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Traditional MSP vs. Hybrid Approach
MSPs (Managed Service Provider) have been around the IT service landscape since the early 2000s. IT service companies adopting this delivery model have grown to over 40,000 in the United States. MSPs now represent most outsourced IT services delivered to…
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Technology Advisory - EvilProxy Phishing Attack
There is a new advanced phishing attack that has been wreaking havoc on businesses over the past several weeks called "EvilProxy. Here is a synopsis that explains EvilProxy and gives recommendations on how to protect your business from it.
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Product Feature: Infowise Ultimate Forms
Ultimate Forms by Infowise is a SharePoint add-in that extends the functionality of SharePoint to improve SharePoint usability and enable a multitude of business processes.
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Evolution of SharePoint
SharePoint is a web-based application that was introduced by Microsoft Corporation over 20 years ago—i.e., 2001. SharePoint is a platform that provides businesses, organizations, and institutions a place to access, share, and store information across…
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Choosing the Right Form Builder App for Business
Using forms is a great way to reduce cost and build efficiency into your business operations. Forms can be leveraged across an organization—e.g., admin/operations, human resources, marketing & sales, etc. Form building apps allow you to create a myriad of…
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Are you backing up Microsoft 365?
In the age of hybrid and remote work, Microsoft 365 has become a staple for business operations to thousands of companies across North America. Many businesses rely heavily on Microsoft 365 to the extent it has become a primary communication, collaboration,…
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Microsoft Issues Important Alert
Late last week Microsoft issued a high alert warning for a vulnerability in Outlook. The vulnerability affects all currently supported versions of Microsoft Outlook for Windows.
ERP News
Maintaining Financial Compliance in a Tribal Gaming Facility
Protect Assets While Complying with NIGC Regulations CFOs and controllers in the tribal gaming space keep a lot of plates spinning. Staying on top of all these tasks is critical, but one spinning plate may require a bit more attention than the others:…
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Half of Small Business Employees are Tricked By Scam Emails
A recent UK study found that nearly half of employees (42 percent) cannot spot a scam email. These findings come from the cyber security firm OpenText Solution which surveyed 2,000 employees from small businesses. This research underlines the key issue that…
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U.S. companies alerted of potential cyberattacks from Russia
Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber, Ann Neuberger alerted companies during a press briefing today that Russia may be planning cyberattacks against U.S. infrastructure and businesses as retaliation for the stiff sanctions placed on Russia for their…
Yardi News
Yardi Introduces Elevate Revenue for Commercial Real Estate
Yardi has launched Elevate Revenue which is a set of connected services that are integrated with its CommercialEdge Suite. Elevate Revenue unites Edge Marketing, Deal manager, Deal Manager Legal, Forecast Manager, CommissionTrac, and Edge Research. This…
ERP News
Sneak Preview of Acumatica 2022 R1
Acumatica provided a preview of what’s new in the upcoming release of version 2022 R1 at summit last week. The Beta is now available on the Acumatica community site. The upcoming Spring release of 2022 R1 improves the user experience and is intended to…
Yardi News
Yardi Adds Listings Service to its Commercial Platform
Yardi recently acquired 42Floors.com, a commercial real estate listing service. 42Floors is the latest addition to Yardi’s comprehensive commercial property research and marketing platform, Commercial Edge. The 42Floors website is a search engine that…
IT News
CISA Informs Key Business Sectors of Newly Discovered Vulnerability
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an alert on Friday that they added a critical vulnerability in products that use the Log4j software library to their list of exploited vulnerabilities. The announcement was followed by a call…
ERP News
Enabling Parallel Processing on Acumatica Processing Screens
By Kyle Vanderstoep Acumatica, positioned as a mid-market ERP, can be deployed for a wide variety of companies – large, medium, or small. As companies experience growth, the amount of data it needs to manage grows. However, in my experience developing custom…
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3G Network Shutdowns Permantely Cutting Off Older Devices
In a recent statement by the FCC, mobile service providers will be shutting off their 3G networks as soon as January 2022 to focus on newer 5G networks. Once the shutoff occurs, any device that uses 3G will no longer use cellular data to connect to the…
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Apple Issues Important Security Update
If you have not updated your Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, or computer yet), Apple is urging its customers to do so immediately. After researchers at Citizen Lab discovered a breach in Apple’s software, the security team at Apple went into action…
ERP News
News from Summit and what to look out for in Acumatica 2021 R2
This week Acumatica held its first Summit in over a year. After some uncertainty if there would even be a Summit in 2021, Acumatica announced it would hold Summit in Las Vegas in May but was subsequently pushed back to July due to the ongoing global pandemic.…
IT News
Windows 11 Preview
As the projected Fall release of Windows 11 approaches Microsoft has begun to offer up some previews into what's new.
