Last week F1 Solutions was honored as the winner of the 2014 Huntsville/Madison Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year Winner in the technology category. We are so honored to have received this recognition and thanked all of our wonderful staff, most who were on-hand to share in this magical night.
Although businesses around the world are finally starting to set their sights on the far newer Windows 10, Windows 7 still retains the largest share of the operating system market in the business world. Despite being eight-and-a-half years old, 43.43% of computers still run Windows 7, which surprisingly presents a significant increase from the previous year.
Did you know that 85% of the US workforce aren’t engaged with their jobs? Although reasonably happy at work, over two thirds of employees have no interest in the goals and missions of the companies they work for. On top of that, 18% of the workforce is actively disengaged, which is characterized by frequent negativity that contributes to a toxic workplace.
Strong leadership skills are essential for the success of any organization, but there is more to being a great manager than just giving orders. Published by author Kim Scott in 2017, Radical Candor discusses the various qualities that define strong managerial skills.
Since its initial release in June 2011, Office 365 has become the industry standard in workplace productivity. Built from the ground up with the goal of being a flexible and collaborative platform for businesses of all types and sizes, the suite is constantly evolving as part of an ever-changing technology ecosystem.
Healthcare providers and any organizations handling confidential digital data on their behalf are legally obligated to operate under stringent security standards. Two of these acts are especially important for all such entities operating in the US or providing services to US citizens: HIPAA and HITECH.
Introduced in 1996, HIPAA is meant to protect health insurance coverage for anyone changing or leaving their jobs as well as set basic data security standards pertaining to the protection of personal health information (PHI). The HITECH Act, introduced in 2009, expands upon the security and privacy protections of HIPAA.
Millions of organizations around the world rely on Microsoft Office 365 because it’s the industry leader in workplace productivity.
Many employees would consider the flow of information between different departments in their workplace to be poor. The inevitable result of lack of engagement is mediocre performance and a substantially reduced quality of products, services, and customer support.
Office 365 refers to a line of products and related services that make up Microsoft’s subscription-based productivity platform. Plans for businesses include Exchange mail servers, VoIP communications, online storage, SharePoint team sites and, of course, the full set of industry-standard productivity applications that make up the classic Microsoft Office.
Technology is the beating heart of any successful organization, so it’s important to make sure it can keep up with your requirements and align with your goals. While you can’t always expect things to go perfectly, there are some signs to look out for that might suggest your current technology infrastructure needs an upgrade.
For many years, organizations operating in highly regulated industries -- such as legal, healthcare and finance -- have shied away from cloud technology. Instead, many such companies prefer to keep their confidential data on-site rather than have it stored in a remote data center where it shares its home with numerous other clients.
There might not be many of us who can honestly claim to work every minute of the entire working day without succumbing to the occasional distraction. However, depending on whom you speak to, many business leaders claim that employees spend between one and three hours per working day on activities that aren’t work-related.
