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One of the greatest security risks found in the workplace today is the adoption of consumer-grade file sync and share services, such as Dropbox or Microsoft’s OneDrive. While these tools can be incredibly helpful, providing employees with a convenient way to access important files wherever they go, it also creates new challenges for protecting critical…

The goal of any successful business is to reduce overhead while finding new ways to provide their employees with the tools they need to move ahead of the competition. Fact: cloud terminal services can save you money. But it is also essential to obtain cloud computing services for your company from the best provider in…

Many businesses of different sizes, ranging from small mom-and-pop shops to large corporations, often wrestle with the idea of how to best host company email. While some prefer to keep it all in-house with local server IT solutions for business, others are exploring their options with cloud-based hosted services, such as Office 365. Truth be…

Just about any business would love to embrace Slack’s motto, which says to “be less busy.” Finding ways to improve productivity in Boston and the surrounding area is a never-ending quest. However, with IT services support programs and an effective unified communications solution, it can be achieved. It can be difficult to know which Boston…

Looking for a way to simplify communications through the use of a unified communications solution? Synivate is proud to announce that we are now a Digium Partner and can provide our clients with the Switchvox On-Premise business phone system in Boston and the surrounding area. Switchvox is an on-premise phone solution that has more bells…

WannaCry is a malicious software package that is perhaps one of the most well-known “brands” of RansomWare to the general public, due to all of the headlines it made when it first began affecting computers around the globe on May 12, 2017. This particular RansomWare worm targeted computers that were running Microsoft Windows, and it…

Every business of every size is looking for ways to reduce overhead. Less overhead means more profit, which opens up new opportunities for growth. The cost of doing business seems to rise with every passing day, so it pays to choose solutions that can help you to save money, yet still provide all of the…

Looking for an affordable solution that will provide your Boston area business with disaster recovery services to protect your essential data and IT system? Fires, floods, hurricanes, snow storms, and other natural disasters, can wreck havoc on technology-based businesses that rely on computer systems and networks for their daily operations. Other situations, such as cyber…

The year 2017 marks the end of the line for five Microsoft applications: Office 2007, Exchange Server 2007, SharePoint Server 2007, Visio 2007, and Project 2007. Microsoft will no longer support these applications because they are at the end of their lifecycles. If your business is running any of these applications, you should consider upgrading…