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##  [Technology](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/categories/technology)

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##  [Tech Giants Are in on AR](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tech-giants-are-in-on-ar)

  Monday, 24 February 2020

  [Daniel Mathieu](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/blogger/daniel-mathieu)

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Augmented reality has been one of the most cited emerging technologies for the past few years. It was the technology that was supposed to fuel Google Glass, the failed attempt at creating a pair of revolutionary smart glasses. Since then, there hasn’t been much press about AR in the mainstream media and not much is known about major tech companies’ attempts to improve AR technology.

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  [Google](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/google)   [Innovation](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/innovation)   [Augmented Reality](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/augmented-reality)

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##  [Google is Introducing Verified Business SMS to Android](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/google-is-introducing-verified-business-sms-to-android)

  Friday, 14 February 2020

  [Daniel Mathieu](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/blogger/daniel-mathieu)

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How often do you find a message in your SMS inbox that has clearly come from a business, but you almost have to wonder, simply because the incoming number seems to be randomized? Google has taken notice of this challenge, and so has rolled out a means for businesses to confirm that they are in fact the ones sending a particular message.

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  [Communication](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/communication)   [Android](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/android)   [Business](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/business)

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##  [How to Tell When Your Technology Needs Upgrading](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/how-to-tell-when-your-technology-needs-upgrading)

  Monday, 10 February 2020

  [Daniel Mathieu](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/blogger/daniel-mathieu)

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The curious thing about information technology is that, while it improves as any other technology would, the environment can accelerate the various changes made to it at various rates. As a result, knowing when your business needs to upgrade its technology isn’t always so cut-and-dry. To help, we’re sharing a few clear indicators that hint that the time has come.

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  [Best Practices](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/best-practices)   [Technology](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/technology)   [Upgrade](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/upgrade)

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##  [Is HealthCare IT Improving? In a Word: Absolutely](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/is-healthcare-it-improving-in-a-word-absolutely)

  Monday, 03 February 2020

  [Daniel Mathieu](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/blogger/daniel-mathieu)

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Improvements in technology have allowed us to come a long way since the days of our ancestors, which is made exceptionally clear by our developments in the realm of healthcare. There are so many ways that healthcare providers can use information technology to their advantage, so we’ll cover a select few here.

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  [Technology](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/technology)   [Healthcare](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/healthcare)   [Electronic Health Records](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/electronic-health-records)

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##  [Data Virtualization Makes Managing Data Easier](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/data-virtualization-makes-managing-data-easier)

  Monday, 27 January 2020

  [Daniel Mathieu](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/blogger/daniel-mathieu)

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Businesses are using more data than ever. Unfortunately, the data is usually spread out over different systems. Typically, this would make managing this data extraordinarily difficult, but with virtualization, the modern business that wants to use its data, can, efficiently.

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  [Data](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/data)   [Virtualization](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/virtualization)   [Digitize](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/digitize)

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##  [A Brief Look at Virtual Assistants](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/a-brief-look-at-virtual-assistants)

  Wednesday, 22 January 2020

  [Daniel Mathieu](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/blogger/daniel-mathieu)

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There is no doubt that you have come across the virtual assistant (or voice assistant). Whether you have it on a smartphone or you use it via a digital speaker in your home, you have probably spent some time using some type of virtual assistant.

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##  [Potential Issues Your Server Could Experience](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/potential-issues-your-server-could-experience)

  Friday, 10 January 2020

  [Daniel Mathieu](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/blogger/daniel-mathieu)

  [Datalyst Blog](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/categories/blog)   [Technology](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/categories/technology)

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Most businesses nowadays require a server in order to operate properly, but these critical pieces of infrastructure aren’t immune to issues. Here, we’ll go over a few common reasons that you may experience a server crash.

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  [Server](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/server)   [Network](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/network)   [IT Support](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/it-support-1)

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##  [Windows 7 EOL is Not the End of the World](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/windows-7-eol-is-not-the-end-of-the-world)

  Friday, 03 January 2020

  [Daniel Mathieu](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/blogger/daniel-mathieu)

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Windows 7 is only days away from being officially retired by Microsoft. The software company has done all it can to try to educate users about the end of the OS, which has its last support update on January 14, 2020, but won’t be getting any more. As of this writing there are still nearly 25 percent of computers running Windows 7. Let’s take a look at why it is imperative that you upgrade or find a solution to get out from under the Windows 7 OS.

