Network Management, Inc. has been serving the Virginia area since 1994, providing IT Support such as technical helpdesk support, computer support, and consulting to small and medium-sized businesses.
With smartphones being more sophisticated and feature-packed than ever, you have to wonder how many of those features are actually spying on you. Depending on the apps you install, your device could be secure, or it could be at risk, and it’s worth examining these apps every so often to ensure you’re not putting your personal or business information at...
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There’s no denying the convenience that so many of technology's essential features and functions can now be managed with a simple command, if not completely automated, thanks to the Internet of Things. With the IoT, everything is augmented by a miniature computer… but these devices are built to be convenient and (for lack of a better term) cheap. As such,...
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Are you still depending on your business being so small that it flies “under the radar” of potential threats? The most dangerous mindset you can have is that you’re too small for a hacker to care about your data. In reality, hackers don’t care how big your business is; they care about what data they can steal, and there’s plenty...
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Is your tech strategy based on your actual business goals, or is it just a game of Whack-A-Mole with broken laptops? Many businesses operate in break-fix mode. Something breaks, you pay to fix it, and you move on. But this reactive spending is expensive, stressful, and keeps you two steps behind your competitors. To grow, your technology needs to follow...
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If you’re counting on a big, dramatic hacking attack being the method of choice for any cybercriminal with you in their sights, I have some bad news. In reality, cybercrime is sneaky. A threat quietly infiltrates your network, lying in wait and biding its time, gradually collecting data until the perfect moment arrives. On average, a hacker spends 180 days...
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The break-fix cycle of IT is a well-known drain on business profit, but some companies have yet to move away from it. They just assume that if their technology is working fine, it’s not costing the business anything. This is far from true, and the true cost of this is rooted in the amount of billable hours, emergency repair premiums,...
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Remember the good old days? You had an IT problem, you called your Managed Service Provider (MSP), and they’d swoop in to save the day. Maybe they’d fix your server, patch a system, or help you set up a new laptop. It was reliable, necessary, and... well, a bit reactive. Fast forward to 2026, and that picture has changed entirely....
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If there’s one thing that’s true for any business, it’s this: variety is the enemy of stability. This is especially true in the world of technology, where complexity creates more problems for networks than it solves. If your aim for your operations is consistency, then it starts with a process called standardization. (more…)
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The walls of Troy didn't crumble under brute force; they opened from the inside. By the time the Trojans realized their gift was a hollow shell filled with Greek soldiers, the decade-long siege was over in hours. (more…)
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You know your business needs multi-factor authentication, but chances are you see a lot of pushback from your employees because of how inconvenient it is for their work. In an effort to please everyone, you implement SMS authentication out of sheer convenience, but the innovation of SIM swapping means that this method of MFA is a vulnerability rather than a...
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