In last week’s edition of the DatCom Business Briefing, we explained how the tech skills gap is one of the greatest cybersecurity threats. If a business lacks people who understand the technology they use, it makes your business more susceptible to malware attacks and data breaches. This week, we will discuss the high costs of technology complexity in operating a... Read More
- Written by DatCom Admin
- Published: 06 Feb 2023
In last week’s edition of the DatCom Business Briefing, we explained how the tech skills gap is one of the greatest cybersecurity threats. If a business lacks people who understand the technology they use, it makes your business more susceptible to malware attacks and data breaches. This week, we will discuss the high costs of
Posted in Blog, Newsletter
Tagged Cybersecurity, it support, Remote Monitoring, Technology
- Written by DatCom Admin
- Published: 15 Dec 2022
In this edition of the DatCom Business Briefing we have solutions for 5 headaches or pain points that business leaders face. If you’re facing any of these problems, make it a goal to knock them out for good in 2023. “My Service Vendors Keep Blaming One Another” This headache is a doozy! Don’t you hate
Posted in Blog, Newsletter
Tagged Business Efficiency, it support, Leadership, Marketing, Technology, Telephone systems, Vendors, VoIP
- Written by DatCom Admin
- Published: 23 Nov 2022
A Bad Date with IT Support Most people go on dates in order to find a long-term, fulfilling relationship with the potential for growth. Not to be used or taken advantage of. Nor do they simply want a partner to while away the years with the same old routines. Responsible dating is a discovery process
- Written by Tom Baum
- Published: 22 May 2020

With less than half of 2020 behind us, many of us would already like a re-do of this year. With a global emergency impacting the personal and professional lives of so many, businesses are struggling right now. For these organizations to survive, they will need to get the most out of every business investment. When
Posted in Blog, Business
Tagged it support, Managed IT Services, Technology
- Written by Tom Baum
- Published: 04 May 2020

While managed services have made more sense for businesses to utilize for some time now, current events have made it even more apparent that this model of IT support is the only feasible option for businesses going forward. However, it has also never been clearer that you need to be selective in who you choose
Posted in Blog, Business
Tagged Disaster Recovery, it support, Managed Services
- Written by Tom Baum
- Published: 29 Apr 2020

As the workers that power many businesses are remaining at home, remote solutions have proven to be a significant tool in keeping productivity moving. However, with nobody going into the office, monitoring your IT environment is necessary to make sure that the infrastructure you depend on is still in the right conditions. For this week’s
Posted in Blog, Tip of the Week
Tagged it support, Network Security, Tip of the week
- Written by Tom Baum
- Published: 26 Feb 2020

The modern business uses IT in so many ways that aim to make a business move faster, be more efficient, and ultimately, produce more than it would have without that technology. Each of these technologies are powerful in their own right, but they depend on two variables: electricity and a reliably fast Internet connection. When
Posted in Blog, Tip of the Week
Tagged Band width, Internet, it support
- Written by Tom Baum
- Published: 29 Jan 2020

There is quite possibly no more famous question in IT services than “Have you tried turning it off and on again?” While it may sound like a joke (and has quite often been used as one), could this advice actually work? The short answer: it does. For this week’s tip, we’ll explain why that is.
- Written by Tom Baum
- Published: 25 Nov 2019

When you think of professional services, you may think about smart people doing important things that took them years to learn how to do. You may not, however, consider them the kind of people that lean on their technology to make their businesses work. This is because for the longest time, technology wasn’t a major
- Written by Tom Baum
- Published: 04 Oct 2019

Old-school business information technology support isn’t necessarily wrong, but it most definitely isn’t cheap nor efficient. IT support strategies are developing in ways that some time ago, would have thought to be unheard of. Your business no longer needs a full on-site staff designated to maintaining network security or updating software. In part two of