September 2025 - S3 Technologies

September 29, 2025
By Ben Mroczek
Best Practices

How to Hire an IT Vendor You’ll Never Want to Fire (Us)

How do you know when it’s time to fire one of your vendors? Better yet, how do you know when you’re better off firing your IT vendor to find a better option? These kinds of situations can be stressful, but they’re not impossible. We’re here to help you make the call, as well as to […]

September 26, 2025
By Ben Mroczek
Business

Managed IT Helps Your Business AND Your Employees

Do you have an internal IT department for your business? Small businesses often don’t have dedicated IT staff, and if they do, chances are they’re overwhelmed with tasks and constantly playing catch-up (IT is a big job, after all). In fact, they might feel like they can never take time off because they’re so busy. […]

September 24, 2025
By Ben Mroczek
Security

Phishing Scams Are Everywhere. Here’s What You Need to Know.

Scams are everywhere, and it’s up to you and your team to identify them before you accidentally expose your business to something truly sinister. However, it’s often easier said than done, and scammers have gotten craftier in recent years. Today, we want to discuss three of the dead giveaways that you’re looking at a phishing […]

September 22, 2025
By Ben Mroczek
Technology

How to Make Sure Updates and Patches Don’t Create More Problems

If you want your devices to keep running smoothly, including utility and security, you need to ensure they are updated. Updates sometimes cause problems beyond what they solve, however. What looks like a routine patch or update could impact your important applications, and if you’re not careful, you could potentially cause a downtime scenario simply […]

September 19, 2025
By Ben Mroczek
Security

The Right Cybersecurity Measures are a Great Confidence Booster

Nowadays, we’re all busy—especially at work. Collectively, our days are filled with improving our products and services, cultivating client relationships, and putting out fires left and right. Do you really have the mental bandwidth to commit to quibbling over whether or not your data is secure? The fact of the matter is that cyberattacks of […]

September 17, 2025
By Ben Mroczek
Tip of the Week

Sick of Sifting Through a Packed Inbox? Unsubscribing is Easier Than You’d Think

The average email inbox can easily become packed with so many unwanted messages… not necessarily spam, per se, but threads and feeds you’re just no longer interested in. Fortunately, there are capabilities baked into Gmail and Microsoft Outlook alike that allow you to remove these messages from your concern.

September 15, 2025
By Ben Mroczek
Technology

Why Are You Still Using That Fax Machine?

Does your business really still use that old fax machine? Chances are, it’s just taking up space and costing your business valuable time, money, and resources that would be better spent elsewhere. Let’s look at how a fax machine can actively hold your business back, both in terms of operations and budget.

September 12, 2025
By Ben Mroczek
Best Practices

How to Keep Disasters From Holding Your Business Back

What would you do if your entire infrastructure were impacted by ransomware all at once? Do you have a contingency in place to address this risk, or are you going to “wing it” in the face of such a threat? The smart answer is that you’ll be prepared, and a data backup and disaster recovery […]

September 10, 2025
By Ben Mroczek
Business

Why Throwing Good Money After Bad Hurts Your Business

The more you’ve invested in anything, the more critical it feels for you to get a return on that investment. So, what happens if you keep pouring money into these efforts in the hope that it will eventually work out in your favor? These kinds of skewed choices come about thanks to the sunk cost […]