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Microsoft Office 365 is a revolutionary set of tools that put real power right at your fingertips. Office 365’s features can optimize productivity and keep your entire team connected. For most, however, the full features and benefits aren’t being taken advantage of. From Business Intelligence to anywhere access, Office 365 can do it all for your small business, if you adopt all of the tools and teach your workforce how to use them.  Here are 5 major areas to take advantage of Office [...]

If there is one thing we know about cybersecurity, it’s that it's ever-changing. As the good guys come up with new ways to secure our systems, the bad guys figure out ways around that. It’s gone on this way for many years now and we expect to see that continue. Adaptive security architecture is a different take on cyber security, using an intuitive, multi-layered approach.  Cyber security, in the past, has not operated as a similar situation would in nature. If we look at the hum [...]

The cloud is for more than storage. Although it remains a mystical unknown land to many small business owners, it’s really quite simple. Cloud storage is data stored on the web in secure locations. On-site data storage is slowly but surely being fazed out as the more agile and reliable cloud storage takes center stage. So what else can the cloud do besides store your data? Check out these four major benefits: Share, collaborate, and edit With all your files on the cloud, collaborating with y [...]

If you’re running your business on out-of-date technology, you could be holding your company back. You may be thinking, “my current platform is good enough,” but keeping your staff on a clunky platform isn’t good at all. Your legacy platform will also receive less and less support over time. Windows 2003 has met it’s end of life date, meaning it is no longer supported at all. Once you get to this stage, security becomes the main concern. No matching means no security updates and increa [...]

Many people are still mystified by “the cloud” and where your data actually goes if you’re using cloud storage. Put simply, cloud storage is online data storage and is a scalable way to store, access and share your data. Buying and maintaining your own storage infrastructure is a thing of the past once you migrate to the cloud. Migrating to the cloud sounds like a cumbersome process, but the migration itself isn’t bad. There are many benefits to cloud storage to be had, no matter the si [...]

Implementing a Business Intelligence solution in your business should be done for one obvious reason- improved decision-making. This simple reason in itself is enough to drive many to turn to Business Intelligence but there are more supporting reasons as to why BI should be a top priority to you. BI will help you make sense of all of the data you are getting every day and it will also save you time. Unfortunately, sometimes these implementation projects fail, costing you money and wasting your t [...]

Mobility is becoming increasingly necessary for efficiency in today's business world. All around we see people working from their tablets or phones at a coffee shop, at home, or on a plane. But with all of these personal devices, what about your company's sensitive data? Mobile Device Management is a software solution that provides unified management of mobile devices including Macs, PCs, tablets, smartphones and more so you can manage the entire network from a centralized dashboard. 10 reaso [...]

Technology costs are becoming a bigger part of companies’ budgets. The rising costs of tech attributes to this, but the demand for integrating technology into all parts of your business are what make these costs unavoidable. Many companies need to update employee computers, but what will this actually cost you? Over the entire life of the device, you may be surprised at just how big that number is. Understanding hidden technology costs can help you to make smart IT decisions. GadellNet has com [...]

Imagine your office is hit with a flood, tornado, system failure, lethal virus, power surge, hard drive failure. How long could you realistically afford to be down? Weeks? Days? Minutes? Choosing the right backup solution for your important data is like insurance for your business. We hope you never have to use it, but it brings peace of mind to know you’re protected. One option you may consider is a cloud service. Keep reading to learn the best reasons to choose a cloud backup service over [...]

Sure, there once was a time when being a small to medium sized business with little brand awareness had its advantages. For example, you were a lot less likely to be targeted by hackers. Often when people think of data breaches and security threats, they typically think of huge conglomerates being the focus of hackers and cyber-attacks. Take Target’s recent data breach for example, this is when credit and debit cards, along with personal data had been stolen by thieves, putting over 70 million [...]