Easy Ways to Protect a Utility Pole in a Residential Environment
Once a utility pole is placed on a residential landscape, certain steps must be followed to protect it. Many pests can impact a pole’s stability and strength after it’s secured in the ground; however, you can keep these animals off of your property by using practical tools and strategic solutions. Build a Fence If you place a pole on a property in a heavily populated neighborhood, a dog may invade your landscape shortly...
3 Ways Your Phone Can Help You Say Goodbye To Paperwork
Paperwork is what you would imagine a headache to be in physical form. Taking up desk space, never where you need it to be, tea stained and dog eared. For a small business paperwork can easily get out of hand, become disorganised and cause havoc when we need to find one particular document. Or getting side-tracked with all the other things you have to do. “I’ll send you an invoice later!” – sound familiar? The good news is that...
Are Chatbots a New Channel in Marketing?
Today, consumers are bombarded with so much online advertising that it has become important for businesses to stand out. It can be challenging for a business, regardless of its size, to directly appeal to its customers. However, all is not lost. Your business may still be able to appeal to the social media and app messaging generation by combining artificial intelligence and machine learning – aka chatbot. What are Chatbots? Before...
Business Protection Through Technology
To avoid any threats towards your business, you need to begin to safeguard it, whether this is relating to vandalism or burglaries. As well as demonstrating compliance with duty of care and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), not to mention taking necessary steps to protect your brand’s reputation, you should be looking to make security a top priority at your business. Regarding security, ensure you have the following in place...
Best Deals on Gadget Insurance
Protecting your gadgets is vital but doesn’t need to be expensive. Many of us now own multiple gadgets including laptops, cameras, tablets, and smartphones. If you can’t afford to lose your gadget then insuring it is a must. Unlike car insurance, if you need to make a claim it won’t increase your premium. Home insurance may cover the cost of replacing gadgets but this is normally if something happens to it within...
Best Ways to Beef Up Mobile Security
With more businesses requiring employees and contractors to bring their own device, the importance of mobile security becomes even more important than ever. No longer is data security in the business the main issue, now it spans to all devices used regardless of ownership. Not only can we share with you some tips and tricks, but also what to do in the event your mobile device has been hacked. I Have Been Compromised You are more...
4 Tips To Hiring Cybersecurity In Architecture, Engineering & Construction
Finding good cybersecurity talent these days is as difficult as digging for gold. The demand for skilled cybersecurity professionals is at an all-time high at the moment and the demand is only likely to keep increasing with each passing day. In the contemporary world we live in, it is of paramount importance for your architecture, engineering, and construction business to have an expert help keep your valuable data and intellectual...
How RFID Technology Is Helping Retailers Fight Against Costly Cargo Theft
Loss is a big problem in the retail world. The production and shipping process provide endless cracks for merchandise to simply slip through. An effective plan for retail loss prevention must take into account both threats from within and threats from the outside. Retailers not only have to worry about theft that occurs in actual retail locations but also have to be aware of the threats that lurk during the shipping process. Cargo...
The Pros of Using Smartphones in the Workplace
Right now, there are over 10 million more smartphone users than employees in the UK. In January 2017, the Labour Force Survey discovered that there was around 32 million people in employment, while up until December 2016, it was estimated that there were around 42.4 million UK residents using smartphones. So, what does this mean to your staff and how they work? According to Statista, a leading statistics company, it’s estimated that...
What Makes a Good Web Hosting Company?
You will be forced to make many important decisions when you are trying to launch a new online business. Making the right decisions will make the odds of your site succeeding that much greater. One of the biggest decisions you will be faced with in the early days of your online business is choosing the company that will host the site. This is an absolutely crucial decision that must not be taken lightly. There are plenty of web...
