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The Benefits and Risks of Moving Your Business to the Cloud
In this highly digitized era, it is now the norm for companies to save, store, and share their work files on the Internet for easier and more secure access. In this transition, there is much for small-to-medium businesses (SMBs) to learn when it comes to cloud computing in the workplace. What is cloud computing? Put in…
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6 Powerful Software Tools to Skyrocket Employee Productivity
One common issue faced by company bosses is finding ways to boost employee productivity. With a record number of people working from home, bosses are altering the way they work. Although this is a challenging task, 38% of participants in a recent study stated they were more productive when working from home. Instead of…
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Maximizing Your Marketing Strategy with Social Media for SMBs
Why is social media important for business? With a whopping 4.48 billion people globally on at least one social media platform, it is of little surprise that social media has become a promising space for businesses to grow. The rapid growth of this phenomenon only illustrates the magnitude of this trend - having involved…
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How Small and Medium Businesses Can Make a Positive Environmental Impact
It's well-known that our modern living habits have accelerated changes to our environment. Since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution around the 1750s, human activity has caused a considerable increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, affecting global climates and air quality. According to the World Health…
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Understanding Hardware Security and the Risks of Hardware Attacks
Cyber attacks are on the rise as technology becomes more sophisticated. As working from home becomes increasingly popular amidst the post-pandemic norm, hackers are able to access more company information than ever before. It takes an average of 280 days to discover and subdue a cybersecurity attack. In the meantime, such…
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How Will AI Change The Workplace?
Taking on various forms of application, artificial intelligence technology (more commonly referred to as AI) involves the use of computer systems to simulate human intelligence and thought processes. These systems can include but are not limited to, natural language processing, expert systems, and machine vision. From…
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How to Improve Work Performance
Every company has a vision or goal, which should be communicated to employees through meetings and internal communication. Employees are required to work towards clear common goals for the good of the company and complete tasks with the company vision in mind. Work performance is measured in different ways, including how…
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Challenges Small and Midsize Businesses Face During an Economic Downturn
Even the thought of a recession sends most business owners into a cold sweat. For those that survived the Covid-19 pandemic, a global economic downturn is yet another hurdle to overcome. A recession is a prolonged and widespread decline in economic activity, generally identified by two successive quarters of negative gross…
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Managing a Hybrid Workforce From an IT Perspective
The pandemic has swiftly revolutionized the way we work; whether we like it or not, hybrid work is here to stay. Numbers illustrate this trend perfectly well: a study by the global management consulting company McKinsey found that a significant 78% of employers now work in hybrid remote formats. Furthermore, employees are…
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How to Power Up Employees and Productivity for SMB Owners
As the world looks towards improving mental health at work, more and more small and midsize businesses (SMBs) are finding ways to boost employee happiness. Just as happy customers are loyal, happy employees are more productive in their daily tasks. A recent study by the University of Warwick shows that treating workers to…
