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Laptop Security Best Practices
Laptops are a valuable asset for the workforce of companies of any size. They allow employees to stay connected while on the go and can are critical tools to accomplish work quickly and effectively....
Cyber Readiness Strategies #9 and #10
It's becoming increasingly difficult to keep up with the cyber security threats out there. From ransomware and phishing to malicious insiders and business email compromises, there are many dangers...
Three Tips to Improve HR and IT Process Integration
When it comes to discussing employee onboarding and offboarding there are two main players who are involved in the process, HR and IT. Often HR and IT professionals find themselves at odds with each...
Policies Management in Microsoft 365
One of the great benefits of Microsoft 365 is the robust policy-setting capabilities within the platform. You can have the best security features, the most user-friendly Wi-Fi setup, and the most...
Checklist for IT Employee Offboarding
Whether an employee leaves a company of their own accord or not, they first must be offboarded to ensure an easy and secure transition from their current role to their next one. IT administrators...
7 Step Checklist for Secure and Reliable Laptop Imaging
Your company’s laptops are a valuable business tool that enables the success of your workforce. It contains important information and files that are necessary for your work. That's why it's...
TAG Announces the Top 40 Innovative Technology Companies in Georgia
Media Contact: Russ Davis – russ@tagonline.org (404) 920-2023 TAG Announces the Top 40 Innovative Technology Companies in Georgia ATLANTA (April 13, 2022) – Each year, the Technology Association of...
12 Cyber Readiness Strategies #7 and #8
In our last blog post, we discussed cyber readiness strategies: #5 Back-Up Everything and #6 Don't Neglect Compliance. Continuing our series this week are discussing strategies #7 and #8, Continuous...
Building a Multi-Layer Security Strategy Infographic
Building a Multi-Layer Security Strategy Is your business ready to handle a targeted cyber-attack? Maybe you have been attacked and don’t even know it. According to the 2020 Thales Data Threat...
Six Steps to Successful Employee Offboarding
When an employee leaves a company, offboarding is the process of ensuring that they have a smooth and secure transition from their current role to their next one. This includes tasks such as...
Microsoft OneDrive – Eight Ways to Get the Most from It
When it comes to file storage and sharing, there are a lot of different options out there. Microsoft OneDrive is a cloud-based storage and synchronization service offered by Microsoft. It allows...
Seven Practices To Improve IT Asset Logistics
Do you know where all your company's IT assets are? If not, you're not alone - many businesses find it difficult to track down every phone, computer, or software license. IT asset tracking is an...
12 Cyber-Readiness Strategies #5 and #6
If you're like most IT professionals, you're always looking for ways to improve your organization's cyber-readiness. And rightly so: the stakes are high, and the threats are constantly evolving. In...
Five Easy Steps to Great Employee IT Onboarding
Contrary to common belief, the employee onboarding process isn’t just for HR. Most modern businesses are heavily reliant on IT infrastructure for client and team communication, employee and task...
3 Reasons Why Microsoft Teams Matters
The shift to hybrid work has made Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) one of the fastest-growing technology sectors. In Q1 2021 the UCaaS user base grew by 46% from the first quarter of 2020...
Device RMA Process Infographic
Journey to a Great RMA Process When making and selling computers, phones, tablets, IoT, or other devices, you know that eventually some of your devices will get returned. Handling the returns in a...
6 Steps to Great RMAs for Your Devices
If you are in the business of making and selling computers, phones, tablets, IoT, or other devices, you know that eventually some of your devices will get returned. If your devices are being used in...
3 Things an Employee Information Manager Needs
Too many systems, too many self-service portals. How many times a month are you or your employees being asked to update information in one of your systems – addresses, phone numbers, personal...
12 Cyber Readiness Strategies #3 and #4
3. Keep Updates – Up to Date While software updates often introduce new or enhanced features into your apps, programs, and systems, they also install security and performance fixes known as patches....
Hybrid Workforces Need Employee Notifications Now More than Ever
Now more than ever in this hybrid working world, employees value transparency, connectedness, and timely communication. When your organization communicates with employees when an incident occurs, or...
