IT Support Blogs By BL Technical Services In Annapolis, MD

An unfortunate reality in our field is that there is no standard minimum qualification to offer IT support services. This leaves room for many pretenders. As your IT support needs develop, you should beware of people pretending to be proper IT support. Your business is more important than that to...

/23 Aug 2020

/By Andrew Leonard

The Dangers of Phishing Schemes: Your Money and Reputation are on the Line

Phishing is a big business and you’re their next mark. We’ve covered how to identify fake pages and how to identify fake emails previously, but here we’ll cover the consequences of falling for them. Many people don’t take the threat seriously and treat these events as if they were just...

/02 Aug 2020

/By Andrew Leonard

Who Has Your IT Support Team’s Loyalty?

With so many options out there to meet the many needs a small business has, many technology solutions providers such as hardware, email, CRM, and others have created programs to incentivize IT support providers to recommend them. These “partner programs” offer significant compensation to IT support companies like BL Technical...

/15 Jul 2020

/By Andrew Leonard

Filing in the Recycle Bin

Many of you are probably surprised that it’s not uncommon to find people using the recycle bin, or similarly named folder, to file important data. Luckily this practice is waning, but it seems that plenty of people still do it. Sending a file to the last step before being deleted...

/26 Jun 2020

/By Andrew Leonard

Work Computers Are For Work: 3 Reasons Why You Need to Avoid Leisure Activities on Company Devices

Many of us are assigned computers and other devices from our office. It’s tempting to make that device our only device and consider it a perk of the job. While that might be the case, there are risks involved that should make you think twice. Do you want to be...

/20 May 2020

/By Andrew Leonard

Does Your IT Budget Make Sense? Do You Even Have One?

Far too many organizations have no formal IT support strategy, and along with that comes no IT support budget. Successful companies recognize that IT support is an ongoing factor of their normal operation. It’s not something that you wait to break and then have it fixed. The productivity of your...

/10 May 2020

/By Andrew Leonard

Is Your Backup Working? 4 Important Factors That Need Your Attention

We’ve encountered many businesses who told us they had backup set up, but when asked “do you know it’s working?” they had only their assumptions. In many areas of life, a false sense of security is worse than the lack of the same security and this is certainly one of...

/02 May 2020

/By Andrew Leonard

Avoid Making Your General Use Accounts Too Powerful

As the operator or principal of your company, you might believe it makes sense for your account to have access to the management functions of your critical systems, such as email. While it may be convenient, it’s risky. Most people wouldn’t bring $10,000 in cash to the supermarket and you...

/24 Apr 2020

/By Andrew Leonard

The Pitfalls of Using Free Email for Business

The ease of setup and the price certainly attract many to use a free gmail, yahoo, AOL, or other email service for their business communications, but is it the right move? In most cases, the answer is simply “no.” When Is It the Right Move? There really is only one...

/17 Apr 2020

/By Andrew Leonard

Why Hire An IT Company?

Every business has IT challenges and each has their way of solving them. Many struggle to get through the challenges because they don’t have a formal process for dealing with them while others operate much more smoothly since their staff has easy access to the support they need. The coronavirus...

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Beware of the Computer Repair Store Offering “Business Services Too”

The Dangers of Phishing Schemes: Your Money and Reputation are on the Line

Who Has Your IT Support Team’s Loyalty?

Filing in the Recycle Bin

Work Computers Are For Work: 3 Reasons Why You Need to Avoid Leisure Activities on Company Devices

Does Your IT Budget Make Sense? Do You Even Have One?

Is Your Backup Working? 4 Important Factors That Need Your Attention

Avoid Making Your General Use Accounts Too Powerful

The Pitfalls of Using Free Email for Business

Why Hire An IT Company?

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