Posts by SynchroNet Team
Does Your Organization Have IT Leadership?
If you’ve assembled a board of directors for your company (either formally or informally), you probably sought out men and women who—in addition to being thoughtful, intelligent people you can trust—also bring diversity of professional expertise. This would likely include someone who has built successful businesses as well as people with backgrounds in finance, sales…
Read MoreWhat IT Management Can Learn from Football Coaches
It’s the most wonderful time of year … we’ve kicked off college football and the NFL regular season is upon us! (Here’s hoping the Bills can finally deflate the Patriots.) In honor of this great team sport, we’ve decided to torture an analogy and see how football fundamentals can apply to managing an IT network.…
Read MoreState of the IT Industry
I wanted to take this opportunity to share with everyone my view of the IT industry as it relates to your business and its growth and say a few words about what’s in store for SynchroNet for the remainder of 2015 and into 2016. Best Regards, Jerry Sheehan Looking Ahead to Changes in Technology Technology…
Read MoreNetwork Issues: Using Too Much Bandwidth
Broadband Internet service has transformed our ability to conduct business-allowing us to work together, serve customers and share information from just about anywhere. Yet, Internet bandwidth is not unlimited. We may have to find ways to conserve, and we may need to rein rapacious users within our organizations. Here are a few suggestions: Block Streaming…
Read MoreMaking the Web Friendlier to Mobile Devices
In case you missed it, April 22nd was Mobilegeddon. (Technically it was also Earth Day, but we’re a technology company, so ….) On that day, Google unleashed a new algorithm that governs their search engine ranking of sites based on “mobile-friendliness.” Why mobile friendly? So why did Google make this change to the search engine?…
Read MoreDoes Your Email Deliver Full Value?
For many of us, email was the first computer application we ever used. The software quickly grew more sophisticated-becoming not just a way to send and receive messages, but also how we schedule meetings and set reminders. As it has continued to evolve, email can now be synced with smartphones and tablets and can gather…
Read MoreIs It Okay to Leave Your Phone Battery Charging Overnight?
We all know that leaving a gadget charger plugged in when not in use will kill polar bears and eventually cause the Earth to burst into flames. But more importantly, will it damage your smartphone to keep charging after the battery is full? According to an expert cited in this Digital Trends article, your phone…
Read MoreSpecial IT Newsletter – Show Your Hardware that You Care
If your computer ever achieves the level of self-awareness we see in popular science fiction-from HAL 9000 to Wall-E- the first thing it’s likely to do with that artificial intelligence is complain about being taken for granted. Here are a few things you can do to show your hardware some love: Keep it clean. In…
Read MoreStarting 2015 with SynchroNet
The New Year is underway, and we’re excited about all of the great things we know this year will bring! We also look forward to helping you achieve new business goals and build on past successes. How? Four ways: By ensuring that you continue get the most value from your IT investments via The SynchroNet…
Read MoreThe Need for (Internet) Speed… and Other Considerations
Let’s just imagine that you’ve become irritated with your Internet Service Provider (ISP) or you’ve finally decided to open that piece of junk mail from a competing brand and you’re looking at what seems like a good deal. Is there a way to cut through all the promotional double talk and figure out which companies…
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