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WatchPoint Solutions has been serving the New Jersey area since 2015, providing IT Support such as technical helpdesk support, computer support and consulting to small and medium-sized businesses.

Disaster Recovery Preparedness is Required To Maintain Business Continuity

Disaster Recovery Preparedness is Required To Maintain Business Continuity

Businesses rely heavily on technology and data to keep running smoothly. But what happens when disaster strikes? Whether it’s a natural disaster like a hurricane or an unexpected event like a cyberattack, businesses need a plan to keep going. This is where disaster recovery comes in. Let’s break down what disaster recovery is and why it’s vital for business continuity.

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Our Brand of Managed IT Takes Businesses to the Next Level

Our Brand of Managed IT Takes Businesses to the Next Level

It is more crucial than ever to have reliable IT support available to your employees. Partnering with a managed service provider (MSP) is the best way to ensure seamless operations.

Yes, we are an MSP, and we firmly believe in our advantages over traditional IT support models. Here’s why we are so passionate about the value MSPs bring to businesses.

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If You Aren’t Sharing Files Securely, You Shouldn’t Be Sharing Files

If You Aren’t Sharing Files Securely, You Shouldn’t Be Sharing Files

Secure and reliable file sharing is crucial for businesses, enabling collaboration, communication, and promoting improvements to an organization’s productivity. With the rise in cyberthreats, however, it's imperative to have a plan in place to ensure the security of your files while they are in transit. Here are some best practices for secure business file sharing.

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How to Build Your Team’s Productivity in the Workplace

How to Build Your Team’s Productivity in the Workplace

Boosting team productivity is a key goal for any organization, yet it's often challenging. Impediments like unclear goals, poor communication, and inadequate resources can hinder progress toward this objective. Nevertheless, your business must be able to overcome these obstacles. Let’s explore how to track team productivity and some effective tips to help foster a more productive work environment.

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Do You Have the Tools You Need to Optimize Your Inventory Management?

Do You Have the Tools You Need to Optimize Your Inventory Management?

In the world of business logistics, inventory management plays a pivotal role. It's the backbone that keeps operations running smoothly, so it shouldn’t be a surprise that efficient inventory management can be a game-changer for small and medium-sized businesses. It can lead to cost savings, improved service levels, and overall business success.

But what does inventory management efficiency really mean? It’s simple.

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Something as Simple as Hovering Over Links Can Improve Your Security Practices

Something as Simple as Hovering Over Links Can Improve Your Security Practices

Phishing messages are the single most common type of threat out there. Any business, small or large, can fall for them. Therefore, you must do all that you can to prepare for the inevitable situation where someone accidentally falls for one. One of the most powerful preventative methods we can recommend is as easy as hovering over links.

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Keep Your Printers from Being a Vulnerability

Keep Your Printers from Being a Vulnerability

Many businesses rely on multifunctional printers to get things done. Unfortunately, they can be  a gateway for hackers to infiltrate your business and steal its data and resources. It’s important for any organization to do what they can to protect their users and data so, in today’s blog, we’ll go through some of the things you need to know about protecting your networks from printer-based vulnerabilities. 

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How to Plan an Office Move for Your IT Infrastructure

How to Plan an Office Move for Your IT Infrastructure

One of the most exciting milestones a business can achieve is growing to the point where it needs a larger office space. While this is indeed a good thing and indicative of many of the most important parts of running a business going well, it can also be stressful to imagine how you’re going to move an entire IT infrastructure from one location to another.

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How Your Team’s Mentality Around Remote Work Shapes Their Productivity

How Your Team’s Mentality Around Remote Work Shapes Their Productivity

Having the right mindset is half the battle for completing any task, but it’s especially important in circumstances such as remote work. Let’s explore some of the important concepts of mindset and what upper admin and management can do to support workers as they foster the mindset appropriate for remote work.

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Tip of the Week: Save Your Technology from Your Pets

Tip of the Week: Save Your Technology from Your Pets

Adoring your pets is second nature, as they seamlessly integrate into your family, bringing unparalleled joy. Nevertheless, the coexistence of pets and technology isn't always harmonious. Today, we'll delve into some effective tips to shield your tech gadgets from the potential mishaps caused by your furry (or not-so-furry) companions.

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Four Ways to Keep Your Tech Clean

Four Ways to Keep Your Tech Clean

All things considered, our devices take a beating during their everyday use. We must do our part to protect them from dirt, grime, germs, and dust. While it’s not the sexiest task in the world, it is no doubt a practice that can prolong the lifespan of your devices. Let’s look at four easy ways you can get more out of your devices through cleanliness.

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Get Started with Managed Services with These Three Questions

Get Started with Managed Services with These Three Questions

When you sign up with an outsourced IT provider to take advantage of managed services for your business, you understandably take a significant risk. You are trusting another company with your business’ most precious assets and data, and you need to do all you can to make the right choice for your company’s future. Thankfully, you can get a pretty good idea of how a managed service provider will work with you just by asking three simple questions.

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How to Recover from a Lost or Stolen Phone

How to Recover from a Lost or Stolen Phone

Losing your phone might feel like the end of the world, especially when you consider just how valuable it is and what kind of data you might have stored on it. There are ways to prevent a lost device from completely sinking your mood and your chances of recovering it. Let’s consider some of them today.

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Four Ways to Avoid Tech Neck

Four Ways to Avoid Tech Neck

The toll on individuals' bodies due to prolonged computer use is often underestimated. Despite this, numerous official studies highlight the potentially adverse impact of desk jobs on overall health. One prevalent issue is commonly referred to as "tech neck," signifying neck pain and damage resulting from prolonged periods of looking down at computers or mobile devices. Consider following these tips to help avoid “tech neck.”

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Best Practices for Storing Your Technology

Best Practices for Storing Your Technology

Storing technology properly is extremely important to its longevity, functionality, and safety. Whether dealing with electronic devices, gadgets, or other technological equipment, you must understand some basic guidelines for storing technology. Today, we look at a few things you should know to ensure your technology is stored properly. 

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Understanding Zero Trust Security and Why It Works

Understanding Zero Trust Security and Why It Works

Zero trust security is an invaluable approach that helps significantly boost how protected an organization is against threats. Nevertheless, many people may need to become more familiar with the term or what it entails. Let’s take a few moments to review the concept and clarify how beneficial it can be.

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Business Intelligence: A Step-By-Step Guide to Success

Business Intelligence: A Step-By-Step Guide to Success

With Business Intelligence (BI) platforms at your disposal, your organization can use data analytics to make better decisions regarding its future. However, using business intelligence platforms requires certain steps so that you can make the most of it. Here’s what you need to do to make proper use of your data.

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Eight Ways to Make Your Business More Efficient

Eight Ways to Make Your Business More Efficient

Efficiently organizing your business is essential to boost productivity, cut costs, and achieve your objectives. This, however, isn’t always simple. Here are some recommended strategies our technicians have to enhance your business organization.

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Ransomware Continues to Annoy Business Owners

Ransomware Continues to Annoy Business Owners

Ransomware has rapidly emerged as one of the most menacing and dreaded forms of malware attacks in use today. If you find yourself hoping it would simply vanish, it's completely understandable, but unfortunately, there is little reason to believe that ransomware is going away.

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12 Metrics That Will Help You Determine Your Organization’s Productivity

12 Metrics That Will Help You Determine Your Organization’s Productivity

Businesses depend on productivity, so being able to determine what it looks like is pretty important for any business decision maker. Of course, it looks different to every business because no two organizations operate in the same fashion or are managed the same way. In this blog, we outline some metrics that you should be tracking to help you determine if you are meeting productivity expectations or not.

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