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Weathering Economic Uncertainty with Smart IT Strategy

When the economy tightens, every line item comes under scrutiny, and IT budgets are often among the first on the chopping block. But cutting back on technology in turbulent times can have unintended consequences, weakening the very systems that keep...

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MSPs and Remote Work: The Perfect Partnership for a Hybrid Workforce

Hybrid work is here to stay, forcing small businesses to juggle in-office operations with the needs of a remote workforce. For internal IT teams that...

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​How MSPs Reduce Downtime and Boost Productivity

If you run a small or mid-sized business, you know that IT issues can hit hard. One unexpected outage or cyber scare can bring everything to a...

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Growing Ambitions: How Sagiss Helped PharmChem Scale Securely and Efficiently

Small businesses with big dreams share one crucial trait: ambition. PharmChem, a lean and thriving company, had significant aspirations. With...

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Proactive IT Management: Your Small Business Advantage

We've all experienced it: you walk into the office ready to tackle the day's tasks, coffee in hand, only to find your systems offline, emails...

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The State of Cybersecurity: Why Your Business Needs 24/7 IT Monitoring

If you're a small business owner or technology leader, you’re likely aware that small businesses have become prime targets for cyber attacks, facing...

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The IT Upgrade That Helped This Interior Design Firm Get Back to Business

For Looney and Associates, a premier interior design firm with offices in Dallas, Chicago, and Honolulu, technology is the backbone of their business.

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How MSPs Help Your Small Business Fight Back

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Ransomware Protection 101: How MSPs Help Your Small Business Fight Back

For years, you may have assumed that cybercriminals only target large corporations with deep pockets. After all, why would hackers go after a small...

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Outsourced IT vs. Internal IT: The Smartest Investment for Your Business

Technology isn’t just part of business—it is business. Whether you’re running a growing startup or a well-established company, your IT infrastructure...

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Simplifying a Complex Carve-Out for Glasshouse

When Royce King decided to reclaim his family business, Glasshouse, from a large public company, he faced a daunting task: separating the business...

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The Hidden Costs of In-House IT: Why Outsourcing is a Game-Changer

Small businesses often face a daunting question: should they handle IT in-house or outsource to a managed service provider (MSP)? At first glance,...

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Why Sagiss Doesn’t Do SLAs: A Commitment to Real Results

For small business owners and technology managers, outsourcing IT to a managed service provider (MSP) often feels like walking a tightrope. You need...

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How Sagiss Helped Saylite Build a Better IT Strategy

Acquisitions can be a turning point for small and mid-sized businesses, often bringing new growth opportunities but also exposing critical IT...

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Innovative MSP Solutions for Modern Business Challenges

Small businesses often juggle limited resources in an effort to manage the daunting task of keeping up with ever-evolving technological demands while...

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The Tech Imperative: Embracing the Trends Shaping Small Business Success

As technology progresses, small businesses are going to be forced to make some decisions. Artificial Intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT),...

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2024 Sagiss IT Perceptions Survey

63% of Workers Feel Pressure to Fix Their Own Tech Issues Before Calling IT “Have you tried restarting it?” is the most expected response from IT,...

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SMB Cloud Computing Myths Debunked: Why It’s Safer Than You Think

In the world of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), the cloud often evokes a mix of excitement and apprehension. While many recognize the...

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5 Questions You Should Ask Your MSP Before 2025

Small businesses are feeling the heat of technology’s fast-paced evolution. As we approach 2025, it's more important than ever to have a solid IT...

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What is Private Cloud Architecture?

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What is Private Cloud Architecture?

Imagine a cloud environment that is fully tailored to your business needs—where every piece of infrastructure, every application, and every data...

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7 Benefits of Private Cloud

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7 Benefits of Private Cloud

The Benefits of Private Cloud are becoming a focal point for organizations that demand more from their IT infrastructure. In an era where data...

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Why You Shouldn't Fear the Cloud

In today’s fast-paced business environment, the adoption of cloud technology is no longer just an option; it’s quickly becoming a necessity. Still,...

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What is a BYOD Policy?

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What is a BYOD Policy?

