What you need to know as you prepare to move your organizations files into Microsoft 365. In the past year, the Covid pandemic has highlighted for many businesses the various weak points and soft spots in their IT infrastructure. As businesses have come to take remote work for granted, systems that used to be accommodations […]
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Apr
Apr
Work has changed. Here’s how Microsoft Office 365 is helping offices keep up. For decades, the workplace has undergone gradual changes as businesses have moved from analog systems to digital systems, and then from local networks to cloud-based networks. Each new stage has required new investments in IT infrastructure, and businesses have thrived or floundered […]
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Mar
Mar
Organizations are noticing an increase in targeted phishing attacks. Here’s how to prepare your staff. If you’ve noticed an increase in phishing attacks lately—in your email inbox, on your social media profiles, and especially as texts to your cell phone—you’re not alone. Back in September, Security Magazine posted an article describing research that showed a […]
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Feb
Feb
Finding reliable IT service can be a challenge. Here are the signs you need a new vendor. One of the greatest challenges facing businesses as they try to find a reliable Managed Service Provider (MSP) for their IT needs is their own lack of expertise in the field. IT services are foundational to almost every […]
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Jan
Jan
The security protections offered by Microsoft 365 give businesses new tools to safeguard data, even on remote workstations. As any IT professional will tell you, IT security is an ever-evolving landscape, with new threats emerging each year, and new tools being developed in response. While the security arms race often feels like it is escalating […]
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Dec
Dec
One of the most significant cybersecurity threats of 2020 came from within. Here’s how your company can respond. In August 2020, a major ransomware attack was thwarted at Tesla in a story so outlandish that it reads like the script of a Hollywood film. It began in 2016, when a Russian man named Egor Igorevich […]
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Nov
Nov
In a year when businesses around the world took their operations fully online, cybersecurity is more important than ever. It seems that every year brings with it a new list of major cybersecurity failures, from successful phishing schemes to exploited vulnerabilities to accidental leaks of customer information to the public. This year has been no […]
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Oct
Oct
Brightline once again named among “Metro Detroit’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For®” Each year, Metro Detroit’s Best and Brightest Programs awards businesses in southeast Michigan for their work in creating a workplace environment that supports its employees through development programs, benefits packages, and generous compensation. Now, for the third year in a row, […]
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Sep
Sep
Small- to mid-sized businesses looking for a managed service provider need to consider their capabilities. In today’s modern business world, it would be hard to find an organization that didn’t require specialized IT support for some portion of their business needs. These tech needs may be as simple as putting in place some basic security […]
