Virtual Business Solutions Blog

Security can be challenging, even when you have the requisite protections in place. Passwords are too easy to forget, and a fob or token can be misplaced. One thing that’s a lot harder to forget or lose, however: your fingerprint.

Why not take advantage of what you and your entire team inherently possess to help protect your business? Let’s dive into how biometrics—who you are—is quickly overtaking “what you know.”  

AI tools like Microsoft 365 Copilot have moved from hype to expectation. SMB leaders now expect their teams to work faster and smarter with AI support — drafting content, extracting insights from meetings, and turning data into decisions. But whether Copilot delivers on that promise depends on something most businesses overlook.

It’s easy to fall into the trap that you have to be the entire C-Suite for your business all in one. You should be running your business, not managing its IT infrastructure, and trying to do it all will only pull your focus away from what matters most. Instead of worrying about endless security threats, unpredictable technology costs, and countless tech support questions, you should work with a managed IT provider.

Does the thought of a sudden system crash keep you up at night? It should, but not for the reason you might think.

While a disaster is the initial shock, it’s the prolonged downtime that follows that truly cripples a business. It’s a slow-motion drain on your resources, and without a proactive strategy, those lost minutes can quickly translate into thousands of dollars in wasted overhead.

Step into a typical office in 1996, and you’d be greeted by a specific symphony: the mechanical clack-clack of keys, the constant hum of cooling fans, and the iconic, high-pitched screech of a 28.8k modem fighting for a connection.

Let’s fire up the time machine and look back at the technology of thirty years ago.