A BYOD policy can have an important impact on the way your business operates. Companies have the potential to increase productivity, reduce costs,...

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What is a Disaster Recovery Plan?

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What is a Disaster Recovery Plan?

What is a disaster recovery plan?

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The Pros and Cons of Having a BYOD Policy

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The Pros and Cons of Having a BYOD Policy

Pros and cons of BYOD are essential considerations for businesses looking for ways to save money. Rather than buy more devices for their employees,...

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Cloud Migration for Small Business: How MSPs Facilitate the Transition

Understanding the true value of cloud computing is crucial for small businesses. By leveraging the cloud, businesses can achieve significant...

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What is Infrastructure as a Service?

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What is Infrastructure as a Service?

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offers a flexible, scalable, and cost-efficient solution to simplify the complexity of managing IT infrastructure....

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Privacy in the Digital Age: How MSSPs Ensure Data Security for Small Businesses

In today's interconnected world, data is the lifeblood of businesses. From customer preferences to financial records, sensitive information is...

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Beyond IT: How MSPs Provide Holistic Support for Digital Transformation Initiatives

Digital transformation is no longer optional. It's essential for survival. Customers expect seamless online experiences, efficient operations require...

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Benefits Of Cloud Managed Services For IT

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Benefits of Cloud Managed Services for IT

In this blog, we explore the benefits of cloud-managed services for IT departments. They enhance efficiency by streamlining operations, improve...

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Asking questions to choose the right MSP

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How to Choose a Managed Service Provider

Choosing the right managed service provider (MSP) is a critical decision for businesses. Especially for businesses looking to streamline their IT...

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Streamline IT Operations and Scale Your Business: How MSPs Fuel Growth

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Streamline IT Operations and Scale Your Business: How MSPs Fuel Growth

The entrepreneurial spirit thrives on innovation and ambition. But as your business scales, the initial excitement can be dampened by the growing...

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MSPs Are Essential for Navigating the Evolving Technological Landscape

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Why MSPs Are Essential for Navigating the Technological Landscape

The relentless pace of technological advancement presents a significant challenge for SMBs. AI is just the latest example, but new solutions emerge...

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Small business technology: key innovations

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Small Business Technology: Key Innovations Shaping the Future of SMBs

In an era where digital transformation can determine business success, small- to medium-sized businesses must be proactive in adopting new...

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Ai for Small businesses

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AI for Small Businesses: How to Leverage it Responsibly

For modern business, artificial intelligence has quickly moved from a futuristic vision to a practical tool that can significantly enhance...

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AI and cybersecurity

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The Double-Edged Sword of AI in Cybersecurity

AI and Cyber Security: The Double-Edged Sword Sagiss, LLC : Published: May 2, 2024 Updated: June 1, 2024

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A Guide to IT Managed Services for the Small Business Owner

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A Guide to IT Managed Services for the Small Business Owner

Considering managed IT services for your small business? Access to technology expertise, improved security, and strategic growth support are within...

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Location matters when choosing an MSP

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5 Reasons Location Matters When Choosing an MSP

It's tempting to believe that, in this age of connectivity, the location of your managed service provider (MSP) is irrelevant. With remote support...

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Navigating Growth: Five Signs You’ve Outgrown Your Current Managed Service Provider

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Navigating Growth: Five Signs You’ve Outgrown Your Current Managed Service Provider

As your organization evolves, so do its technological demands. Identifying when your current MSP no longer meets these changing needs is key to...

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6 Ways IT Mismanagement Stifles Business Growth

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6 Ways IT Mismanagement Stifles Business Growth

In the rapidly evolving landscape of modern business, the role of IT has outgrown the idea that it’s simply a support function. It’s now a driver of...

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The Integral Role of IT Management in Business Strategy: How Size Matters

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The Integral Role of IT Management in Business Strategy

Information Technology is often the heartbeat of an organization, fueling its operations and future ambitions. When strategizing the role of IT...

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Streamlining employee onboarding

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Streamlining Employee On-boarding and Off-boarding with an MSP: IT Considerations and Benefits

The on-boarding and off-boarding of employees are integral processes that demand meticulous planning and execution. The Information Technology team...

