We were driving up I-95, and I was using the Optimal system via a hotspot — and as far as anyone could tell, it was just like I was in my office. I had complete and secure access to our entire system—at 70 miles per hour!
If you don't take proper precautions, shopping from your computer or smartphone is even more dangerous than it is convenient – you risk viruses, scams, stolen information, and more. In this video, Heinan and David will walk you through their top 7 tips to stay safe this holiday season and beyond!
Will 2019 be the year that businesses finally implement and enforce company-wide use of password management software? I sure hope so. Why our businesses must consider a password manager Thanks to the rise in cloud applications and web resources, most of us are juggling a massive number of accounts on a day-to-day basis. Your…
Remember when the iPad came out as the “laptop killer”? For a while there, it seemed like tablets might be able to claim the top spot as the primary device corporations would use to get their work done. They’re slick, ultra-portable, and can do many of the things a desktop or laptop can do. But…
By now you’ve probably heard about Slack, the fastest-growing Software-as-a-Service startup ever, and a $5 billion business just 5 years after its launch. For quite a while Slack was the major player when it came to all-in-one communication and collaboration tools for business. Then, in 2017, the ever-dominant Microsoft threw its hat in the ring…
Did you know that 95% of all successful cyberattacks begin with a phishing scam? And that’s just one type of social engineering, a hacking method that puts us, our families, and our businesses at risk on a daily basis. The unfortunate truth is that our personal information has a hard dollar value, and bad actors…
This past Cyber Monday, consumers spent nearly $8 billion online, with over 54% of purchases made directly from smartphones. Two days prior, on Black Friday, online sales surpassed $6 billion. The holidays are, of course, prime time for purchases in general, and are an extreme example of the amount of shopping we do online. But…
After being in business for almost 30 years, we at Optimal aren’t strangers to the IT industry. We’ve seen many Managed Service Providers (MSPs) come and go in the local area, and many of the companies we’ve worked with over the past few decades have expressed their thoughts on particular providers—what they liked, what they…
