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“Did you turn it off and on again?,” quips a tech from the show ‘The IT Crowd‘ as one of their recurring punch-lines. That’s a question that gets asked a lot by IT professionals, so much so that the concept gets joked about, not only regarding computers, but in other areas of life as well.
Focus on Tech – 340,000 Michiganders effected by unemployment fraud? What do you do if you’ve experienced Unemployment Insurance Fraud? On Friday, June 5th 2020 the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity revealed an estimated 340,000 Michiganders have had their accounts flagged as the state investigates possible fraud throughout its system. The story was
Focus on Tech – Stay Connected How to stay connected with polls and surveys How do you keep a good pulse on your team? On your customers? How do you stay connected? Polling or surveys in an often overlooked tool in our toolkit. We recommend Microsoft Forms. If you’d like to better understand how you
Is your organization #QuarantineReady ? Here are six questions to ask yourself (or those in your organization) to help guide you towards the best ways to become #QuarantineReady for your organization. What systems are so vital to the business that access needs to be available at all times and from any location? Where are your
Providence Consulting Recognized on CRN’s 2020 MSP500 List Lansing, MI, February 18, 2020 – Providence Consulting Co., who specializes in “Making Tech Easy” announced today that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company has named Providence Consulting to its 2020 Managed Service Provider (MSP) 500 list in the “Pioneer 250” category. This popular list
TO UPGRADE OR NOT TO UPGRADE? SHOULD YOU GET RID OF WINDOWS 7 AND SERVER 2008? WHAT IF YOU DON’T SWITCH? On January 14, 2020, Microsoft will end its support for Windows 7 and Server 2008. But just because you can continue to use Windows 7 after the end of life date, it doesn’t mean you
If your Amazon account is only secured by a password, especially if it is a password that you’ve used for other accounts, all the information in your Amazon account could be at risk. With the rise in phishing attacks this holiday season, we recommend setting up 2FA as soon as possible to help protect your
The MC3 has become aware of threatening phishing emails circulating recently. Hundreds of variations of the email, all with a very similar template dating back to August 2017, have been found. The emails begin with the adversary claiming to know your “secret”, have your email credentials, contact list, access to your internet search history (i.e. pornographic sites the user has visited), or access to your webcam containing embarrassing footage.
Providence Consulting is proud to announce our newest team member, Ken Lycos! For those who are wondering, Ken is not related to the founder of search engine Lycos, although he has been involved with computers since he was young. As a member of our Network Operations Center Services (NOC) team, Ken is helping solve client