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Hidden benefits of a managed service provider

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The Hidden Benefits of Managed Service Providers

The Benefits of managed services providers go beyond mere cost savings and technical expertise. While the primary advantages such as reduced IT...

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Why Sagiss Doesn't Offer "All You Can Eat" Contracts: Putting Service First

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Why Sagiss Doesn't Offer "All You Can Eat" Contracts: Putting Service First

In the dynamic world of IT managed services, finding the perfect balance between service quality, client satisfaction, and business sustainability is...

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How Sagiss Crafts the Perfect Managed Services Contract to Fit Your Business

At the heart of any successful engagement with an IT managed service provider (MSP) is the contract that details the scope of work. The Statement of...

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Infrastructure as a service

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Infrastructure as a Service: A Growing Force in Cloud Computing

Infrastructure As A Service: A Growing Force In Cloud Computing Sagiss, LLC : Published: August 24, 2023 Updated: June 1, 2024

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MSPs Are Key to Unlocking IT Network Agility for Business

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MSPs Are Key to Unlocking IT Network Agility for Business

Agile has become a buzzword in business circles for some time now and for good reason. Agile organizations outperform their peers by as much as 50%...

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Overcoming IT Complexity During Mergers and Acquisitions

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Overcoming IT Complexity During Mergers and Acquisitions

When two people get married and buy a house, they have to figure out which furniture to move in, what items to keep, what things to get rid of, and...

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The Internet of Things (IoT) Creates Benefits, Challenges, and Opportunities for Businesses

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What is the Internet of things and how can it be used?

The Internet Of Things (IoT) Creates Benefits, Challenges, And Opportunities For Businesses Sagiss, LLC : Published: July 13, 2023 Updated: June 1,...

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7 Questions You Should Ask an MSP Before Hiring Them to Migrate You to the Cloud

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7 Questions You Should Ask an MSP Before Hiring Them to Migrate You to the Cloud

Cloud migration is more complex than it might seem at first. Companies often find that out the hard way.

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Need Top IT Talent? Look No Further Than Sagiss

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Need Top IT Talent? Look No Further Than Sagiss

Need Top IT Talent? Look No Further Than Sagiss With all the layoffs in the tech sector making news these days, you’d think there might be...

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Talking Tech: Translating Technology for Understanding

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Talking Tech: Translating Technology for Understanding

Has this ever happened to you? As a business leader, you ask what seems like a simple question, and you get a long-winded answer that uses a lot of...

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Effective IT Should Be Unnoticed

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Effective IT Should Be Unnoticed

IT infrastructure is the backbone of nearly every business. Reliability, resiliency and security are key to success and productivity. When the system...

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What You Get When Working With Sagiss

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What You Get When Working With Sagiss

IT systems today are incredibly complex. We depend on them to run our businesses, but what happens when something breaks down?

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How to Adopt a Managed Services Mentality

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How to Adopt a Managed Services Mentality

Businesses of all sizes are looking for ways to streamline processes and reduce expenses without sacrificing quality or reliability. Utilizing...

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Why You Need an MSP That Is Cyber Verified

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Why You Need an MSP That Is Cyber Verified

The managed service provider (MSP) you choose to work with is a significant decision. You need to be able to trust they can provide the services you...

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The SOC 2 Audit Process and Why it Matters

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The SOC 2 Audit Process and Why it Matters

In the past year, cybercriminals have escalated their attacks on companies. Cyberattacks have reached an all-time high and they have become more...

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What Makes Sagiss Different from Other Managed Service Providers (MSPs)

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What Makes Sagiss Different from Other Managed Service Providers (MSPs)

Managing IT is a significant challenge for small and medium-sized companies. Most can’t afford to hire an IT team or Chief Information Officer, staff...

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Using Multifactor Authentication? Beware of MFA Fatigue attacks and MFA Spamming

MFA fatigue attacks are becoming a significant concern for organizations relying on multifactor authentication (MFA) to secure their networks and...

