IT Managed Services

Why the Demand for Outsourced IT Services is Exploding 

Why the Demand for Outsourced IT Services is Exploding 

Every business looks for ways to save money, while still retaining the best possible quality for its own internal systems and for customer service. IT security and IT services are no exception to this. These factors are a key part of why the demand for managed...

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Nothing is More Important Than Data Backup

Nothing is More Important Than Data Backup

The underlying backbone of all digital and IT security for any individual, organization or business is data backup. The reason why boils down to this: Even if you lose everything else, suffer a massive hack, or lose your IT assets to some major physical disaster, a...

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Cyber Insurance is Becoming Harder to Obtain

Cyber Insurance is Becoming Harder to Obtain

As the complexities and diverse risk profiles for protecting business IT security increase, cyber insurance coverage is becoming harder to obtain. Before IT security became as important as it is now, cyber insurance wasn't something that many organizations thought...

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Why Cyber-Ready Now is Not Enough

Why Cyber-Ready Now is Not Enough

We frequently discuss and stress the importance of protecting your digital assets today. Across the country, this is becoming more important to businesses. Case in point: According to Price Waterhouse Cooper’s June 2021 U.S. Digital Trust Insights Snapshot, “Cyber...

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Disaster Protection: Why Your Business Needs BCDR Now

Disaster Protection: Why Your Business Needs BCDR Now

  Disasters sometimes strike. They can take on many forms (fire, hurricane, earthquake, theft, etc.) and either be localized or fully global. The COVID-19 Pandemic was one particular example on a global scale, but it's far from the only kind of catastrophic event we...

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Essential Two-Factor Authentication Basics

Essential Two-Factor Authentication Basics

One of the unvarying truths of the digital world in which all of us–business owners or consumers–operate is that cybercriminals constantly evolve their attacks. This means that the things we used to do for secure access to sensitive account systems like online banking, stock apps, or email accounts usually have to evolve too. One of these evolutionary methods has been two-factor authentication, also known as TFA or 2FA.

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Simple Steps to Improve Your Company’s Cybersecurity

Simple Steps to Improve Your Company’s Cybersecurity

As a general rule, digital security—for companies and web-connected organizations of all types—is subject to all sorts of potential threats. These could come from online organized crime, hostile foreign governments, individual hackers, and fraudsters with a penchant for stealing data or funds.

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Now In Sandusky! Broader Reach, Same Great Service.

Now In Sandusky! Broader Reach, Same Great Service.

Great Lakes Computer is opening a convenient new location! While the headquarters will remain in Avon, Ohio, we are adding a satellite office near downtown Sandusky. This prime spot will enable us to better serve our traditional business customers in Northwestern...

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3 Reasons SMBs Need Managed Service Providers

3 Reasons SMBs Need Managed Service Providers

Managed Service Providers (MSPs) are often brought in to handle specific IT tasks that small-and-medium-sized businesses no longer want their IT guy doing in-house, because they aren't the best use of a salaried employee's time. Projects like repetitive monitoring and...

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