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  [Upgrade](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/upgrade)   [Business Computing](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/business-computing)   [Windows 10](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/windows-10-1)

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##  [Holy Moly It’s 2020: 50 Years of Technology](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/holy-moly-it-s-2020-50-years-of-technology)

  Wednesday, 01 January 2020

  [Daniel Mathieu](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/blogger/daniel-mathieu)

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Today is the first day of the third decade of the 21st century. For some, it’s just another year, but for others it seems almost impossible that we’ve reached this point without floating cars and manned missions to Jupiter. Fifty years ago, some of the technology that is used in the course of doing business was simply fiction or conjecture. We thought it would be neat to take a look at some of the technological changes made since 1970.

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  [Technology](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/technology)   [Business Computing](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/business-computing)   [Business](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/business)

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##  [Could You Be Benefitting from Virtualization?](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/could-you-be-benefitting-from-virtualization)

  Friday, 20 December 2019

  [Daniel Mathieu](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/blogger/daniel-mathieu)

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A big part of running a successful operation is knowing how to make the most of your resources, minimizing your operating costs while still generating optimal sources of revenue and other income. One way to do so is by making the most of the hardware you currently have - such as your servers.

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  [Virtualization](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/virtualization)   [Optimization](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/optimization)   [Virtual Machines](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/virtual-machines)

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##  [The Best Smartphones Heading Into 2020](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/the-best-smartphones-heading-into-2020)

  Friday, 13 December 2019

  [Daniel Mathieu](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/blogger/daniel-mathieu)

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The smartphone has become the most utilized computing device in the world. As a result, consumers are looking for the very best of them to get the functionality they demand. The current set of flagship smartphones that are available provide all types of benefits for business, for commerce, and for networking. Today, we’re going to take a look at the best phones you can buy heading into 2020.

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  [Technology](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/technology)   [Smartphones](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/smartphones)   [Mobile Devices](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/mobile-devices)

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##  [The Security Risks of Using Workarounds to Get iMessage to Work on a PC](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/getting-your-imessages-on-windows-10)

  Friday, 01 November 2019

  [Daniel Mathieu](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/blogger/daniel-mathieu)

  [Datalyst Blog](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/categories/blog)   [Technology](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/categories/technology)

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If you use an iPhone, iPad, or any other Apple device, you’ve probably used iMessage. iMessage is the popular built-in messaging app. It’s Apple’s version of the text message, but it’s packed with great features that iPhone users have grown very fond of. We looked around online for ways to access your iMessage in Windows, but only found workarounds that compromise your security.

We’re going to discuss these workarounds, but we highly recommend you do NOT attempt them. These are two of the most common procedures people have come up with to try to get iMessage to work on a Windows 10 PC, but both put you at a security risk.

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  [Apple](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/apple)   [Apps](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/apps)   [Microsoft](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/microsoft)

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##  [Tip of the Week: How Bandwidth Works (and Why It Matters)](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tip-of-the-week-how-bandwidth-works-and-why-it-matters)

  Wednesday, 04 December 2019

  [Daniel Mathieu](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/blogger/daniel-mathieu)

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Businesses require a lot of their Internet connections, especially if they’re using technologies like VoIP, screen-sharing, and/or webinar platforms. If you’re looking to incorporate these features, you need to be sure you have enough bandwidth to support them. We’re looking at a few reasons that your bandwidth matters, and how to tell if you have enough for your needs.

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  [Internet](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/internet)   [Network](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/network)   [Consulting](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/consulting)

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##  [Find Out Why Your Wi-Fi Won’t Cooperate](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/find-out-why-your-wi-fi-won-t-cooperate)

  Tuesday, 26 November 2019

  [Daniel Mathieu](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/blogger/daniel-mathieu)

  [Datalyst Blog](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/categories/blog)   [Technology](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/categories/technology)

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Wi-Fi is seen as an increasingly important feature in the office - and for good reason. How many of your meetings rely on members being able to connect a device to the network? How frequently do you find yourself pulling something up on your mobile device?

