Neglecting MFA: The Scary Reality of Your Business Risk IT security is more important than ever. Cyber-attacks and data breaches are a daily occurrence, they just don’t all make headlines. Businesses that fail to take proactive security measures put not only themselves at risk, but their customers too. One of today’s foundational security measures is… Read more »
How To: Properly Power your Electronics By Mike Shinn, Support Manager IN THIS ARTICLE: Power Distribution Considerations About Battery Backups Be Choosy With Your Power For years California has hoped for more rain – we certainly could use the water. Unfortunately, with each storm comes additional problems in the form of power glitches. California is… Read more »
Behind the Screens- Meet Tach Meet Tach! Tach has been a Rapid Response Technician on team CIO for about a year and a half. As an RRT member, he answers the call for help when our clients hit a snag in their work day. This typically means taking phone calls to resolve issues, but in… Read more »
SaaS Backups: Whose Job Is It Anyway? The importance of backups for Microsoft 365 By Sean Gill, Director of Client Strategy IN THIS ARTICLE: The Business Benefits of SaaS Solutions Understanding Microsoft’s Shared Responsibility Model Effectively Protecting Your Data More and more, companies are relying on Software as a Service (SaaS) applications to run… Read more »
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CIO Solutions Receives SOC 2 Type II Attestation Independent Audit Verifies CIO Solutions’ Internal Controls and Processes Santa Barbara, CA – January 2023 – CIO Solutions, a leading local IT Management and Cloud solution provider, announced that it has again completed its SOC 2 Type II audit. Performed by KirkpatrickPrice, this attestation… Read more »
Why Blacklisting Spam May Not Work From CIO Support IN THIS ARTICLE: What does it mean to “blacklist spam”? Blacklisting spam: a losing battle Alternatives to Blacklisting Imagine this scenario: you’re sitting at your desk and an email pings. It’s an invite to a business conference from a name that looks familiar. Glancing over it,… Read more »
Understanding Office 365 By Josh Farlow, Director of Cloud Services You’ve likely heard of Microsoft 365* in some form. However, what it is and what people think it is, are often two different things. Many people still think of it in limited terms. Without understanding the full value and extent of productivity benefits this tool… Read more »
Behind the Screens- Meet Maniver Meet Maniver! She is one of CIO Solutions’ awesome client success managers (CSMs). She moved to the United States from India in 2008. A member of the CIO Solutions team for the past 4 years, her home base is our Fresno office. She guides her clients to success by developing… Read more »
Behind the Screens- Meet Ignacio Ignacio is a skilled member of our backups team. They handle the managed backup services for our clients. Ignacio says, “we’re in charge of all backup services provided to our clients. This means keeping all machines’ backups done and working fine, also detecting issues or possible problems with the client… Read more »