ERP News
Acumatica Receives High Marks in Latest ERP Data Quadrant Report by Software Reviews
Acumatica was named a gold medalist in the 2021 Software Reviews Enterprise Resource Planning Data Quadrant Awards. The award is based on an annual report released by Software Reviews which is a division of Info-Tech Research Group.
Yardi News
Yardi Adds New Functionality to its Senior Living Solution
Yardi recently updated its EHR (Electronic Healthcare Record) Stream App with new order resolution functionality. EHR Stream Care is fully integrated app with Yardi’s Senior Living Suite. Users no longer have to log in to Yardi EHR to perform order…
IT News
The New Normal of Work and How Companies are Getting There
The old way of work wasn't the best, and you don't have to rewatch the Office for the 3rd since May to remember that. From time spent commuting, office environments biasing toward extroverted people, to abysmal floorplans with most people seated a mere 2 feet…
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Microsoft Introduces PowerPoint Live in Teams
Microsoft has gone to great lengths to improve their Teams app by adding new and improved features since businesses have moved to remote working one year ago. Microsoft's next step in developing a more robust videoconferencing service comes by adding…
ERP News
Acumatica 2021 R1 – What’s Behind the New Dashboard Enhancements
In a previous article we explained what the new link and meter tiles are in 2021 R1. The new tiles are intended to make data more visible and accessible. What is behind these tiles are data from other parts of Acumatica. For instance, the information tied to…
IT News
AWS Releases White paper on Architecting for HIPAA Security
This white paper from Amazon outlines how you can use Amazon Web Services (AWS) to run sensitive workloads regulated under the U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). It focuses on the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules for protecting…
Yardi News
Zonetail Mobile Platform Integrates with Voyager
Zonetail announced this week that their mobile platform is entering beta testing with Yardi with an anticipated roll out in just a few weeks. Zonetail’s new mobile platform for the residential market ‘Zonetail Home’ will afford residents of apartment…
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Microsoft's Latest Fix for Windows 10 BSOD Bug
Microsoft Windows has begun releasing updates in hopes of fixing a bug that bluescreened computers when using specific printers. The first fix released on Monday, March 15th, resulted in users reporting in printers spitting out blank pages or with missing…
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Windows 10 March Update Brings Blue Screen Crash Issues
Following news on Microsoft Exchange server attacks, now Microsoft Windows' infamous Blue Screen of Death has made a resurgence when printing under certain conditions in recent March updates. After downloading last Tuesday's 03/09 KB500802 patch, you might…
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Microsoft Issues another Warning and Patch after Discovering New Threat
Late Thursday Microsoft issued a warning of another threat to Microsoft Exchange (Outlook). Microsoft discovered a new family of ransomeware known as DearCry being used to direct attacks on un-patched on-premise Exchange Servers. In response Microsoft…
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Microsoft Issues Critical Updates for Exchange after Foreign State Sponsored Hack
This week Microsoft announced an exploit in public facing on-premise versions of Exchange server (Outlook) after discovering it was breached by Chinese state-sponsored hackers. The hackers were able to access Exchange through un-realized vulnerabilities.…
Yardi News
Yardi Addresses Small Operator Needs with Breeze
Yardi first introduced Breeze in 2018 offering a streamlined and easy to use cloud native platform--built from the ground up--for smaller operators managing 1,000 units or less in the residential and commercial sectors. Breeze provides easy setup, a simple…
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"Zoom Fatigue" and How it's Draining to Look at Yourself
Who knew the mental fatigue Narcissus of Greek mythological fame must have endured from gazing upon his own visage in that pool's reflection? Well, while Narcissus did it from a place of narcissism, some remote workers in virtual conferences are finding…
ERP News
Acumatica 2021 R1 – New Financial Dashboards
Dashboards are one of the essential usability features in Acumatica. Dashboards give visibility and quick & easy access to important business information to employees across different roles in the organization—i.e., financial, sales, purchasing, operations,…
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Concerns over semi-conductor shortage give rise to executive order
At the urging of the tech lobby President Biden signed an executive order to address the growing chip shortage as technology giants Apple, Sony and others raised concerns over recent shortages. The shortages in components threaten to slow down production of…
