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Network Synergy has been serving the Trumbull area since 1988, providing IT Support such as technical helpdesk support, computer support, and consulting to small and medium-sized businesses.

Why Proactive IT Support is Your Business' Best Move

Why Proactive IT Support is Your Business' Best Move

Throughout the workday, you’re likely juggling a multitude of responsibilities, from strategic planning to ensuring smooth day-to-day operations. Let’s face facts here: technology underpins nearly every aspect of your business… but what happens when that technology falters? 

Reactive fixes can be costly, disruptive, and ultimately hinder your growth. This is where the power of proactive business technology support truly shines.

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What Impact Will SaaS Have on Your Business?

What Impact Will SaaS Have on Your Business?

You might remember the good old days of software, and by “good old days,” we mean “good old days of tedium, installing software on computers one by one.” 

Software as a Service, or SaaS for short, has put an end to those days and has made way for better options for SMBs. Today, we want to look into these subscription-based tools and showcase their benefits.

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Why DIY IT is Costing Your Business More Than You Think

Why DIY IT is Costing Your Business More Than You Think

Running a business today without technology is pretty much impossible. Whether it’s email or messaging for communication or point-of-sale software for stores, every business depends on tech. Where there’s tech, there has to be someone to manage it.

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Potential Legislation Could Require End-of-Life Disclosures for Consumer Tech

Potential Legislation Could Require End-of-Life Disclosures for Consumer Tech

An expiration date helps to make sure you aren’t buying fast-turning foods at the grocery store, and now, the technology industry is making strides to establish a similar standard. A new industry report recommends new legislation pushing for End-of-Life (EoL) disclosure, which would, in theory, allow businesses and consumers alike to make more informed purchasing decisions. What does this mean for your business?

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3 Applications of Modern IT and How Today’s Businesses Can Benefit

3 Applications of Modern IT and How Today’s Businesses Can Benefit

The entire purpose of modern IT is to improve the processes that work requires us to do. Today, we wanted to address a few business priorities—productivity, cybersecurity, and accessibility—that the right tech can help you accomplish, explicitly exploring how different tools can contribute to your success.

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Three Reasons Phishing Works and What You Need to Do About It

Three Reasons Phishing Works and What You Need to Do About It

Phishing is a common trick where hackers pretend to be someone you trust to steal your personal information. For example, they might send an email that looks like it's from your bank, asking you to verify your account details. Here's why it's so effective.

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Did You Know Windows Can Save Everything You Copy?

Did You Know Windows Can Save Everything You Copy?

If you didn’t know Windows can save a list of the text and images you copy, I feel for you—you’ve missed out on a simple trick that could’ve saved you a lot of time. But don’t worry, it’s easy to set up, and I’ll show you how.

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Five Ways to Innovate Your Small Business

Five Ways to Innovate Your Small Business

In business, innovation and productivity go hand-in-hand. When you think outside the box, you open up new ways to get things done faster, smarter, and more effectively. In this month’s newsletter, we thought we’d discuss five innovative strategies to help your business reach new levels of productivity.

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Three Tips to Better Manage Your Files

Three Tips to Better Manage Your Files

We manage all types of files in the course of doing business. Some are more important than others and often need better security, and they need to be filed a certain way so that retrieval is fast and painless. Today, we will go through three of the best practices in file management to help you get a better handle on the ever-growing amount of data you have to store. 

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Cloud-Hosted Communications Can Have a Big Impact

Cloud-Hosted Communications Can Have a Big Impact

Communications are an important part of any business’ offering. This can be as simple as having a phone line to as complex as to need integration of multitude of different tools designed to push your business forward.

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Five Password Practices for More Secure Accounts

Five Password Practices for More Secure Accounts

Passwords are one of the best ways to protect your online accounts and information. Strong passwords are especially important for small businesses because weak ones can cause significant problems, like security breaches. Let’s break down how to create and manage passwords the right way.

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How to Carry Out a Technology Needs Assessment

How to Carry Out a Technology Needs Assessment

Business technology can sometimes seem like a hedonic treadmill: you maintain a baseline level of operation with your IT, but it will inevitably fail, leaving you in the tough situation of having to replace it. Today, we want to help you get ahead of the curve a bit with a technology needs assessment. We’ll discuss the benefits of a needs assessment, as well as what it focuses on both now and in the future.

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Planning Your Tech Spending for the New Year

Planning Your Tech Spending for the New Year

A new year is a great chance to look at what your business is doing well and where it can get better. Your technology is one area where there’s usually room for improvement. If you’re thinking about adding new tech this year, here are four questions to help make it a success.

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The Pros and Cons of Current AI Tools

The Pros and Cons of Current AI Tools

Using AI is all the rage these days. Seemingly every opportunity software developers have to add some type of AI or machine learning technology into their offerings is being taken; not only for the benefits that it gives their customers, but also for the marketing clout it immediately provides. This month, we thought we’d go into some of the ways AI is helping create more dynamic software and if it really provides end user value or if it’s kind of a red herring used by developers to position their products better in a more competitive market.

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Three Very Common IT Issues Everyone Deals With

Three Very Common IT Issues Everyone Deals With

Any computer issue you have can be extremely frustrating, but when something happens you should know you’re not alone. There are a few things that anyone that uses a computer has dealt with. This month, we take a look at three extremely common technical problems people deal with and what to do about them.

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Tips of the Month: Five of the Best Computing Tips

Tips of the Month: Five of the Best Computing Tips

Business is an increasingly digital experience. Let’s face it, we spend a lot of time on our computers, so why not use them like a pro? Here are seven simple tips to make your computer life smoother, faster, and less frustrating.

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The Database Management System is Essential to Modern Computing

The Database Management System is Essential to Modern Computing

Have you ever searched for something on Google, played a game that remembers your high scores, or checked your Instagram messages? These apps feel smooth and efficient thanks to something called a Database Management System (DBMS) working quietly in the background. In this month’s newsletter, we’ll explore what a DBMS is, how it works, and why it’s essential for creating a seamless user experience.

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The Dark Side of AI

The Dark Side of AI

Artificial intelligence, or AI, has upended the way that we discuss technology in business, society, and individual everyday life. While we mostly focus on the benefits of the technology, there are many downsides to consider as well. That’s what we’d like to discuss today; how AI has a dark side to it that potentially requires regulation.

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Why Disaster Recovery Is So Important

Why Disaster Recovery Is So Important

Have you ever accidentally deleted a file or had your computer crash? It’s a frustrating experience, right? Now, imagine if a major disaster—like a fire or data breach—struck and wiped out all your critical data. That’s where disaster recovery steps in to save the day.

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Let’s Align Your IT with Your Success

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We want to make sure you can get the most out of your relationship with us. In this month’s newsletter, we give you three communication touchpoints so that the work we do for you helps foster more growth and efficiency in the work that you do.

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