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  [WiFi](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/wifi)   [Internet](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/internet)   [Router](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/router)

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##  [Office 365 Offers More Than You May Think](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/office-365-offers-more-than-you-may-think)

  Monday, 25 November 2019

  [Daniel Mathieu](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/blogger/daniel-mathieu)

  [Datalyst Blog](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/categories/blog)   [Technology](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/categories/technology)

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Businesses should value organization, collaboration, and usability. There are few tools greater than what Microsoft has offered for nearly the last 30 years to fulfill these values. Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and so many more great tools are available to your business. Today we thought we would go over what other useful tools are available through Microsoft, and how your business can utilize each of them.

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  [Microsoft](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/microsoft)   [Productivity](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/productivity-1)   [Office 365](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/office-365)

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##  [Taking a Long Look at Smartphones](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/taking-a-long-look-at-smartphones)

  Friday, 22 November 2019

  [Daniel Mathieu](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/blogger/daniel-mathieu)

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Smartphones are a marvel of modern ingenuity. After looking at employee smartphone use as a problem for much of the past few years, today’s businesses have begun to amend that strategy and are now using employee devices to their advantage. With such a large percentage of today’s workers actively using smartphones, it only makes sense for businesses to try and incorporate their employees’ devices into their day-to-day operational strategy. Today, we’ll take a look at smartphones and how they’ve managed to go from nuisance to necessity.

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  [Smartphones](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/smartphones)   [Productivity](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/productivity-1)   [Mobile Devices](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/mobile-devices)

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##  [Tech Term: Uptime](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tech-term-uptime)

  Wednesday, 13 November 2019

  [Daniel Mathieu](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/blogger/daniel-mathieu)

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In managing business technology, we are always talking about downtime--how expensive downtime is, how downtime hurts productivity, how there are a multitude of separate situations that can cause downtime. That kind of doom and gloom may not get you to act, but it may just put you off. Today, instead of downtime, we thought we would talk about uptime.

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  [Technology](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/technology)   [Avoiding Downtime](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/avoiding-downtime)   [Tech Term](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/tech-term)

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##  [How Much TLC Does Your IT Need?](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/how-much-tlc-does-your-it-need)

  Friday, 25 October 2019

  [Daniel Mathieu](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/blogger/daniel-mathieu)

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Technology is a requirement in today’s businesses - but just having technology isn’t nearly enough. You need to make sure that you are performing the proper maintenance activities as well, to prolong the useful life of your solutions. Here, we’ll review a few basics to keeping your technology solutions ready for your use… and how we can help with that.

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  [IT Services](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/it-services)   [Upgrade](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/upgrade)   [Managed Service](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/managed-service)

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##  [File Sharing Tips from the Pros](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/file-sharing-tips-from-the-pros)

  Friday, 11 October 2019

  [Daniel Mathieu](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/blogger/daniel-mathieu)

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The more time that passes the more files your business accumulates. These files need to be stored in a place where your staff has access to them. Since a lot of today’s work is collaborative, finding the right file sharing and collaboration solution is extremely important for the growing SMB. Today, we will tell you some things you need to do to maintain efficient file management systems.

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  [File Management](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/file-management)   [Collaboration](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/collaboration)   [Data](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/data)

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##  [Why VoIP is a Great Option for Your Business Telephony Needs](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/why-voip-is-a-great-option-for-your-business-telephony-needs)

  Wednesday, 09 October 2019

  [Daniel Mathieu](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/blogger/daniel-mathieu)

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With all the communication options available today, it can still be hard to beat the convenience and simplicity of the telephone. However, the phone is far from a perfect solution - it can be expensive, for one. However, what if there was a way for you to get a fully-featured telephone service with a variety of tools, without having to pay an arm and a leg?

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  [VoIp](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/voip)   [Communication](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/communication)   [Efficiency](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/efficiency)

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