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PCSOFT has been serving the Smeaton Grange area since 2005, providing IT Support such as technical helpdesk support, computer support, and consulting to small and medium-sized businesses.

Organizing Your Emails Can Be Pretty RAD

Organizing Your Emails Can Be Pretty RAD

Struggling to manage your overflowing email inbox? You're not alone. Many professionals find it challenging to achieve the elusive "inbox zero." If you're ready to transform how you handle your emails, consider adopting the RAD method. This approach, developed by Nick Sonnenberg, founder and CEO of Leverage, could revolutionize your email management.

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Use Data to Understand Your Business Better

Use Data to Understand Your Business Better

Analytics can significantly enhance workplace productivity by providing data-driven insights that inform decision-making and streamline processes. One primary benefit is the ability to track and analyze employee performance. By leveraging key performance indicators (KPIs) and other metrics, managers can identify high-performing employees, understand the factors contributing to their success, and replicate these practices across the team. Conversely, analytics can also help pinpoint areas where employees might be struggling, enabling targeted interventions such as additional training or support. This tailored approach ensures that each employee can perform to the best of their abilities, thereby boosting overall productivity.

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Use These 5 Password Best Practices to Protect Yourself Online

Use These 5 Password Best Practices to Protect Yourself Online

Passwords have long been a cornerstone of online account security, paired with usernames to form the basis of most login systems. Consequently, they are prime targets for hackers seeking to steal credentials and gain unauthorized access to accounts or networks. The inherent weaknesses of poor passwords have become more apparent in recent years, however. This has prompted the growing adoption of additional security measures available to users.

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Keys to Improving Operational Efficiency

Keys to Improving Operational Efficiency

For the modern business, keeping processes efficient is a key contributor to maintaining productivity. By doing your best to eliminate inefficiencies small businesses can remain competitive and profitable. One effective strategy is to streamline processes through automation.

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Technology Has a Significant Role in Company Culture

Technology Has a Significant Role in Company Culture

Your business’ IT is not just a minor component; it’s deeply woven into the fabric of your business. Today, we’ll briefly explore how technology and culture converge inside today’s businesses.

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Here are Five Ways Faster Internet Helps Your Business

Here are Five Ways Faster Internet Helps Your Business

Internet speeds have been increasing over the past few years as more people do more online. This enhancement in speed brings several benefits to businesses of all types. Let’s look at five benefits businesses can take advantage of with higher Internet speeds. 

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If You Want to Insure Your Business, You’re Going to Need MFA

If You Want to Insure Your Business, You’re Going to Need MFA

Certain businesses have taken a much closer interest in cybersecurity… those businesses being business insurance providers. Many will now only provide coverage if your business maintains certain cybersecurity standards. One key tool they want to see is multi-factor authentication, or MFA.

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AI-Driven Technology is Changing Business

AI-Driven Technology is Changing Business

Undoubtedly, AI is becoming a big part of daily life. One can hardly turn on the news without hearing about the latest applications it has, from home convenience to business optimization… including today’s small businesses.

Let’s take a few moments to consider how artificial intelligence can serve your own business well.

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The Challenges of a 4-Day Workweek

The Challenges of a 4-Day Workweek

There are many ways to increase your team's productivity, but one of the less obvious ones is to consider an alternative work week. Specifically, the idea in question is the four-day workweek, which advocates argue could potentially increase productivity by virtue of working less.

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Let’s Solve Your Business’ Greatest IT Challenges

Let’s Solve Your Business’ Greatest IT Challenges

Technology is crucial to the success of modern-day business operations, so you must ensure efforts are made to keep your IT in proper working order. A managed service provider, or MSP, can make this a much easier task. Today, we want to discuss some of the common IT challenges businesses encounter and how we can address them.

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Automating HR Tasks can Save A Lot of Money

Automating HR Tasks can Save A Lot of Money

Human resources is a critical part of your business, but since it doesn’t generate any actual revenue, there has been a push to cut back on HR spending. In response, many businesses have started using HR automation technology to handle the myriad tasks HR is typically responsible for. Let’s take a look at some of the benefits HR automation can bring to your business. 

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Budgeting for IT Is a Complicated Process

Budgeting for IT Is a Complicated Process

Budgeting for anything can present challenges, especially when businesses heavily rely on information systems. Securing funds for IT initiatives can be particularly daunting in such organizational landscapes. Despite these hurdles, however, the IT sector continues to build steam, with year-over-year business IT spending reaching its highest levels ever. Let’s go into how your IT budget is pivotal in advancing your organizational technology endeavors.

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Automation Can Help SMBs Improve Their Business

Automation Can Help SMBs Improve Their Business

Automation has been a hot-button issue in business for a while. Lots of businesses are looking to automate several different areas of their operations. In this month’s newsletter, we will go through some of the more common and valuable automation tools that small businesses can take advantage of. 

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How to Have a Productive Conversation with Your IT Team

How to Have a Productive Conversation with Your IT Team

How often do you struggle to talk about potential issues your business faces when you reach out to IT for help? Conversing with technicians can be especially challenging when you don’t necessarily understand the problem yourself, either. Thankfully, we have some tips to help you lead more productive conversations with your IT staff or managed service provider.

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Fix Your IT Budget By Addressing These Three Key Pain Points

Fix Your IT Budget By Addressing These Three Key Pain Points

If there’s one part of any organization’s operational expenses that concerns many business owners, it’s IT expenses. In fact, some companies have so little control over their IT expenses that they practically hemorrhage money, leading to limited capacity for growth and investment in other parts of the organization that desperately need the help. How can you fix your IT spending and improve your organization as a whole?

It all starts with a network audit and some intelligent future planning. Let’s review some of the most important work you can do to help your business better budget for IT expenses.

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A Focus on Collaboration Helps Every Business

A Focus on Collaboration Helps Every Business

In today’s business, teamwork is absolutely necessary to make good things happen. One of the best ways to do this is through collaboration. However, putting together a strategy that can get projects out the door quicker or fulfill services more effectively is not always easy. Today, we’ll take a look at modern collaboration and how technology plays a major role. 

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AI Can Push the Needle for Small Businesses

AI Can Push the Needle for Small Businesses

Artificial intelligence is no longer confined to use by industry leaders. Small businesses increasingly recognize AI's transformative potential to boost efficiency, enhance customer experiences, and drive innovative strategies. Let’s explore three of the most popular ways small businesses use AI to improve their operations.

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Who Has Your Data and What Are They Doing With It?

Who Has Your Data and What Are They Doing With It?

Protecting personal data has become a critical concern as more and more people use Internet-connected accounts. While this tech has undoubtedly enriched our lives, it has also paved the way for unprecedented invasions of privacy, particularly by enormous technology companies that claim to be doing it for their own good. Today, we will explore how these giants compromise data privacy, raising questions about the balance between innovation and safeguarding our most sensitive information.

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Technology Management Can Be Beneficial for SMBs

Technology Management Can Be Beneficial for SMBs

Technology is one of the most important elements to consider when growing your business, and while it might seem like it can magically solve all of your operational problems, it takes a lot more than a simple implementation to address your company’s pain points. In fact, failing to integrate technology properly can lead to even more problems.

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Build a Business that Other People Respect

Build a Business that Other People Respect

Managing a business poses considerable challenges, with a myriad of tasks demanding attention daily just to sustain the status quo. If you want to have a workforce that is not just present but genuinely invested in the enterprise, you will need to actively do more than just go through the motions. The question then becomes: How can one cultivate such dedication? This month, we will take a look at that very question.

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