Projected Rise in IT Spending Increases the Need for Managed Services
Businesses are focusing on multi-year projects in 2022, as companies move away from 2020’s turnkey technology projects and 2021 efforts to fix and pad the technology stack. For the first...
Microsoft to try to push business customers to longer-term subscriptions via price increases
Microsoft is gearing up to make billing changes around subscriptions for a number of its business software services that could have negative effects on partners and customers. Earlier this year,...
Windows 11 adoption nears 9%, but businesses are waiting
Data on the adoption of Microsoft’s newest OS shows uptake ranging from 1% to 9%. But most enterprises will likely wait until at least 2023 before broadly rolling out Windows...
How to repair Windows 10 (and 11) in 4 steps
When Windows 10 gets wonky, try this series of repair techniques — in this order — to attempt to set things right. Sometimes a Windows 10 system starts misbehaving to...
Hackers are targeting this Microsoft Windows Installer flaw, say security researchers
The flaw can be exploited to give an attacker administrator rights on a compromised system, despite efforts to fix the problem. Hackers have already created malware in a bid to...
Microsoft 365 vs Google Workspace: Which productivity suite is best for your business?
Microsoft and Google are engaged in a pitched battle to win over your business with suites of cloud-based productivity software and services. Here’s a look at the many different editions...
Microsoft Power Apps gets pay-as-you-go licensing; Dynamics 365 gets more new modules
Microsoft is continuing to reposition, repackage and modify its licensing for pieces of its five-year-old Dynamics 365 and related Power Platform families of products. This week marks the fifth anniversary...
Microsoft unveils Loop — and a new collaborative Office doc
Built on the Fluid Framework, Microsoft’s Loop app comes in response to offerings by start-ups such as Coda and Notion and their “all-in-one” collaborative documents. While it’s unlikely to supplant...
How to get rid of Windows 11 (and roll back to Windows 10)
If you’ve tried Windows 11 and for some reason want to go back to its predecessor, timing is key. The clock begins ticking as soon as you move to Windows...
How to choose the right UEM platform
Unified Endpoint Management software lets IT manage all of an organization’s endpoint devices — smartphones, laptops, desktops, printers, IoT devices, and more — from a single management console. Here’s what...