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10 troubleshooting steps you can perform on your own
And we’d prefer it if you did. 😉 Here are 10 basic troubleshooting steps that can help resolve most computer problems: A couple things you should not do! A few important notes
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Restart your phone for security? The NSA says, Yes!
We like to say the internet is no longer a kind and friendly place. Security specialists fight every day an ever changing threat landscape, and you, as the users, see this by stronger, more complicated security requirements. But what if I told you to boost your mobile phone security all you need to do is…
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Strengthening the Digital Fortress: The Importance of Cybersecurity
It’s been a year since we last posted. We’ve been busy this year revamping our setup to better serve you, the clients. To speed things along, we tried out ChatGPT for this blog post. Let’s see how it did. Introduction: In today’s interconnected world, where technology permeates every aspect of our lives, the need for…
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Hurricane Prep 2022
June 1st marks the beginning of Hurricane Season Now is the time to prepare your business technology! Don’t wait until a storm is forecast to hit Florida! The preparation rush that occurs before each storm can leave you in the dark! A few things to remember: St. Aubin Technologies will remain open as long as…
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Our Favorite Retro Technologies
Sunday, February 27, National Retro Day! We thought we’d celebrate by looking back at some of our favorite retro tech items that bring back memories, ordered by age of the technology. Some of them will feel newer than they really are. Victor (1850…ish): Taking us back, Victor’s pick is Vinyl Records and Turntables. Must be…
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An Inside Job: Shadow IT
Dedicated employees often seek to achieve their goals and objectives through whatever means allows them to do so. Sometimes, this involves purchasing technology services that aren’t approved by your business. For example, when file sharing and synchronization services first came on the market, many employees turned to personal Dropbox accounts to sync work content between…
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Does your company have a kill switch?
Let’s consider this scenario: You have a house. You often hire people to clean, maintain,fix, and improve that house. Every person you hire needsaccess to the house. But it’s inconvenient to let them inevery single day, maybe even multiple times a day. So yougive them all a key to the same lock, to let themselves…
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Microsoft Announces Office 365 Price Increases
St. Aubin Technologies has received notice about a future price increase in Microsoft Office 365. This price increase is the first substantive pricing update since Office 365’s release 10 years ago. Microsoft Office 365 recently turned 10 years old (June 28, 2011). In those 10 years Office 365 continuously added services to meet the constantly…
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Psychology of Passwords
Are user behaviors putting your business at risk? Inevitably, the answer is always “yes”. But some of the risk can be avoided and users can be made more resilient through coaching, training, and a little bit of psychology. A resounding number of users know and admit that they hold a stake in data and network…
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How St. Aubin Manages Computer Patches
Patch management is one of the most important tasks we undertake for our clients. Significant resources are required to continuously keep IT infrastructure up-to-date, and yet more than half of breaches could have been prevented by installing available software and OS patches, making it resources well spent. We don’t like wasting money; yours or ours.…