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  1. Our Most Popular Blog Articles of 2019

    It’s a good time to review the most popular blogs over the last year now that 2019 is coming to a close.  While this blog has provided perspective on technology challenges, WingSwept has spent much of 2019 focused on big-picture business topics.  The most popular topics were split down the middle, with two focused on…

  2. Three Ways SMBs Can Beat Big Business

    Currently, the top 15 companies in the US are sitting on $1 trillion of cash and investments they don’t even know how to profitably invest – enough to spend $3,000 on every person in the United States.  Depending on how you see things, this staggering figure can make you wonder how small businesses can even…

  3. Better Use of Technology Equals Higher Profits

    In a previous blog post, we outlined three ways that technology drives business success: better communication, better inventory management and better knowledge management.  Attaching hard numbers to the benefit is much more difficult – that would require a large amount of research, covering thousands of small businesses. Fortunately, Deloitte has just finished such a study. …

  4. Decoding Ryzen & EPYC Security: Is Your Business at Risk?

    You may have seen another batch of processor security issues in the news recently.  These aren’t the Spectre and Meltdown flaws seen in Intel chips months ago – these focus on relatively new processors made by competitor AMD.  As usual, they have some scary names made up by the “security company” that disclosed them in…

  5. Three Important Questions Answered About Spectre and Meltdown for CEOs and CFOs

    You’ve probably heard the news about ‘Spectre’ and ‘Meltdown’, two computer vulnerabilities that also describe Intel’s stock price once they were disclosed.  Both Spectre and Meltdown are major security risks.  The problem behind these two vulnerabilities is hardware-based; that means patching these problems will reduce hardware performance, especially in the case of Meltdown. What does…

  6. Public Wi-Fi: A Safe Place for Your Data?

    With so many people needing internet access today, there are plenty of businesses that are willing to offer public Wi-Fi in exchange for a bit of your time (and money).  Millions of people use these networks every day, and while the vast majority of those connections don’t lead to any negative consequences, most of them…

  7. Are You Making the Most of Your Information?

    Your company has access to much more information than it did five years ago.   This is true whether your business is in a high-tech industry with multiple locations, or you’re in a traditional industry focused on a small number of larger local customers.  Due to the amount of data that is being collected and aggregated,…

  8. Benefits of Mesh Networking

    In the realm of home technology, a prominent trend making waves is mesh networking. Although relatively new for residential users, businesses have long embraced a more dependable version of mesh networking to enhance the reach and reliability of their wireless networks. As prices decrease and technology matures, considering this approach for your workplace could be…

  9. Password Managers Protect Data and Save Time

    Experts recommend long passwords with uppercase and lowercase letters, preferably with a symbol or two. They recommend that each password be different from all of your other passwords, and that all of these passwords be changed regularly. While we’ve covered why all of this is valuable and can prevent data theft, there’s one major problem…

  10. Why Extended Warranties Are Important For Your Business Computers

    It seems like you can’t buy anything these days without someone offering you an extended warranty for it.  Last week, I was offered an extended warranty on a handheld vacuum.  But while extended warranties may not make sense for most items, they’re important for business computers, and critical for servers or other hardware that’s required…