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Archive for July, 2023

Protecting Your Business: Preventing and Detecting Ransomware Attacks

Ransomware is malware that accesses your network and locks you out of your system. It steals important data and files, locks them, and demands payment in exchange. Preventing and detecting ransomware attacks ...

Streamlining Business Operations: Unlocking the Potential of Modern Workflow Optimization

Have you found your team’s workflow needs improvement? Using current tools to improve workflow could help your business run better. These methods improve performance and boost productivity. Integration also takes less time ...

Gmail Update Simplifies Scheduling Meetings

Scheduling a meeting is not the most enjoyable task. You email someone to find a time. They respond with several alternatives. You choose one. They confirm. There is a lot of communication ...

The Role of Software Updates in Keeping Your Business Running Smoothly

You may believe software updates are only intended to resolve bugs or add new features, but they have far more benefits for your business. They improve the compatibility and performance of ...

Remote Work Cybersecurity Risks: Safeguarding Your Business in the Digital Era

With the new normal brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic came the remote work boom. Teleworking brings with it benefits like improved productivity and flexibility. However, it also presents cybersecurity risks. Let's ...

Windows Update Ransomware

When you see a Windows update, you anticipate a security improvement, not a threat. However, a sneaky extortion scam disguised as a Windows update page has recently appeared. Its danger lies in ...

Using Dashboards to Monitor Your Business Performance

Keeping track of your business success is a lot easier with dashboards. This business intelligence reporting tool helps you see your critical business metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs). With dashboards, you ...

How Regular IT Maintenance Boosts Your Business Productivity

Running a business involves taking care of a lot of moving parts. One area you might think about only sometimes is your computer hardware, which includes your servers and other parts and ...

Collaboration Tools for Improved Productivity and Teamwork

The modern workforce has shifted significantly over the past decade. Previously, employees commuted to physical offices where they worked in person. More recently, many positions transformed into work-from-home opportunities that allow employees ...

Strengthening Cybersecurity Defenses in Real-Time

Cyberattacks are a big business problem and can occur when you least expect them. Strengthening cybersecurity defenses in real-time offers a modern way to protect your business and its digital assets. What ...

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Wearable Technology: Enhancing Employee Productivity and Health

Wearable Technology: Enhancing Employee Productivity and Health

If you have a smartwatch on your wrist, you're not alone: Millions of people wear watches that do much more[...]
The Benefits of Digital Payment Systems for Businesses

The Benefits of Digital Payment Systems for Businesses

While much of the discussion of digital payment systems focuses on consumer benefits, the technology also offers many advantages to[...]
What OpenAI SearchGPT Can Do for Your Business

What OpenAI SearchGPT Can Do for Your Business

Business owners worldwide depend on search engines to quickly get them the resources and answers they need. Google does a[...]

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Austin, TX 78759
(512) 336-2970

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Austin, TX 78702

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Since 2003, The Critical Update has been a leading provider of IT support and consulting, focusing on small and medium sized businesses in the Austin metropolitan area. We have helped hundreds of businesses increase productivity and profitability by making IT a streamlined part of operations. We equip our clients with customized technology solutions for greater operational value and to reduce risk.

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