7 Hidden Features of Microsoft 365 You Are Lucky to Find
Microsoft 365 is the largest SaaS platform for mid-market and SMB companies. Microsoft 365 now has over 50 million subscribers. Over 1 million companies now use Microsoft 365 to power their core...
Six Things to Look for in Modern Remote Management and Monitoring Tools
If you are a managed IT services provider or a company that gets services from one, you are likely very familiar with remote management and monitoring software. RMM has been a mainstay application...
12 Cyber Readiness Strategies #1 and #2
Is your business ready to handle a targeted cyber-attack? Maybe you have been attacked and don't even know it. According to the the 2020 Thales Data Threat Report, 49% of US companies have already...
Microsoft 365 Trends in 2022
After a somewhat late start and mixed approach to offering services versus software (remember ASPs and Hosted Exchange), Microsoft 365 has become the dominant SaaS platform for mid-market and SMB...
Remote Device Management Trends in 2022
In the third of our four-part series on trends for 2022, we are looking at device management trends. When we talk about devices we mean any physical asset that a person uses to connect to a network...
Cloud Compliance in 2022
This is the second in our series of 2022 trends. Last week we covered employee information management trends for 2022. This week we look at the trends for cloud compliance in 2022. Compliance –...
Employee Information Management Infographic
Employee Information Management in 2022 Employee information management is an important topic for a lot of mid-sized companies, especially those that are experiencing or are planning for a lot of...
Employee Information Management Trends for 2022
The past two years have had a major impact on everyone’s lives, so we are looking forward to 2022 with anticipation (well, not as much as the anticipation last year leading into 2021.) Some of the...
Phishing in the Workplace: 3 Attacks and 3 Ways to Protect Yourself
About the time most people learn how to spell phishing, they realize that it is an email-based social engineering tactic to get access to a user’s account or financial information. It probably won’t...
Tis the Season for Cyberthreats: 3 Ways to Keep Your Device Secure Over Turkey
It's that time of year for travel, visiting family, eating too much, and rushing around for last-minute errands and gifts. It is a hectic and wonderful time but if you are like me, it is also when...
CMMC Compliance Infographic
CMMC & Cloud Compliance The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) is a new and still developing standard for measuring a company’s cybersecurity effectiveness. CMMC is simply...
CMMC and Cloud Compliance for Mid-Market Companies
The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) is a new and still developing standard for measuring a company’s cybersecurity effectiveness. It has been developed by the Department of...
5 Reasons Why Employee Information Management is Hard
1. HR, Finance and IT All keep their own Databases Employee information is kept by many groups within a company. It starts with information gathered by HR during the recruiting and hiring process....
Montra Ranked #48 in 2021 NextGen 101 Managed Service Providers To Watch
NextGen 101 Honors Montra as an Industry Leading Managed Services and Technology Provider NextGen Honors 101 Industry Leading Managed Services and Technology Providers. Selected from 2021 Channel...
Pitfalls/Solutions for Employee Onboarding
Three Critical Suggestions for Employee Onboarding in 2021 While employee onboarding is crucial to support the success of a new hire, it is too often an ill-managed process for most companies....
Engaging MSPs: What Should Customers Look For?
Why Engage an MSP? (Part 1) Managed IT services is external support for a company’s core IT functions. Specifically, it entails end-user support, cloud, security, and device management. Typically...
Why Engage an MSP?
Why Engage an MSP? (Part 1) Managed IT services is external support for a company’s core IT functions. Specifically, it entails end-user support, cloud, security, and device management. Typically...
Remote Workforce Business Continuity
Ensure your Business Continuity Plan Secures your Remote Workforce In our last Securing Remote Workers Blog, we discussed how organizations in today's world must adapt to changing business...
PSAP Cyber Risks to 911
CISA Report on Cyber Risks to 911: TDoS A telephony denial of service (TDoS) attack is a specific type of DDoS attack directed towards a telephone system to bring the targeted system down. These...
Remote Workforce
7 Critical Considerations for Firewall Performance in the Era of Secure Remote Work All organizations in today’s world must adapt to changing business conditions to ensure a secure remote workforce....