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Our IT experts share their insights into the world of technology with weekly blog posts. Blog topics include how-to guides, tech updates and IT strategies.How to Onboard Remote Employees More Efficiently
How to Onboard Remote Employees More Efficiently As more companies switch to remote work, employers need to embrace the best onboarding practices to enhance new hires’ experience. Alignment involves updating various tools and processes to ensure seamless onboarding....
Custom Computer Specialists, Inc. Honored on the 2021 CRN® Tech Elite 250 List
Hauppauge, NY, March 30, 2021 — Custom Computer Specialists, Inc (“Custom”) today announced that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, will honor Custom on its 2021 Tech Elite 250 list. This annual list features IT solution providers of all sizes in North America that...
How To Have a Successful Zoom Call
How To Have a Successful Zoom Call When the world went into lockdown, it effectively shut down business for a little while. In the legal world, however, you can’t just stop. This led to law firms and courts using Zoom to conduct hearings and trials. Naturally, this...
Inclusive Work Environment Is Vital for Digital Transformation
Inclusive Work Environment Is Vital for Digital Transformation As an ever-increasing number of companies implement a digital transformation, decision-makers need to adopt viable ways to transition successfully. Creating an inclusive work environment is undoubtedly one...
Has Your Organization Been Breached By Solar Winds Malware?
Has Your Organization Been Breached By Solarwinds Malware? Although mainstream media coverage of the massive Solarwinds hack seems to indicate the danger is over, the sophisticated hackers may still be hiding in plain sight. Microsoft recently uncovered at least three...
Can You Automatically Record Microsoft Teams Meetings?
Can You Automatically Record Microsoft Teams Meetings? If you’ve ever been annoyed by the fact that every time you start a new meeting with Microsoft Teams, you have to manually enable the program to record the meeting for later use, you’re not alone. A quick Google...
SOC 2 Type 1 vs. Type 2: Here Is What You Need To Know
SOC 2 Type 1 vs. Type 2: Here Is What You Need To Know Cybersecurity continues to occupy a prominent spot in companies’ priority lists. As such, companies commit substantial amounts of money to bolster cyber defenses. Norton’s 2019 data breach report revealed that bad...
The Need for Your Business to Set Up Network Security Is Urgent
The Need for Your Business to Set Up Network Security Is Urgent In the early 20th century, if a crook wanted money, they’d rob a bank or steal a woman’s purse on the street. Real masterminds might devise an elaborate heist to hold up a Brink’s truck or befriend a...
Key Executive Positions Added at IT Services Leader
HAUPPAUGE, NY (March 1, 2021) — Custom Computer Specialists Inc. (Custom), an information technology service leader in the Northeast, announced two key additions to its executive team, Bruce Latman, Chief Financial Officer and Eliud Custodio, Vice President of...
How Microsoft Dataverse Helps Your Organization Store and Manage App Data Securely
How Microsoft Dataverse Helps Your Organization Store and Manage App Data Securely Microsoft Dataverse is a software as a service (SaaS) solution capable of resolving wide-ranging data management and businesses’ storage issues. As an ever-increasing number of...
Custom Computer Specialists, Inc. Recognized on CRN’s 2021 MSP500 list in the Security 100 category MSP500
Hauppauge, NY, February 16, 2021 – Custom Computer Specialists, Inc. (“Custom”) announced today that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Custom Computer Specialists to its 2021 Managed Service Provider (MSP) 500 list in the Security 100 category for the...
How IT Consulting Companies Can Help Overcome Technology Challenges
How IT Consulting Companies Can Help Overcome Technology Challenges Information technology helps businesses of varying sizes to enhance operations and thrive. To maximize the benefits of technology, businesses often enlist the help of established IT consulting...
Pros and Cons Of Outsourcing Your IT Support To A Managed Services Provider
Pros and Cons Of Outsourcing Your IT Support To A Managed Services Provider Paper or plastic? Cash or charge? MSP or in-house IT? There are many choices that you need to make on a daily basis, some personal and some related to keeping your business running. However,...
Leading a remote workforce
How Can Business Executives Lead A Remote Workforce Through The Pandemic & Beyond? The pandemic accelerated an ongoing remote workforce trend by forcing companies to pivot and conduct business with people from home offices and dining room tables. A reported 41.8...
5 Things Companies Need to Know About Adobe End of Life
5 Things Companies Need to Know About Adobe End of Life Big Tech corporations have driven the final nail into the coffin of Adobe Flash Player. Its “end of life (EoL),” or “death,” if you will, was long expected. As the popular software timed out at the end of 2020,...
What Are the Key Differences Between IT Services and Consulting?
What Are the Key Differences Between IT Services and Consulting? When business leaders create annual budgets, IT typically ranks among the top investments. More than $4 trillion was spent globally in 2019, and the average company funneled 8.2 percent of its total...
Microsoft Makes Anti-Spam Changes
Microsoft Makes Anti-Spam Changes The year 2020 is not the only thing that is coming to an end. Microsoft is slowly rolling out changes meant to deter spam. This is causing some features to come to an end and changing the way a few Microsoft products, most notably...
Top 15 Microsoft Teams Tips and Tricks
Top 15 Microsoft Teams Tips and Tricks Microsoft Teams is one of the most popular and influential digital team-building solutions available for startups and business teams of any size. Using Microsoft Teams as your company’s preferred collaboration tool provides...
9 Meeting Tips for Using Microsoft Teams
9 Meeting Tips for Using Microsoft Teams Microsoft Teams is a simple, yet effective tool for hosting meetings. It has both audio and video capabilities as well as a chat feature. It can handle conference calls and one on one meetings, with members of your organization...
What’s New With Microsoft Forms
What’s New With Microsoft Forms Microsoft Forms gives you a plethora of features to utilize to your advantage. It easily creates useful documentation for your business and is accessible to virtually everyone in your organization. Forms integrate well with many other...
Beware: COVID-19 Vaccine News May Lead to New Wave of Phishing
COVID-19 Vaccine Related Phishing and How You Can Protect Your Organization As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to claim lives across the globe and infection rates continue to soar, scientists are continually looking for a solution to end the world’s suffering. In the...