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Disaster Recover Service Sagiss

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Disaster Recovery as a Service: A Necessity, Not a “Nice-To-Have”

It’s interesting how ancient stories can remain relevant across millennia: despite having made huge strides as a species, humanity continues to...

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Public vs Private Cloud

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Public Vs Private Cloud

Most of us have taken lessons of some sort — pottery, coding, cello, or public speaking. Let’s say you’re interested in learning more about rock...

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Think before you click

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Think before you click

People often look to sophisticated tools for security solutions.

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Remote managed IT services

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Remote managed IT services - How do they work?

One question we often get concerns the benefits of remote managed IT vs. on-site support.

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Fractional CIO

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Is a fractional CIO a good fit for your business?

Businesses have an endless list of needs but may not have the resources to satisfy all their needs in-house. That's why many businesses outsource...

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MSP vs MSSP - What are the differences?

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MSP vs MSSP - What are the differences?

The masses are often confused by the terms "MSP" and "MSSP". They may think there's no difference because the two are differentiated only by an extra...

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Security is a team effort

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Security is a team effort

Security is a team effort. In decades past, job responsibilities were reserved for specific departments. One department had one type of people who...

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Security dos and don'ts

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Security dos and don'ts

Solid security is, in many ways, complicated. Fortunately, there are a few basics you can follow to tighten up your security right away and get high...

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What is threatware?

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What is threatware?

What Is Threatware? This question is increasingly relevant as cyber threats continue to evolve and pose significant risks to both individuals and...

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Types of data storage

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The 4 most common types of data storage

The world runs on data. And businesses now have access to more data than ever before.

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Co-managed IT

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The benefits of co-managed IT

When most people think of outsourced or managed IT, they likely think of fully-managed IT. With fully-managed IT, you rely on a managed service...

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Why Microsoft Edge is the best web browser for business

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Why Microsoft Edge is the best web browser for business

Microsoft Edge recently passed Safari as second place in the desktop browser wars. But Edge should hold the top spot as the web browser for business.

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Microsoft end-of-life survival kit

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Microsoft end-of-life survival kit

Nothing good lasts forever. Even Microsoft products.

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Internal policies

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Why internal policies are crucial for managed security success

Once upon a time, good security amounted to little more than protecting your perimeter to keep threat actors out of your networks. But now, with the...

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What is the cost of a data breach

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What is the cost of a data breach?

Year after year, data breaches are getting more expensive.

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Pros and cons of BYOD

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Pros and cons of BYOD

Businesses are always looking for ways to save money. Rather than buy more devices for their employees, some businesses implement BYOD programs.

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What is emotet?

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What is emotet?

Emotet, one of the worst security threats ever created, originated in 2014 as malware that intercepted internet traffic and harvested sensitive...

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Security red flags

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10 security red flags to avoid

Sometimes you hear a piece of advice so harmful that it grates your ears like nails on a chalkboard. You might call such advice "red flags."

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IT troubleshooting basics

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IT troubleshooting basics

Any time you have an issue, you may be tempted to jump to the most dire conclusions. It's easy to do with technology: Your device isn't working as...

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NTLM

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Disabling NTLM, The Sagiss Way

To increase security, we are disabling NTLM (NT LAN Manager) for our clients.

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Security concerns for the modern web

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8 security concerns for the modern web [Updated]

Just a couple decades ago, a trusty antivirus program was all you needed for healthy security. But so much has changed in recent years.

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Sagiss ranked on Channel Futures 2022 MSP 501

Sagiss Ranked on Channel Futures 2022 MSP 501—Tech Industry’s Most Prestigious List of Managed Service Providers Worldwide

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Certified MSP

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Why your business needs a certified MSP

A managed service provider (MSP) is an outsourced IT department that handles all your company's IT support needs and is available in an instant. That...

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Managed IT support services

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Managed IT support services, The Sagiss Way

Managed IT support services are the backbone of the value we provide for our clients. Two crucial individuals enable our managed IT support services:...

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vCIO (virtual CIO)

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5 benefits of hiring a vCIO [Updated]

If you own a business, you probably have multiple plans in place to reach your long-term goals. While your business may not have the hefty IT budget...

