Business After Hours

Partnered Solutions IT Business After Hours 2018
Join Partnered Solutions IT as we host this month’s Business After Hours! When Thursday, June 21, 2018 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Where Our Office! 58 W 11th Ave. Eugene, OR 97401 Festivities Games: Cornhole, ladder ball, and MultiVRse Virtual Reality Gaming. Prizes: Basket/gift certificate raffle. Live Music: Played by Charley Snellings. Sustenance Catering provided by Tradewinds at Jiffy.
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Protect Yourself Against Ransomware

Ransomware
Of all the different kinds of malware, none may be as nasty or annoying as ransomware. Ransomware is a type of malicious software that encrypts the files on your computer and forces you to pay a ransom to get them back. This malware can infect your computer through a variety of different methods including after
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4 Ways to Protect Yourself After the Equifax Hack

4 Ways to Protect Yourself After the Equifax Hack
Last month, Equifax, one of the three main credit bureaus, announced that it had been hacked between May and July of this year. As a result, personal information — including names, addresses, and social security numbers — was compromised for 143 million Americans — that’s nearly half of the U.S. adult population. Unlike other large
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Why Your Small Business Needs a Managed Service Provider

Why Your Small Business Needs a Managed Service Provider
If you run a small business, you understand how difficult it is to make sure that all of your bases are covered. Often, small business owners must make tough decisions based on the resources they have available to them. This is often the case when it comes to building, optimizing, supporting, and defending your network
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Security Basics: Password Best Practices

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As a company that regularly performs security audits, we have spent a lot of time reviewing the security policies and practices of companies. Cybersecurity can be a very complicated topic which is why it’s surprising how often we find that one of the most basic security features isn’t properly used: passwords. Your company can spend
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The Importance of Data Backups

Small Business IT The Importance of Data Backups
It is often said that the most valuable part of any computer is its data. Computer parts and components can be replaced, but data is gone forever once lost. While most large businesses understand the irreplaceable value of their data, the message can sometimes be lost on medium and small businesses. As a small business,
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6 Tips for Spotting Phishing Email Scams

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Scammers often send emails to potential victims trying to trick them into divulging personal information or into unwittingly downloading malicious software. These messages are often referred to as phishing emails. While there are many scammers out there whose emails are immediately obvious as a scam (Congratulations! You just won a free trip to Bahamas. Send
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Are Your IT Dollars Being Spent as Effectively and Efficiently as Possible?

Are Your IT Dollars Being Spent as Effectively and Efficiently as Possible
When was the last time your business evaluated its IT needs? Are your IT dollars being spent as effectively and efficiently as possible? In a CompTIA survey of over 400 businesses that use a Managed Service Provider, they found that: •46% of these companies reduced their IT budget by 25% or more by switching to
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Disaster Recovery: Is Your Business Adequately Prepared?

Disaster Recovery Is Your Business Adequately Prepared
As a managed IT service provider in Eugene, Oregon, we’ve seen our fair share of businesses that have been completely derailed by an unforeseen event. When disruptive incidents happen, it’s crucial that you know exactly what you’re going to do to get back on track as quickly as possible. The Importance of Data in Today’s
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The 5 Biggest Threats to Your Network Security (And What to Do about Them)

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Falling victim to cybercrime is expensive. The recently released Ponemon Institute study on cybercrime in 2016 found that the average annual losses of companies that are victims of a cyberattack exceed $9.5 million. That’s a lot of money, and while larger companies tend to be the targets of cybercriminals more often, even your small business’s
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