ERP News
Acumatica 2021 R1 Highlight – New Widgets to Dashboards
Acumatica has now released its first of two bi-annual releases. One of the new usability enhancements in 2021 R1 are new visual tiles to dashboards. The additional tiles are meant to increase the sharing of important business intelligence across an…
Yardi News
Voyager 7S Tax and Insurance Function
If you were not aware Yardi has a native tax and insurance module available for Voyager 7S Commercial Suite. Voyager Tax and Insurance automates the process of tracking and reporting tax parcels and insurance policies. The module provides the flexibility to…
ERP News
Countdown to Acumatica 2021 R1 Virtual Kickoff
It is one week until Acumatica’s virtual kickoff of version 2021 R1. Acumatica will be highlighting some of the new features that have been added to its core modules and editions. Acumatica will also present some of the new usability enhancements coming to…
ERP News
Acumatica Cloud ERP 2021 R1 Beta Now Available
Acumatica has released its beta version of Acumatica 2021 R1 for customers who want to preview new features and provide feedback. This preview release contains a subset of new features that will be available in 2021 R1. The beta download is available on the…
Yardi News
Rent Deferral Feature in Voyager
The property management sector has felt the collateral effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic as people are unable to pay rents due to lay-offs or furloughs, and vacancy levels continue to increase as businesses close their doors. The increased demand in rent…
IT News
The Death of Adobe Flash and the Threats Its Ghost Poses
Adobe Flash Player's death knell has tolled for four long years. In 2017, Adobe announced its End of Life (EOL) plans to terminate the multimedia software after 2020. January 12, 2021, has come and gone, taking Flash with it. However, its ghost still lingers…
ERP News
Acumatica 2021 R1
Acumatica is scheduled to release the first of two biannual product releases toward the end of February. In 2021 R1 Acumatica continues to focus its pursuit on adding features to improve overall usability. Some of the new features in 2021 R1 include: • Mobile…
IT News
Remote Work Expected to Double in 2021
In a recent article Gartner presented several questions business leaders should chew on as the COVID-19 vaccines goes into distribution. One of the questions drives at what impact will the vaccine have on a return to the workplace. As the vaccine rolls out…
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Illegal for ISPs to Charge You for the Router You Bought
Have you been hit with the predatory monthly fee from internet service providers that charges you for a modem or router you already own? If you have, good news! As of Sunday, December 20th, that fee will be illegal. While a law was passed last year that…
IT News
Russian Hackers Breach US Government Agencies
According to an article on the Verge, the Russian government hacker group, Cozy Bear, have reportedly breached US government agencies. The hackers compromised SolarWinds' Orion monitoring and management software. Nims & Associates has not recommended or…
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Control Who Can Create Microsoft 365 Groups
By default, all users can create Microsoft 365 groups. This is the recommended approach to allow users to collaborate without needing assistance from IT. However, some companies require more strict permissions around who can create groups. You can restrict…
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How Cyberattacks Utilize COVID Fears
Amidst the global pandemic, cyberattackers are employing fear of COVID in social engineering tactics to strike you at home or in your business. With more people working at home and unfamiliar with the new business norms, these social engineering tactics are…
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Amazon Now Supports Virtualizing MacOS, iOS and More.
For years, AWS users have been asking to run macOS on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), and now their prayers have been answered. As of Nov 30, AWS has launched a new Mac instance powered by a Mac mini hardware and the AWS Nitro System. Users can utilize…
IT News
Maintain Personal Connections with New Microsoft Teams Calling Features
Early this year, workplaces have lept to a remote workplace practically overnight in response to social distancing guidelines. The demand for video and voice communications have increased exponentially in the shift to remote work. That's shown in Teams…
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Microsoft's Support and Recovery Assistant: What You Need to Know.
The Microsoft Support and Recovery Assistant is an invaluable tool for identifying and solving issues in Office, Microsoft 365, and Outlook. The program runs tests to determine what's wrong and then offers the best solutions for that identified problem,…
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