As a business owner, it’s critical to ensure your operations are running as smoothly and efficiently as possible. Technology can be a powerful ally in helping you succeed, but it can also be complicated – meaning that the risks of technical difficulties can become costly delays in service or even costly failures if you’re not …
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Austin, Texas March 20, 2023 — Vintage IT Services, Austin’s largest privately owned Managed Services and Cloud Services Provider today announced that CRN, a brand of The Channel Company, has honored Vintage IT Services on its 2023 Tech Elite 250 list. This annual list features solution providers of all sizes across the U.S and Canada …
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Despite Texas courts tending to favor employment mobility, getting out of a non-compete agreement in Texas can still be tricky. To understand how you might be able to get out of a Texas non-compete agreement, you first need to know what makes a non-compete agreement enforceable. Under Texas law noncompete agreements can be enforceable if: The …
Learn how to recognize the most common scams and protect your personal data on Facebook and Instagram. I’ve been scaling back my social media presence for a few years, and it’s brought me the peace of mind that comes with keeping nosy acquaintances and curious strangers out of my business. In addition to the mental …
As ransomware groups grow bolder, their demands get bigger. We show you how to protect your business from a ransomware attack before it hits. An old joke goes, “What kind of writing is most lucrative? A ransom note.” It’s funny but not as true as it used to be. Though ransomware continues to be a …
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Does your laptop need a Core i3, a Ryzen 9, or something in between? Here’s how to decode today’s mobile CPUs and get the most powerful laptop for your money. Just as it is with desktops, at the heart of every laptop computer is a central processing unit (CPU), commonly called a processor or a …
You did everything right and secured your account with multi-factor authentication, but now you’ve managed to lock yourself out. Here’s how to escape this predicament. Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is simply the best thing you can do to keep bad guys from accessing your accounts. But what happens if you lose your security key, delete your …
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We explain what a data breach means for you—and how to protect yourself against damage to your privacy. No matter where you get your news, you can’t avoid seemingly weekly stories about the latest data breach. Banks, merchants, password managers, telecom carriers, and virtually any other company can fail at protecting sensitive user data. Not …
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By default, your PC is put to sleep when you close the lid, which isn’t ideal if you want your laptop out of sight while it’s docked on your workspace. Here’s how to change that setting. It’s hard to imagine a world in which you can’t fold up your computer, stuff it in a bag, …
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There’s an easy way to recover disk space from greedy Windows apps. I frequently install and uninstall large applications for testing photo and video software, so disk space is something I watch actively. I’m sure the same holds true for gamers or other people who like trying out the latest programs. But I find that …
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