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Why businesses need web content filtering

Web content filtering is a service that prevents users from accessing unwanted sites and services from company devices.

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The pillars of end user security training

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Why your company needs end user security training

The vast majority of security breaches are directly related to human error. After a phishing or emotet attack, the employee who enabled the attack...

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Threat actors are targeting MSPs

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Threat actors are targeting MSPs. Are you ready?

On May 11, 2022, authorities from the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States issued a joint cybersecurity advisory for...

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Network firewall security

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Why businesses still need network firewall security

When working in an office was the only option most of us had, making the case for a network firewall was an easy sale.

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How do password managers work?

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How do password managers work?

How do password managers work? This is a question that many people ask as they navigate the complexities of online security. Password managers have...

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Vulnerability management

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What is vulnerability management?

Threat actors are tirelessly testing your network for easy access to your crucial data and files. By the time you've identified a breach, it's...

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2022 AAA Cyber Verify rating from MSPAlliance logo

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Sagiss receives elite Cyber Verify AAA risk assurance rating

The MSPAlliance Cyber Verify rating gives customers of cloud & managed services the assurance their provider is using the most current cyber security...

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next-generation antivirus

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What is next-generation antivirus?

While "next-generation" may sound new and revolutionary, next-generation antivirus actually has roots in technology most of us are already familiar...

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Cyber liability insurance

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What is cyber liability insurance and why is it so important?

The increase of cyber attacks has made cyber liability insurance a necessity for nearly every business. Yet many businesses still don't understand...

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Managed IT essentials

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Managed IT essentials

In the past few years, more and more businesses have been ditching those sweaty palms and anxiety-ridden days in favor of fully managed or co-managed...

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Cybersecurity essentials

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Cybersecurity essentials for businesses

We routinely hear about the cyberattacks that bring down the Goliaths of the business world: Facebook, Equifax, and NVIDIA come to mind. Taking down...

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Data backup and disaster recovery

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Data backup and disaster recovery [Updated]

People often use the terms "data backup" and "disaster recovery" as if they are synonyms. While the two concepts are fundamental parts of business...

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Network security assessment

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How does a network security assessment work?

A network security assessment is a common tool used by IT departments and managed service providers like Sagiss. In short, a network security...

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Microsoft Gold Partner logo

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Sagiss is now a Microsoft Gold Partner

We’re proud to announce Sagiss has achieved a Microsoft Gold Partnership for Cloud Platform Services.

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Sagiss background

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Sagiss leads discussion panel at 2019 MSPWorld Conference

Hosted by the International Association of Cloud & Managed Service Providers (MSPAlliance), the MSPWorld conference attracts managed IT support...

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What is Windows Core OS?

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What is Windows Core OS?

In October 2019, Microsoft announced the upcoming release of Windows Core OS. Naturally, users had questions. And Sagiss created the materials in...

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AICPA SOC logo

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Sagiss completes MSP Verify certification with SOC 2 Type 2 audit

We're proud to announce Sagiss has earned its Soc 2 Type 2 Certification from the MSP Alliance!

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Multi-factor authentication

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Multi-factor authentication: Why you need it

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) adds another layer of protection to your online accounts and is one of the simplest ways to improve your digital...

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How the cloud benefits business

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How the cloud benefits business

Cloud-based applications like Microsoft 365 and Azure are revolutionizing the way companies of all sizes do business, enabling them to compete on...

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Laptops downloading software patches

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3 reasons to install software patches

Software patches are much more than pesky reminders to update and restart your computer. These often-ignored acts of regular PC maintenance...

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Network Document Management Software

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How network documentation software saves time and money

When you consider your most valuable IT assets, network documentation software is likely nowhere on your list. Creating good network documentation...

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IT asset management

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The benefits of IT asset management

Properly tracking your IT assets helps you avoid unscheduled downtime, skip unnecessary asset purchases, and take the pain out of software audits.

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Data storage

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Data storage: 30+ interesting facts & figures

The way data is stored is something that every business should be concerned with because it is critical to the security of a business. Would you...

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