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Keep up to date on news and things Wilkins ITWhy did Wilkins IT stop allowing 3rd party email forwards?
I will happily bore you to death if you would like to book a call with us to go over email deliverability and the many parts of it all but it comes down to understanding best practices and having businesses who use our services ACTUALLY use our services. Having your...
Six Steps to Better Data Backup and Quicker Recovery
Think Quicker Recovery Time, Not Quicker Backup - While incremental backups are much faster than executing a full-backup, they also prolong recovery time. In the event of data loss, a full restore will require loading the most recent full backup and then each...
Seven ‘Must Haves’ for Your Small Business Website
Your website represents your business and so building and maintaining it need to be of primary concern to you as a business owner. We often find business owners struggling with their websites saying things like: "My website looks great, but I am not able to convert"...
Mitigate Costly New Technology Risks for Continued Stability and Profitability
Partnering with a managed service provider (MSP) is one new approach being used by many companies like yours. Experienced MSPs have access to newer tools that reduce costs by automating many routine in-house labor intensive processes. Break-fix is labor intensive, and...
Is your Business Safe from Virtual Threats?
Did you know that 50% of small business owners think their businesses are too small to be targeted by the thieves of the virtual world? Contrary to popular belief, 72% of hacker attacks often happen to smaller firms - firms with less than 100 employees! So how...
Don’t let your smartphone make you sick!
Smartphones and devices are covered in germs. Practice these safe & effective ways to disinfect your tech.
Is That Email a Phishing Scheme?
This article will help guide you into determining if an email is fake or not. Before we get into examples, always follow these simple rules Core rules of "Is this email a phishing email?"Rule #1NEVER CLICK ON ANY LINK IN A SUSPICIOUS EMAIL Rule #2NEVER REPLY TO...
Microsoft Teams makes remote work possible
Are you set up to work from home with growing COVID-19 concerns? Microsoft Teams lets you work and collaborate seamlessly no matter where you need to be.
How Much Does Downtime Really Cost Your Business?
Many SMB owners think IT downtime only costs them a few productive hours, but there’s a lot more at stake when your systems go down. Customer satisfaction and loss of brand integrity are just two of the key losses apart from the more evident costs such as lost...
Has Your Website Been Optimized for Mobile Users?
Did you know that this year there will be more mobile web surfers than stationary ones? That means more prospects are accessing your business website more through their smart phones, tablets or other mobile devices than with a laptop or PC. If you thought you had...
Five Ways Your Business Can Improve Its Search Engine Rankings
In an age where most business happens online, not showing up in Google search results can really hurt you. While there’s no real shortcut to showing up consistently on web searches, there are a few quick fixes to get your site to show up on your potential...
Five Things You Should Do Right Now to Preserve Your Network and Systems
1. Backup Files Every Day - As catastrophic as data loss is, the number of businesses that still are not backing up their network is unbelievable. According to the Symantec Small to Medium Size Businesses (SMB) data, only 23% of SMBs are backing up their data on a...
Data Loss Can Cause You to Shut Down
Small and medium sized businesses today are relying more than ever on IT systems to efficiently run their business, support customers and optimize productivity. These systems house sensitive digital data ranging from employee and customer information, to internal...
Can You Really Afford Not to Have a Backup Plan?
According to Symantec SMB, 50% of SMBs admit to having no backup and disaster recovery plan in place. 41% of those surveyed confessed that they had never even given much thought to implementing a disaster recovery or business continuity plan. If you are one of them,...
Why you should not know any of your passwords
I want to share some information that comes from both personal and professional experience on a topic we hear a lot about but don't seem to place enough value on; Passwords. We live in a digital world that requires endless passwords. Everything from our emails,...