December Newsletter 2019

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December 2019 The Best Holiday Gift For Your Employees Who’s Ready To Ring In The New Year? Is Your Business Ready For 2020?

LeadingIT Culture: Celebrations 4 Ways Technology Can Improve Your Business The Gift That Keeps On Giving

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The Best Holiday Gift For Your Employees What is the best gift you can give your employees this holiday season (or any season for that matter)?

Efficiency in their workday! Technology is meant for your business success- not slowdowns, frustration or even a cyber crime like a data breach or a ransomware attack. Is your business operating with excellent technology or are you waiting days for a call back from your “IT guy”? Your organization, school, municipality, etc. collects customer/client data daily. Are you confident that you have a secured network to protect personal data such as payment information?

What your business deserves: The best cybersecurity protections and IT support with our award-winning service at an all-inclusive model. You will not have to worry about calling us 1x/week or 100x/week, how many

times your office moves, unlimited projects, cybersecurity protections, and more.

Your team will increase work time, strong tools, and a protected network from previously slow and bad IT. The efficiency you gain can only bring your business success.

Let us take the stress away from technology issues so you can get back to business.

Let us be your guide in cybersecurity protections and IT support. Give us a call at: 815-496-6300.

Don't miss in this issue, "4 Ways Technology Can Improve Your Business", for more!

Who’s Ready to Ring in the New Year?

Is Your Business Ready for 2020?

Do windows pop-up's on the corner of your computer annoy you? Those reminders aren't there to pest you, but to warn you about the critical end of Windows 7. In January 2020, Windows 7 will no longer be supported or patched by Microsoft.

How does this affect you?

What do you do?

Do you still have Windows 7 workstations in your fleet?

Then this applies to you. In January 2020, the OS that your computers use will be out of date and unsupported.

But the larger issue lies in security because without upgrading the OS, you put your information and data at risk.

Time is limited. Work to replace or update any dated workstations you still have. Call your IT provider. If your IT provider doesn't advise you or stress the urgency of the end of Windows 7, do not settle for subpar IT. We are here to guide your business in cybersecurity protections and IT support.

Windows 7 will not be patched or updated after January 2020. Which as we saw with Windows XP, Windows 7 will be the ultimate goldmine for cyber criminals. The real problem lies in the security of your network. Your business will be vulnerable to cyber criminals as Microsoft will not patch or update Windows 7 anymore.

It may seem like a choice, but as a business owner that genuinely cares about the betterment of your company, this is an absolute requirement.

This is a critical point for your business. Changing your workstation can save you time, money and even more importantly, the viability of your business through a ransomware attack.

Originally posted on June 12, 2019, via goleadingit.com/blog.

This was part 1 of a 3 part series called, “3 Things Every Business Needs to Accomplish in the Next 6 Months”. The ending of the article has been updated to apply to the time of year.

LEADINGIT CULTURE

Martin Blair

CELEBRATIONS

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5th Anniversary

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The Gift That Keeps on Giving Looking for a way to score some extra holiday funds AND a way to give back to the community? Look no further- giving us a referral helps everyone in 3 DIFFERENT WAYS!

4 Ways Technology Can Improve Your Business It boosts productivity.

Technology like task management software can change how you work through a day. Everything is listed out, and you can check it off as you go. You can even make dependent tasks so tasks are automatically created for anyone who may be next in line to work on a project.

It’s crucial to marketing.

You need online and social media marketing. This is where people are. Understanding how social media marketing works can increase the number of people who know about your company, which increases your customer base.

It’s essential for security.

Technology and security go hand in hand. As your business relies more on technology, you need to rely more on security to protect your networked equipment, like all of your employees’ PCs and your many servers.

You can’t communicate without it.

With things like e-mails, VoIP phone services, and direct messaging through social media sites, technology has made communication easier than ever. When you know how to use all these forms of communication, it puts you above the competition.

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It’s simple. You give us a referral (or a few) of a business(es) in need of our cybersecurITy support. If they sign-up with us then…

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You receive a $500 AMEX gift card!

A Chicagoland business will receive the gift of productivity and business success with simple and secure technology. *An added bonus- If the newly signed business is a McHenry County business, then LeadingIT gives $250 to the United Way of Greater McHenry County!

Don’t wait!

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