Suffolk Computer Consultants, Inc. Blog

When you consider your business’ strengths, you might feel the need to focus on quantifiable aspects that can be defined with numbers. There are some competitive advantages to this, but it’s especially important to keep in mind that perhaps the most important quantifiable strength you have is your ability to sustain a positive company culture.

As technology improves, it’s important that businesses that wish to stay competitive implement these advancements. Otherwise, they risk falling behind the curve where the ability to keep up with the demands of the market is concerned. However, many businesses may find that the biggest pushback against incorporating new tech comes from their existing employees.

One in four Americans is a millennial, which puts their numbers at over 83 million. This means that the generation with the most people in the United States, all 83 million of them, are of the age where the time has come for them to work for a living. This in turn means that there are more workers from this generation than any other.

We wish IT security was as simple as setting up a good firewall and installing an antivirus. We talk a lot about security solutions that cover a lot of your bases, such as our Unified Threat Management (UTM) system. While these enterprise-level solutions are important, any investment in protecting your network can be upended by a single act of user error.

While the hope is that the office will be a haven of productivity and collaboration, it is also a prime breeding ground for huge amounts of stress. While different people may react differently to stress, it ultimately will hold a business back if left unchecked. In this blog, we’ll explore different kinds of stress, and how you can reduce it in your business.