, you’re in good company. 1 in 5 corporate employees use the platform for their business workflows. Office 365 includes the famous Office programs that have been a mainstay in businesses for decades –...
Small Business Owners: It’s Time to Run Your Business Right with Proper IT Management!
Many small business owners start out trying to keep costs as low as possible, but they can end up undercutting themselves and hurting their company’s chances of solid growth. If you’ve been taking care of your computers and tech on an ad-hoc basis and just getting...
5 Worrying Password Security Stats that Prove Your Small Business is at Risk
A majority of small businesses don’t have the funds to deal with the aftermath of a cyberattack, which have an average price tag for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) of $1.43 million US, up 33% from 2017. Many business owners hope they can fly under a...
6 Applications to Improve Your Small Business’ Customer Service
In the battle for customers, often the company with the best customer service wins, even if their prices are a little higher. One thing that technology has done is cause consumers expect more when it comes to communication and service from the businesses...
How Can I Use Data to Make Better Small Business Decisions?
Which marketing campaign should you spend more money on? What’s causing your shipping costs to spike and how do you fix it? Which vendors should you think about replacing? These are all common decisions that small business owners have to make every day....
What’s the Difference Between Wi-Fi 5 and Wi-Fi 6 ? (Which Should I Use ?)
Just like cell networks have different generations, like 3G, 4G, 5G, wireless router connection technology does as well. It’s been about 5 years since Wi-Fi 5 came out, also known as 802.11ac, and due to be released before the end of 2019, is Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax). What...
Using Desktop Virtualization to Lower Costs & Increase Mobility
One of the biggest trends in office technology over the past decade has been the advent of cloud-based applications. Cloud computing allows platforms, such as Office 365 or QuickBooks Online, to be accessed from any device, removing the necessity for a...
Windows 7 Replacement Options: Everything You Need to Know Before January 2020
If your business has machines running Windows 7, you only have a few months before vital security updates come to an end. And if you haven’t replaced your operating system (OS) by that time, then your business is left open to security vulnerabilities that...
