Unless you live under a rock, you know that last week Facebook and Instagram went down for hours. The first question is what happened? The second question is how does Facebook and other social media websites going down affect your small business? 

If you do a little research on the issue, it appears Facebook was down due to what they call bad BGP routing and DNS issues.

Working from home is here to stay, and more businesses will continue to implement either a fully remote work policy or adopt a hybrid work model strategy. Some employees, however, may find it difficult to be as productive at home as they are at the office, especially if they don’t have sufficient internet bandwidth.

People rely on email to do a wide array of tasks. We use it to sign up for websites, apply for jobs, make payments, get in touch with friends and family, and many more. However, email is also commonly exploited by hackers to steal information or launch malware attacks.

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) systems are a cost-effective way to improve business communication, as they are billed at a standard monthly fee. But aside from the monthly bill, your VoIP system will also come with other costs of ownership that you should know about.

If you are a small business owner that is trying to decide if you should hire one IT professional vs. hiring an IT support company, we have put together some reasons that outsourcing your IT department may make sense for you. We are an IT support company or Managed service provider located in Orlando and Jacksonville, FL.
Here are a few core advantages of outsourcing your IT department:
Save time
Many times, we see that instead of outsourcing your IT department, you end up having someone that you hired for other tasks but they end up handling your computer systems.

Today, over 1.8 billion people use Gmail, choosing it over other email services for its ease of use and productivity-boosting capabilities. They’ll be surprised to learn that they can still take their Gmail experience up a notch by putting the following features to use.