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Archive for March, 2024

Understanding and Optimizing Small Business Server Hardware

Is your small business heading out of that “small” category? While that’s amazing news for your goals and bottom line, you’ll find some change necessary for continued plain sailing. One of these ...

Gemini AI Can Help Format Your Google Slides

Google is proving to be a leader in the AI landscape with tools like Vertex AI, but it's the latest function in Google Slides that has small business owners feeling excited.  Anyone ...

AI in Marketing: Personalization and Targeting Strategies

Artificial intelligence allows companies to craft personalized ads that target specific demographics. Incorporating AI in marketing with the right personalization and targeting strategies can drive results higher and faster than what you ...

Bitwarden’s Passkey Feature for Businesses

Today's companies need some way to authenticate user access to protect their systems and sensitive data from unauthorized access. Passwords are a common authentication method. Unfortunately, managing numerous passwords on a professional ...

Improving Productivity in the Workplace

As an employer, your primary focus is keeping your business afloat by maintaining staff productivity, which increases company efficiency and customer satisfaction. However, productivity can quickly decline if repetitive tasks make workers ...

The Rise of Conversational AI: Transforming Customer Support

If the thought of "chatting" with artificial intelligence seems alien to you, you might be surprised that you're already doing this on various platforms. Don't you pay your electric bill over the ...

The Dangers of These Social Media Privacy Issues

Social media is a part of our everyday lives. Despite the many benefits of these platforms, social media privacy issues remain a major concern among users.  Learn about the sensitive information that ...

Empowering Employees: AI’s Role in Small Business Training and Skill Development

Every business owner envisions a dream team that's growing, innovating, and maximizing available resources. If AI solutions can take your current employees up a notch, that dream might be an imminent reality. ...

The Benefits of SEO for Small Businesses

Where do consumers turn when they need to find a product or service? A majority of shoppers look online — or, more accurately, to Google. In one survey, 56% of consumers relied ...

Network Infrastructure: The Backbone of Small Business Success

What does a robust network infrastructure offer your business? Besides being the unsung productivity and data storage hero, this infrastructure fosters connectivity and communication. It’s a significant advantage if you want a ...

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Cybercriminals Target Educational Institutions as Year Begins

Cybercriminals Target Educational Institutions as Year Begins

The 2024-2025 school year is underway, and parents are sending their kids back to school with fresh notebooks, pencils, and[...]
Biometrics and Business Security: Protecting Sensitive Information

Biometrics and Business Security: Protecting Sensitive Information

Have you ever considered that the only thing standing between a hacker and your sensitive data is the average seven-to-12-character[...]
Massive CrowdStrike Outage Could Have Hit Millions of Devices

Massive CrowdStrike Outage Could Have Hit Millions of Devices

When cybersecurity vendor CrowdStrike released an automatic update to its vulnerability scanner Falcon Sensor on July 19, 2024, the last[...]

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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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