Protect Your Business with these Cybersecurity Strategies
Is your business protected from cybersecurity attacks? If there was a breach, would you know what to do? How would you recover, or could you? Is your business covered by cybersecurity insurance for the loss? As the de factor standard for cybersecurity, the Commerce...
Cyber Security Checklist
Cybersecurity is one of the most important investments businesses can make. Yet many small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have not invested in a comprehensive cybersecurity strategy. In fact, according to Hashed Out, of the SMBs in the U.S. and UK, 43 percent do...
Ten little-known Office 365 apps you probably don’t know about
As an Office 365 user, you are familiar with the many basic tools that help your organization work more efficiently and smarter. But there are many tools built into Office 365 that you may not be using. Below are ten lesser-known Office 365 apps that can streamline...
Ten lesser-known Microsoft Teams capabilities to save you time and money now
As a Microsoft Teams user, you are probably familiar with the basic concepts and benefits collaboration provides to your organization. But you may not be aware of some less utilized features of Teams that can increase your employees’ productivity and save you time and...
Ten Microsoft SharePoint capabilities you may not be using
You probably think of Microsoft SharePoint as a content management and storage system. But beyond this basic functionality, SharePoint has many lesser-known capabilities and features. Read below to learn more about ten built-in SharePoint capabilities that can help...
Increase your security posture and minimize your risks
We believe in a layered approach when it comes to best practice business security. Think about a gated community with a security officer at the gate. If you live in that neighborhood, you will still lock the windows and doors to your house. And, you may even have an...
Financial services firm improves productivity and market agility with Logic Speak
For most companies, time is money. For financial services companies, this statement could not be more true. When systems go down at financial services firms, stock trades don’t go in on time and the company is unaware of market changes or unable to respond to market...
Logic Speak migrates engineering firm to Microsoft 365 for increased productivity and improved collaboration
Engineering firms work with extremely large files, such as AutoCAD and MicroStation. Having the right infrastructure to support these files is crucial to the productivity and success of these firms. However, one of these engineering firms, a Logic Speak customer, had...
Enabling remote work for schools, engineering firms, financial services companies and more
As COVID-19 shut down many places of business in Spring 2020, several Logic Speak customers needed to quickly pivot from in-office operations to remote work. Below are just a few examples of how Logic Speak helped its client community weather the COVID-19 storm....
How do you know your IT is working for you?
If your physical office were filled with unnecessary clutter, it would make the tough job of being an entrepreneur that much harder. And though the benefits of a clean office are well known, some companies are still doing the IT equivalent of working on top of a stack...
Transitioning Remote Workers Back into the Office
Planning for the Chaos... With COVID-19 forcing businesses to shift dramatically to full-on remote workforces this past year, some companies have embraced zoom calls and bedroom workstations as their new way of life. But for many business models, a socially distanced...
Why security training for your employees is a must
The unfortunate truth about cybersecurity is this – you’re only as strong as your weakest link. With the number of phishing and social engineering attacks skyrocketing, the evidence is clear; All it takes is one slip up for hackers to potentially gain access to your...
IT Superpower
Continuous improvement—it’s not a phrase that most people associate with IT service providers. These providers typically fix something that’s broken, perform a one-off service, or sell you a piece of equipment without a comprehensive plan or consideration of your...
What is and How to use Co-Managed IT
Got an IT team? Leverage co-managed IT Employing a comprehensive IT staff can be difficult for small and medium-sized businesses. If your company has IT staff, they likely wear many hats with too much to do and not enough time to do it. They may be overwhelmed by...
Leveraging Managed Services to Enable a Remote Workforce
The shutdowns brought about by COVID-19 have shown many businesses that they can be successful even when their employees work remotely. Indeed, in a recent Gartner survey, 82% of company leaders said that they plan to allow employees to work remotely at least part of...
What the Heck is Managed Services?
Managed Services—it’s the new technology buzzword. It seems like a lot of tech organizations are calling themselves managed service providers (MSP) these days. But the reality is that many of these organizations are actually pure support organizations that have...
Improving Your Personal Productivity
Prioritizing Your Life In our previous blogs, we discussed how Logic Speak can help your company improve its productivity and profitability. This blog focuses on your own contribution to productivity. How can you become more personally productive, get your work done...
Taking on procurement to keep you productive
When you think of enabling or improving productivity, procurement may not be the first thing that comes to mind. But the process of purchasing new technology can be a huge time suck on your organization. And getting it wrong can lead to even greater interruptions in...
Aligning technology for maximum productivity
We’ve all heard the horror stories. An IT provider convinces a client to implement a shiny, new, expensive system that does not make them more productive or further their business initiatives. The company loses time and money and is no closer to accomplishing their...
Enabling productivity through technology
From the beginning, the promise of technology was that it would increase productivity in both our business and personal lives. And in many ways, it has done just that. But how many businesses are not as productive as they could be because of their technology? How many...
Email Monitoring for the Win
Smaller companies may be at a bigger risk of cybercrime than the Fortune 500. We’ve helped many clients who have been targeted by cybercriminals, saving valuable company data. Read more about how we keep you safe.
Weathering COVID-19 and other storms with technological connectivity
In our last blog, we discussed the importance of human connectivity—the ability of humans to connect with each other with as much efficiency, speed, and accuracy as when they are in the same room. This is especially important during remote work due to COVID-19....
How to disconnect in an always-connected world
One of the side effects of working remotely during COVID-19 is that it can feel like we are always at work. While this blog series has focused on how connectivity can help your business weather the COVID-19 storm and beyond, there is a danger to being always...
Connectivity and its impact on your business
At Logic Speak, we understood the enormous impact of connectivity on your organization even before the pandemic. But COVID-19 has magnified these impacts exponentially. Organizations that have invested in both technological and human connectivity—especially via cloud...
Enabling human connectivity during COVID-19 and beyond
What comes to mind when you hear the word 'connectivity?' For many, it means the Internet, switches, routers, and networks—the traditional concept of connectivity. As we work remotely, technological connectivity is essential to helping employees work more effectively...