When Your Tech Steals Your Sales It’s Saturday morning in Avon, Ohio. Your shop is buzzing, customers are lined up, and this is your busiest time of the week. Suddenly, your receipt printer jams or your POS system freezes. In that moment, all the effort you put into...
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Why SMBs Can’t Afford to Treat Cybersecurity as an Afterthought
If you think your small or mid-sized business is too small to be a target, think again. Cybercriminals don’t discriminate—they automate. Their tools are scanning the internet 24/7, looking for any vulnerable system to exploit. If you’re online, you’re a target. And...
Secure Every Storefront: Cybersecurity Strategies for Retail & Multi-location Businesses
Imagine a busy Saturday afternoon. Your stores are packed with customers, transactions are flowing, and suddenly your payment systems grind to a halt. Within minutes, customers abandon carts, sales plummet, and your brand reputation hangs by a thread. In today's...
Choosing Excellence: Why Great Lakes Computer Trusts SentinelOne to Protect Small & Mid-sized Businesses
Imagine waking up to an urgent alert: Your business’s critical systems have been breached, and your entire customer database is compromised. For small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs), cyberattacks aren't just IT problems—they’re potentially business-ending events....
Defending Your Registers: Cybersecurity Essentials for Retail & Multi-location Businesses
Picture your busiest shopping weekend of the year. Suddenly, your payment terminals freeze, customers abandon their carts, and frustrated shoppers head elsewhere. For retail businesses, especially those operating multiple locations, cybersecurity isn’t just a tech...
The Importance of Customer Experience with Managed IT Services and Cybersecurity
Get expert tips to improve customer experience with managed IT services and cybersecurity. Learn today with Great Lakes Computer! Customer experience is a crucial aspect of managed IT services and cybersecurity. It is not enough to provide a secure service; businesses...
7 Tips to Keep Your IT Cool in the Heat
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Don't be fooled by brisk morning temperature drops--there are still many hot days to come this summer. Your IT hardware wants to stay as cool as you do and a spike in temps can lead to overheating, which can cause a lot of issues...
Simple Tips to Keep Your Business Data Safe
Business data is vital to keep safe given increasing threats in the marketplace, such as identity theft and various forms of financial fraud. Fortunately, there are simple controls you can implement to mitigate risks to your business and clients’ confidential...
Windows 7 End of Life is January 14th, 2020
On January 14, 2020, Windows 7 will reach end-of-life (EOL) and will no longer be supported by Microsoft. If you haven’t started mapping out your migration to Windows 10, it’s time to act. Once a product reaches its end-of-life, no new features or fixes are released...
Break Fix or Managed Services – Which makes sense for you?
If you run a business, you probably use some variation of IT hardware to do it. To keep that equipment running smoothly, you'll run across the need for maintenance, which can come in a couple forms. Managed IT Service contracts are proactive and include ongoing...