Three Ways Your Business Can Embrace the Cloud’s Benefits
Three Ways Your Business Can Embrace the Cloud’s Benefits Let’s cut right to the chase; The cloud isn’t the perfect solution for every business. With the development of business technology, tools have been introduced that provide greater and greater benefits to organizations that use them. Perhaps the most useful that we have today, the cloud, […]
Tip of the Week: Building Up Four Business Security Basics
Tip of the Week: Building Up Four Business Security Basics With all the threats that stand to create problems for your business, it can be surprising to hear that some of your biggest security risks actually derive from your staff, and their exposure to your technology. Less surprising to hear: security issues interfere with the […]
What Makes VoIP So Different?
What Makes VoIP So Different? The differences between VoIP and the traditional method behind telephone services are pronounced enough that comparing them isn’t so much a consideration of one team versus the other—VoIP is in another league, practically an entirely different sport. Let’s go over what makes VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) so different, and […]
ISPs Altering Service Strategies for Coronavirus
ISPs Altering Service Strategies for Coronavirus In light of the coronavirus outbreak that swiftly swept across the globe, there have been efforts made by many telecommunications companies to make life easier for their customers. These customers are likely holed up at home, working remotely if possible. One way or another, they are going to want […]
Understanding Tech Acronyms
Understanding Tech Acronyms If you are a subscriber to this blog, you know that each week we create content that aims to educate people about the value of managed services and the growing importance of information technology. We realize that every industry and many companies have their own internal acronyms, and as often as we […]
Don’t Let Employee Access Doom Your Company
Don’t Let Employee Access Doom Your Company When it comes to protecting your business, cybersecurity is a huge consideration that must be kept in mind. However, it isn’t the only consideration. Some of the biggest threats to your business can actually come from your own team. Let’s go over the three kinds of insider threats […]
Tips to Lock Your Network Down
Tips to Lock Your Network Down There are a lot of security threats directed toward businesses today, with plenty of immoral opportunists seeking to profit at your expense. This makes it critical to secure your network and its data, which sounds like an expensive and time-consuming process. It doesn’t have to be. Here are a […]
Break/Fix Breaks Budgets
Break/Fix Breaks Budgets If you were asked to describe your average tech support experience, chances are that you remember a time when you had to either wait around for the technician to come around, dealing with downtime the entire time; or, worse yet, you had to unplug your technology and schlep it across town to […]
Planning for Coronavirus; Remote Workforce Technology
The following message was sent to our client base and prospects yesterday (3.11.20), as we consider the steps to take as COVID-19 becomes more commonplace. Ashton has taken, and will continue to take, the steps necessary to provide uninterrupted support and solutions to our existing client base. We have also been working with many existing […]
Windows 7; Still Causing Issues, Still Being Patched
Windows 7; Still Causing Issues, Still Being Patched Millions of people are still using the Microsoft Windows 7 operating system, even though support ended on January 14, 2020. When Microsoft pulled the plug on support, most industry professionals expected there to be some exploits found pretty quickly. It turns out that the very first exploit […]
