Joe Apps

  There are many acronyms in the IT world. Two common ones are SaaS and MSP, which stand for software-as-a-service and managed service provider, respectively. The bigger question is what the differences are between these two and why you would need one or the other. We are here to help.   What’s SaaS? Your business may already be relying on SaaS. Some of the more widely used platforms include:   ·          Microsoft 365   ·          Salesforce   ·          HubSpot   ·          MailChimp   ·          Shopify   ·          SurveyMonkey   ·          Canva   ·          Slack   SaaS c...

  Many businesses were teleconferencing before COVID-19. After all, meeting virtually saves both you and your client time, and busy business owners often don’t want to spend the time to make a trip to your office. The coronavirus has hastened the move to e-accounting, but this approach presents some new problems, which we’ll address in this article.   #1 Speed First, let’s consider speed. You may have a promised internet speed such as “up to 15 Mbps.” But internet connection speed, which impacts your experience, reflects bandwidth and latency. Bandwidth is the amount of data transferred per second, whereas latency is how long it takes for that data to get from source to destination. You need both to be good to be able to handle many video calls at once. Yet a lot of consumer-grade hardware is not built for several of your staff to be on the same call with a client. Tip: Switch to a business-grade router. Optimize its settings to ensure security from bandwidth leeches a...