Category: Managing Technology

New cybersecurity tax scam hits New Hampshire during tax time

Jason Golden, CISO and head of cybersecurity at Mainstay Technologies, tells you how to thwart hackers and stay vigilant to protect against a cybersecurity tax scam this tax season.

Risk Assessment and Cybersecurity Restrictions in Client Contracts

You’re reviewing the updated contract from your largest client, when you notice a “Security Addendum.” You read through and quickly realize – you have no idea if your IT partner is doing half of this, and you’re pretty sure you’re out of compliance on the other half. What to do?

Microsoft Azure – 7 things to know

Microsoft has set its sights on Amazon and Google and is making no secret of its business plan to dominate the business cloud market. Have a Windows server? A desktop or laptop running Windows? Microsoft wants your data, your operations, your business on its cloud.

5 Takeaways from the Microsoft World Partner Conference 2016

As Microsoft goes, so goes the world. Microsoft products power small businesses around the globe, and Microsoft’s focuses dramatically impact us all. Here are 5 takeaways from Microsoft WPC you should know about.

Vulnerability management and how to combat spear phishing

A spear phishing email is more difficult to spot – it’s designed just for you. It’s an email crafted just for one person, imitating the email address and name of someone they know.

Seven 2015 Technology Trends for Small Business

Now as we look ahead, let’s consider predictions for technology for the year ahead. The rate of innovation is speeding up. Moore’s law is continuing to hold true and has become shorthand for the exponential rate of progress in technology.

IT Strategic Planning for the New Year – and why it matters!

It will be 2015 in just 2 weeks! New Year’s is always a great chance to reflect and look ahead. I’m a huge believer in goals – both personally and in business. We follow an extensive strategic planning process at Mainstay – we set top level goals for the year ahead which then cascade down� Read More »

Efficiencies for your Organization with Real ROI

Small tasks, minor inconveniences, occasional slowdowns, and imperceptible bottlenecks can result in an organization losing weeks worth of productivity each year. By upgrading just one system that saves staff 10 minutes per day, you can reclaim a full 40 hours of productivity within one year – per staff member.

Mitigate Security Threats in your Organization

As these high-profile attacks have all impacted large enterprises, it would be natural to think that as a small business/organization, you are safe. Unfortunately, that just isn’t true.

Custom App Development – In a World of Millions of Applications

In the age of millions of smartphone apps, industry-specific applications in every sector, ubiquitous office software, and powerful ERP systems, why do many of our clients find the need to use Mainstay’s developers to create fully custom applications? Let us elaborate on our custom app development. The answer lies in the very nature of business itself.� Read More »