The best way to build any business is through networking. Talking to your peers and members of your community about common interests and business challenges also is a great way to make new connections and spread the word about your business. It’s the same idea that makes social media such a valuable marketing tool. You get to share your concerns and what you know with other interested parties and the word just spreads. That’s why local area meetups have become an increasingly important tool for small business owners in CT.
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How much time do your employees waste surfing the web? Workstations have become an essential tool in the workplace and while computers promote new levels of productivity, they also can be a source of endless distraction for employees. While workers need to use computers to enter data, generate reports, create invoices, and for a host of other functions, employees also use their workstations for online shopping, checking their personal email and looking at Facebook. With the benefits of internet access, there is also the downside of employees wasting company time online. Your challenge is to find the best way to police employee web access without undermining productivity.
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With new enterprise technology comes new security concerns. Cloud computing, social media, mobile technology, the Internet of Things (IoT), and other technologies are making it easier to access and use business-critical data, but each new technology seems to bring its own risks. With more businesses relying on digital information, the thing that keeps owners of small businesses and CIOs up at night is keeping that information safe from cyber threats.
Businesses of all sizes are using cloud services for similar reasons—to save money, to gain access to computing power, and to relieve some of the burden on their staff.
Here are 5 reasons why businesses just like yours are choosing Cloud Services:
1. Cloud Solutions offer better insight - With cloud, a small business has greater flexibility and can leverage tools they never had access to before, such as leveraging analytics and big data to help target customers and uncover opportunities. Cloud also makes it much easier for the SMB to share data across applications and increase mobile access.
Connecticut computer company, NSI, shares this incredible TED Talk featuring Jennifer Golbeck. Jennifer discusses how social media platforms like Facebook track us through our "Likes".
