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IT Support vs IT Security – Are You Getting The Service You Deserve?

Small businesses are just as vulnerable – if not more so – as larger organisations to cyberattacks, data breaches, and other IT-related issues (including simply poorly maintained equipment) that can compromise their operations, reputation, and profitability. They also need an occasional helping hand with some of the more everyday helpdesk issues that arise, be they problems, or simply helping to get new staff set up on the systems.

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Macnamara Content Team 2 January 2024
Best practices

What is Information Management and Information Security?

Before the cloud, when businesses were primarily working from an office, they knew where their information was, how people could access it, how it was backed up and how it was protected. Now since we’re ever increasingly working in the cloud and from multiple remote locations, it’s less clear. This can cause all sorts of problems and headaches for businesses, including a heightened risk of becoming the victim of fraud through to non-compliance with your legal and regulatory obligations.

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Macnamara Content Team 9 November 2023
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Macnamara blog

Could You Have Been Breached And Not Even Know It?

If your account is breached, how would you know? A clever cybercriminal, on gaining access to an account, would not necessarily take immediate action. They may linger for some time, taking advantage of their access to explore what you have access to, examine your data, and read your email transactions, waiting for the moment to pounce. In this article by one of our security partners, we dispel some myths and examine some scary truths about how malicious actors take advantage of access.

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Macnamara Content Team 16 June 2023
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Best practices

How do you know if your IT company is doing the right things for your business?

Reviewing your IT Support is something that all businesses, large and small, should do periodically. IT is an ever evolving environment and the rapid pace of change presents new opportunities as well as threats. Yet, IT Support is a very different thing from IT Security. At Macnamara, we’re clear on the distinction. We do both, but they are NOT the same thing. In this great article by one of our security partners, we highlight some of the things you should consider when reviewing your service or choosing a new one.

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Macnamara Content Team 15 June 2023
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Office Impact

How To Stay Calm and Be Resilient During a Business Crisis

You can’t escape the C-word at the moment. 

And by C-word we’re not referring to “coronavirus” – nor “COVID-19” (though, you can’t escape those either).

The word of the day is crisis. Because you know what – COVID-19 is just one crisis. It’s surely not the first, and it won’t be the last.

So here’s one particularly valuable thing you can learn from this situation: how to stay calm and logical in the face of any crisis – big or small – that impacts your company.

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Macnamara Content Team 26 March 2020
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Office Harmony

5 (Science-Backed) Strategies for Unleashing Staff Creativity

Whether you’re the manager of a team or working on a project with a group of staff, there are times when creativity is needed.

And the more of it you can tease out from everyone, the better the results are going to be.

Now, let’s not be mistaken here… creativity is not just a thing for artistic pursuits. It’s about generating fresh ideas, thinking laterally, coming up with unique ways to solve complex problems… regardless of the field you work in.

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Macnamara Content Team 27 February 2020
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Office Harmony

How (and Why) to Get Everyone Excited About Your Business Mission

It’s one thing to have a business mission. It’s another for your staff to live and breathe it. 

Because getting them on board isn’t exactly a walk in the park. 

In fact, less than half of workers in any industry feel strongly connected to their company’s mission, according to Gallup research. 

So how do you communicate your mission in a way that makes your whole team want to jump up and fly the flag? And is it really that important anyway?

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Macnamara Content Team 25 December 2019
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Office Sanctuary

How to Cut Down the Number of Telephone Calls You Have to Deal With at Work

If there were a soundtrack to your workday, what would it be?

We can rule out Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5. (Clocking off at 5? You should be so lucky…) 

Stayin’ Alive? Barely. 

No… If there were a soundtrack to your workday, it would be the sound of your phone ringing. Because that thing just doesn’t seem to shut up. 

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Macnamara Content Team 28 November 2019
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Office Sanctuary

How To Regain Control of Your Inbox

Remember the days when your inbox was all shiny and new and empty? When every email arrived with an excited “ping” and you enthusiastically dove in to read and reply? 

Us neither.

Let’s face it, most inboxes nowadays are more like tentacled sea-monsters. They have you in their grasp, not the other way around. They’re uncontrollable. They’re scary.

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Macnamara Content Team 29 October 2019
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Office Sanctuary

Hitting Refresh: How To Take Effective Work Breaks

What do your work breaks look like?

Do you gobble down a sandwich with one hand while typing with the other and call it a lunch “break”?

Do you get away from your desk but stay glued to your phone?

Because here’s the thing: not all breaks are created equal.

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Macnamara Content Team 8 October 2019
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Next Level Office Managers

Trip planning? Try these 5 must-have travel apps.

If you’re in charge of booking staff travel, you know all too well how time-consuming it can be. 

How do you find a flight that gets there on time and in budget? How do you search multiple airlines and booking platforms at the same time? 

How do you avoid sneaky fees, confusing information and misleading quotes? And how do you keep track of all the travel details once everything is booked?

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Macnamara Content Team 29 August 2019
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Office Harmony

Let’s Talk About Snacks, Baby

It’s time to talk about your office snack situation. Granted, the contents of the level 3 vending machine are probably not high on your agenda.

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Macnamara Content Team 25 May 2019
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Cloud Services

AWS vs Azure vs Google – Which Cloud Service is Best?

The ability to store, edit, and access data around the world has revolutionized the way people and companies operate — Cloud services are no longer considered a luxury — they’re the cornerstone of a firm’s coherent and competitive IT strategy.

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Macnamara Content Team 18 March 2019
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