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One truism that can hurt any business is, “You don’t know what you don’t know.” Often, over time, we work in systems we’ve grown used to, sacrificing potential productivity for familiarity and comfort. That’s what Tom Jarry, Director of Engineering, recently encountered with a mid-sized manufacturing client with about 50 employees. “We completed a Technology…
How To Be More Productive: 5 Strategies For Working Smarter
Tech Tips from CoopSys – Episode 4: How To Be More Productive In this episode of Tech Tips from CoopSys we’re tackling something that every single one of us has to deal with day by day: We are constantly challenged to “work smarter” and be more productive without making more work for ourselves. Most of…
Is The Cloud Right For Your Business?
Tech Tips from CoopSys – Episode 3: Is the cloud right for your business? In this episode of Tech Tips from CoopSys, we explore a hot topic in the world of business IT: The cloud. So many small and medium businesses just like yours are hitting a critical crossroads. Whether your server is at the…
Smartphone Etiquette: Top 4 Bad Smartphone Habits To Break
When it comes to smartphone etiquette, we are probably all guilty at one time or another. There are certain social “rules”, if you will, that we should not break in order to be respectful of others and present in our lives. There are certain times of day, situations, and actions that drive those appropriate rules…
Company Leadership Must Drive Organizational Change
In today’s digital economy, your business should be prepared to adapt and open doors. If you don’t, you will lose a competitive edge. Modern organizational change accounts for all facets of the operations, including the technology that drives them. The question becomes: Who in the business is held responsible for this process? IT people drive…
Preparing For Windows 7 End Of Life
Tech Tips from CoopSys – Episode 2: Navigating Windows 7 End Of Life Even with Windows 7 End Of Life upon us, about 1/3 of all PCs running Windows are reported to still be running on this favorite operating system. Unfortunately for those people and businesses, even though it has been a hugely successful operating…
Credit Unions and Financial Institutions: 3 Technology Tools That Will Make Your Customers Happier
There is humongous opportunity right now for credit unions and financial institutions to create a better customer experience. Just a few small changes could mean higher customer satisfaction as well as more new and returning business. For credit unions to do a great job protecting clients and their assets, and to help those entities grow…
How Does Your Current IT Support Resource Stack Up?
How can you tell if you are receiving substandard service from your IT support resource? How do you know if your current IT support person or team is doing what is necessary to secure your network from down-time, viruses, data loss, and other frustrating, expensive, and potentially catastrophic situations? Take the below “quiz” to find…
Technology & IT for Manufacturing: Intelligent Manufacturing Trends and Challenges
The term manufacturing often triggers a thought of the 1913 introduction of Henry Ford’s assembly lines. This brought mass production, standardization, and reduction of production time to manufacturing everywhere. Thanks to this, production went up and prices could go down: A win-win for all parties involved. Existing ideas about manufacturing were mixed with some invention…
Cyber Security For Business: Top 5 Online Safety Tips For 2019
Whether we’re talking cyber security for your personal life or cyber security for business, we know how daunting it can be to figure out your best options. That challenge is largely the product of our digital life and how it is becoming more and more complex and “always on”. Just the sheer quantity of hackers,…
Facebook Exposed Millions Of User Passwords By Mistake
Facebook announced today that during a “routine security review” in January they uncovered a huge security issue: Well over 200 million users’ passwords were being stored in a “readable format” – plaintext – within their data storage systems. That wasn’t supposed to happen. What does this mean? When companies save your password, most of them…
How To Decide Whether To Repair Or Replace Hardware
Small and medium businesses are constantly under pressure to maximize their resources. In instances of damage or breakage, is it most cost effective to repair or replace hardware? It is so important to consider the contribution that the actual hardware in question is making to your operations as well as the guarantees on performance and…
Steer Clear of Tax Time Cyber Crime
Tech Tips from CoopSys – Episode 1: Avoid Tax Time Cyber Crime Tax season is upon us, which means tax time cyber crime is back with a vengeance! The deadline is approaching and about 90% of Americans will file their taxes online this year. Meanwhile, online cyber risks are more imminent, diverse, and severe than…