I am sitting at home, watching a rerun of The Office in bed, and decide to feed my cell phone addiction. This is the most likely the reason I don’t sleep, but that’s a story for another day.
The Social Dilemma
First I must admit, I am not big on social media. For one, my personality is to share ideas, thoughts and subjects with people I am the closest to and not for the entire world to see. I am also not a fan of anything that feels addicting as my time is for me, my family and my business. I do not enjoy anything that feels controlling.
Many Strategies Fail Because There Is No Traction
For years, it has been difficult to implement new strategies or change courses in our business. In order to meet our client’s needs, we built a 24x7 NOC, extended our help desk hours and expanded to seven days a week. So, when do you have time to work on strategy? How do you make the strategy stick and not be just a slogan? For nearly three years, CHIPS has been utilizing the Entrepreneurial...
The Name of the Game is “Integration”
As a tech company, we utilize dozens of applications. Recently, as we were reviewing all of them, we thought ‘what is the point of having all these applications if you’re not utilizing everything they have to offer”? From that brainstorm, we decided to host a live webinar on November 11th with RingCentral to help our clients recognize the benefit of integrating RingCentral with the Teams...
What's New with Microsoft Teams
At the most recent Microsoft Ignite event, the annual gathering of top technology leaders and practitioners, Microsoft announced a slew of new features to the Microsoft Teams Platform. Here are our favorite new meeting features that will be coming to a meeting near you!
Transform Your Organization by Using Technology to Empower Your Staff
In our current environment, chances are your organization is fully cloud based for critical applications and data, and your workforce is at least partially remote. Your staff relies on technology to be productive wherever they are and whenever they need it. Technology has come a long way to help all of us be more productive.
Microsoft launches initiative to help 25 million people worldwide acquire the digital skills needed in a COVID-19 economy
Around the world, 2020 has emerged as one of the most challenging years in many of our lifetimes. In six months, the world has endured multiple challenges, including a pandemic that has spurred a global economic crisis. As societies reopen, it’s apparent that the economy in July will not be what it was in January. Increasingly, one of the key steps needed to foster a safe and successful economic...
CHIPS Technology Group, Inc. Ranked Among World’s Most Elite 501 Managed Service Providers
CHIPS Technology Group, Inc. Ranked Among World’s Most Elite 501
5 tips for working from home with children
Just a few weeks back, hearing—or seeing!—our coworkers' kids during a meeting would have been remarkable. Today, it's all part of a day's work. With schools and daycares closed the world over, and so many of us working remotely, the lines between work and home have blurred indeed. And while it's delightful to see a child scurry past our screen, this situation is undeniably tough on parents.To...
Major Outages Continue to Cause Work From Home Problems
Just this month, T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T and Sprint have experienced major connection issues nationwide while Apple reported service downtime with icloud and other apple services.