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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 Services. Considering this, the question…

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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 responsible for damaging your company…

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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 employees is worth ensuring that…

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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 them. You assume that the…

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 shouldn’t use an admin account…

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Office365 Exchange Online or Google Apps Gmail?

Many organizations recognize the value that Microsoft Exchange Server has brought to their operation. Over the past couple of decades, its central store for email, calendar, and contact information have been vital to companies of all sizes. Having all of your computers, mobile devices, and easy web access to your email, calendar, and contacts has…

Internet for My Business

Pretty frequently, we are involved in setting up new internet connections for our clients. Part of the process is always which service provider do I use? Well, the biggest factor in that decision is always going to be availability. Aside from the traditional enterprise-grade services such as T1’s, fiber Ethernet, and other leased line services,…

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