Does it make sense to keep replacing PCs as they age, or should you migrate to a Hosted Desktop solution? What is a Hosted Desktop anyway? In this week’s blog post we’ll attempt to answer those questions and help you come to a conclusion as to why your business should consider a hosted desktop solution. First, let’s explain what a … Read More
7 Tips To Make Your Employees and Business More Productive
Do you end your work day with a sense of accomplishment? Or do you hit the end of the day behind a desk stacked with unfinished tasks, so tired that you barely drag yourself away? In today’s fast paced work environment, making the most of our work day and available time is essential. Does your business scramble every time new … Read More
Cyberattacks, Phishing, and Ransomware
Cyberattacks. Phishing. Ransomware. These words sound like something out of a science-fiction movie, but as we face the ever-growing challenges of Cyberattacks, “Phishing and Ransomware” are becoming much more commonplace. According to the Webroot Quarterly Threat Trends September 2017 report, Phishing is the number one form of Cyberattack, and in 2016, 93% of Phishing attacks led to Ransomware. What does this mean? It … Read More
How Smart is Your Home?
It’s 2018 and smart technology is only getting smarter. We’ve learned that we simply can not live without our smart phones (remember when we actually used phones to talk to people, cringe)! And now that same technology is changing the way we live at home. Welcome to the era of the Smart Home. Whether it’s smart heating and cooling, smart … Read More
6 Reasons Why Small Businesses Should Outsource Their IT Support
If you’re a small business owner, you know that there are a lot of tasks to manage. Between operations, products and services, finances, marketing and sales, IT and Data Security can become an afterthought. Outsourcing IT to a Managed Services Provider (MSP) is becoming a common practice for small and mid-sized businesses. A MSP manages the network, users, services and devices that … Read More
New Year’s Resolutions for Small Business Tech
Every year we make resolutions to improve ourselves: lose weight, travel the world and become more technically savvy! Okay maybe the last one didn’t make your list but it should! Here are some New Year’s resolutions to improve your use of technology, protect your data and help your business be more productive in 2018 giving you more time to look … Read More
Net Neutrality Is Over! The End Of The Open Internet?
About four years ago, I wrote a piece regarding the Open Internet called “Net Neutrality and the Internet Slowdown: What you need to know!”. In this blog post, I discussed a protest that was organized to show us how the Internet might look like if we lost Net Neutrality. On December 14th, 2017, the FCC voted to repeal the 2010 … Read More
Last Minute Tech Toys For The Techies on Your List
Let’s begin with what we all really want this holiday season, peace on earth. We may achieve this on some small level in our own lives by avoiding the mall parking lot. So, put your jammies back on, find your favorite spot on the couch, curl up with your laptop and a cheerful libation. All of the gifts on this … Read More
Should I Upgrade to Windows 10?
** UPDATE ** November, 2016 – Diligex now fully endorses Windows 10 as a new purchase and upgrade OS. —————– By now most will have heard about Microsoft’s new operating system release Windows 10. Over the next few weeks Microsoft will be pushing a “free” upgrade offers to many customers (specifically those not using a “domain” environment). We recommend holding off … Read More
Net Neutrality and the Internet Slowdown: What you need to know!
We all remember seeing this when trying to access our favorite website…or do we? I might be showing my age here but I remember the days of dial-up internet connections when loading a website meant going to grab a cup of coffee while you waited for the page to show up. While the symbolic “Internet Slowdown” (which is scheduled to … Read More