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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.

Regulation in Technology and Why It’s So Important

Regulation in Technology and Why It’s So Important

Technology is a major part of all people’s lives, with the most used and pervasive technologies having been created by large corporations that can seemingly do whatever they want without repercussion. Let’s look at the efforts to keep this “big tech” under control and why it’s important for society.

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How Automation Can Improve Your Operations

How Automation Can Improve Your Operations

When it comes to running an efficient business, automation is king, particularly for time-intensive tasks that are monotonous and not particularly rewarding for the individual involved. One task that aligns quite well with this description is remote management. You can achieve more with less if you strategically automate various aspects of your IT.

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Adapting Your Technology to Your Business Pays Big Dividends

Adapting Your Technology to Your Business Pays Big Dividends

Your business is bound to evolve over time and this means that you need to find services that work to meet your business’ changing needs. One of the best ways to do this is to partner with a managed IT provider. Let’s take a look at how a partnership with an MSP can help the small and medium-sized business.

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Budget-Friendly Technology to Help Save Your Business Money

Budget-Friendly Technology to Help Save Your Business Money

Technology is important to almost every organization nowadays. Still, depending on their situation, they may run into problems acquiring the technology that truly allows them to get over the hump and be as efficient as they possibly can be. Let’s take a look at three ways you can stretch your IT budget.

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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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Let’s Discuss Some Common Networking Equipment

Let’s Discuss Some Common Networking Equipment

Networking equipment can be complicated, particularly for complex networks designed for business technology. Today, we want to take a look at some of the more common networking equipment out there so that you can better understand what goes into managing and maintaining your business’ operations and infrastructure.

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What Data Should Your Business Secure?

What Data Should Your Business Secure?

SMBs need to prioritize data security and privacy throughout their operations, but the type of security will depend heavily on the nature of that data. Some of the variables include the specific types of services offered, industry regulations, and the types of transactions accepted. Here are some of those types of data and how they should secure that data.

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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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Four Opportunities AI Can Present Your Business

Four Opportunities AI Can Present Your Business

Artificial intelligence has become pervasive in application development over the past few years, and, as a result, it has presented businesses with a whole new set of opportunities to promote efficiency and reduce costs. In today’s blog, let’s go through some of the ways AI is affecting business. 

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In Technology, Innovations Can Be As Important as Inventions

In Technology, Innovations Can Be As Important as Inventions

Today, technology stands out for its remarkable pace of growth and continuous innovation. I really mean continuous. Nearly everything that has been developed is eventually improved upon, until something new comes along and replaces it. If an improvement is good enough, especially if it is seen as indispensable, it will often transcend the initial invention. This has happened many times over the years. 

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Meta’s Threads Trying to Beat X at Its Own Game

Meta’s Threads Trying to Beat X at Its Own Game

For the past six months, the social media giant Meta (AKA Facebook) has attempted to take advantage of the perceived instability at X (AKA Twitter) and create a microblogging community in the same vein, called Threads. Today, we thought we would take a look at Threads and how it is similar to X, and how it aims to pull users away from the microblogging giant. 

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Planning Your Technology for the Long Term

Planning Your Technology for the Long Term

Even the best-laid plan can be disrupted, and any business needs to understand that going into these types of situations with limited knowledge is also risking the plan falling apart. Business technology needs to be cost-effective, and if you don’t have a plan, you could wind up paying far more than expected. It helps to have a professional on your side who can help you make these decisions.

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Technology is Making Christmas Possible for Many Families and Friends

Technology is Making Christmas Possible for Many Families and Friends

In our rapidly evolving society, very few things are as they once were. One thing that feels a lot similar to the past is the Christmas holiday. Sure, it’s more commercialized than ever, but by-in-large many of our holiday traditions stay the same. People make a point to get together and exchange gifts and eat too much; and they tend to do this every year. 

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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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There’s Psychology Behind the Scams We Have to Avoid

There’s Psychology Behind the Scams We Have to Avoid

Psychology, the systematic examination of the mind and behavior, can offer profound insights into optimal actions for your company. From crafting compelling client messages to building a strategy of team motivation to better meet your organizational goals, this understanding has a lot to offer your organization.

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Five Technologies You Need to Get a Handle

Five Technologies You Need to Get a Handle

Technology has assumed a central role in the operations of most businesses. You may already consider yourself well-versed in various aspects of business-related technology. Today, we'd like to explore five cutting-edge technologies that not only happen to be trending but also offer significant benefits for businesses. 

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Three New Features Being Added to Future Data Backup

Three New Features Being Added to Future Data Backup

When you think of innovation, data backup isn’t always at the top of the list of subjects that come up. As the demand for data security and redundancy grows, however, we are beginning to see some interesting innovative features being added to data backup. Let’s take a look at three interesting new features future data backup systems will include. 

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5 Considerations You Need to Understand Before You Purchase Hardware

5 Considerations You Need to Understand Before You Purchase Hardware

Every business faces two crucial IT decisions: selecting the appropriate hardware for its operations and determining when it's time for a hardware upgrade. In today's landscape, there's a plethora of choices available to decision-makers that were previously unavailable. While this provides more options, it also makes hardware decisions both easier and more complex due to the numerous factors to consider. Let's take a look at some of these factors today.

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Keep Being Proactive to Enhance Your Business

Keep Being Proactive to Enhance Your Business

Technology plays a dual role within your business—it's not only indispensable for its well-being—it’s also a facet that remains under your complete control. Of course, this is a progressively rare attribute in business. To maximize the potential of your business technology, adopting a proactive management approach is paramount. In this blog post, we'll delve into the reasons why maintaining a proactive stance in technology management can yield substantial cost savings for your business.

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IT Supports Your Sales, Too!

IT Supports Your Sales, Too!

How successful your business is will ultimately be determined by its sales team. Your sales team, as talented as they are, will also be at the mercy of the technology they use to convert your qualified leads into paying customers. Let’s go over how you can use technology to support your sales team and ensure they reach their goals.

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