Should you Consider a Managed Print Service?
What is a Managed Print Service (MPS)? What are the benefits of a Managed Print Service? Are there any minimum requirements to have MPS? Does this process compromise my network?
What is a Green Office? And 6 Easy Steps to Becoming One
You may have heard the words ‘green’ and ‘sustainable’ quite a bit. With more and more people realizing that the Earth is a finite resource, there has been a bigger push to recycle and reduce waste in order to save the planet. Businesses are now offering consumers green and sustainable products. You can buy everything…
How Managed Print Services (MPS) Can Save You Money
Research has shown using this service saves companies up to 30 percent annually. Did you know that printing and copying costs are seldom tracked or strategized in the American business world? Most companies have no idea exactly how much they spend on paper, toner, equipment repairs and troubleshooting, or on other issues related to managing…
Scammer Alert: Never Engage with Unsolicited Tech Support by Phone, Email or On-screen Pop-up
Hungate Business Services (HBS) wants computer users – particularly clients – to be aware of an increased prevalence and aggressiveness of tech-support scammers. Such perpetrators connect with people by phone, email or via on-screen pop-ups, convincing users their computers are in serious trouble. They then say they can “fix the problem” if you allow them…
Law Firms: “Listen Up”
New digital solutions for document management can save your office thousands of dollars annually. Why not give it a try? The legal profession is one of the most document-driven industries in the world – due to having to capture and/or record almost everything that occurs for each client. One researcher estimates that attorneys handle an…
HBS Transforms Client’s Business through New Document Management System
Hungate Business Services is proud to say one of its clients, Matt Rasnake, IT director for Gas Field Services Inc., recently paid us a compliment: “Our goal was to go from a 45 file-cabinet room to a room with five cabinets, and thanks to Hungate Business services, we easily succeeded that.” Cutting down on file…
How Cookies Make you Vulnerable
At Hungate Business Services, we love eating baked cookies – particularly chocolate chip. What we don’t like are the kind of cookies that internet websites embed on PCs (usually as a file) during visits that can possibly lead to data breaches later. These cookies contain tracking software that gather and store important information about you,…
WannaCry Will Likely Hit U.S. Companies Next
Having a managed services provider, such as Hungate Business Services, is one way to ensure your office’s operating systems are adequately protected against malware attacks – such as those perpetrated by WannaCry, the ransomware that hit on May 12, 2017. Ransomware is a type of malicious software that infects and restricts access to a computer…
The Short Story on Encryption
Up until now, companies have relied on such security methods as firewalls, strong passwords, two-factor authentication and anti-malware to block hackers. However, at Hungate Business Services, we feel application of encryption may be the only true way to protect important or proprietary data from hackers. Encryption is the process of taking a file and scrambling…
Does Public Wi-Fi Put You at Risk?
Ever been waiting for a flight connection in an airport and killed time by viewing Facebook or checking email on your laptop or smart phone? Then you may have put yourself at high risk for being hacked. Hungate Business Services wants to let clients know that open or public Wi-Fi often isn’t well encrypted and…
