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115 million people use Microsoft Teams daily. As remote meetings become a staple in the modern workplace, virtual conferencing tools like Microsoft Teams provide unparalleled value to remote-based operations. But is Teams safe for remote workers? Sharing data and...

42 percent of business owners admit that they don't take full advantage of technology. 94% aren't even sure how to use the apps they already have. These statistics underpin the sad prediction that one in five small businesses will fall victim to a cyber-attack this...

Small to medium-sized law firms manage job-critical tasks and administrative functions that support those key tasks. As the office manager, you are responsible for driving success and profitability. You know it’s the small but essential job roles that contribute to...

Today’s business ecosystem is digital. Information Technology (IT) plays a role in virtually every business unit. From sales and marketing to R&D and operations, business efficacy is guided by technology. For law firms, IT is intrinsically tied to billable hours,...

The spirit of competition in the last decade has had a serious contender with psychology’s desire to boost the “broad strokes” morale of society. We’ve seen it in our schools where giant first place trophies have been replaced by dozens of participation ribbons and...

At Vertex, we dedicate ourselves to delivering top tier service, and today we are excited to announce that those efforts have been recognized as were nominated for two Canadian Lawyer Readers’ Choice Awards. This is our third year being nominated. This year we have...

Hackers attack every 29 seconds. 32% of all data breaches are phishing and social engineering spoofs. Given the pure scale of complex phishing campaigns, nearly every business on the planet receives phishing emails and spear-phishing attempts. In 2018, two-thirds of...

Microsoft Office 365 (now Microsoft 365) has come a long way since its introduction in the early 1990s. Back then, it included a simple toolset: Word for word processing, Excel for spreadsheets, and PowerPoint for presentations. At the time, Microsoft Office was a...

Despite virtually every business chasing disruptive technology, very few of us are prepared for actual disruption. Does your firm have a concrete plan for environmental, technological, economic, and societal shakeups? If not, your Managed IT service provider can...

You’ve likely read in the news recently about security concerns related to Zoom and “Zoom-bombing”. In response to this, on April 5th, Zoom enforced some security changes to enable the waiting room feature and require additional password settings for Basic and Free...