Why Add CSI Cloud Backup to Office 365

Why Office 365 Customers Need a Backup Solution Many business owners using Office 365 believe that their data is totally secure. The reality, however, is a different story.  Although Microsoft offers many benefits in productivity, efficiency, and collaboration with Office 365, the company doesn’t provide users with a comprehensive backup system for their underlying data. Mechanical malfunctions and physical damage, hacking and theft, user […]

Windows 10 Update Printing and Start Button Issues

Windows 10 Update Printing and Start Button Issues Are you having issues with printing or clicking on your Windows Start Menu button?  It may be caused by the Windows 10 update that came out on October 3rd with security fixes.  We have been working with clients all week because when they went to print, the […]

Phishing Emails – What to Look For

As with every organization, job functions vary by department, but we all share one common responsibility: protecting the private data of our clients, customers, partners, and co-workers.

IT Managed Services – Is it right for you?

What are Managed Services? Managed services is defined as the practice of outsourcing day-to-day management responsibilities and functions as a strategic method for improving operations and cutting expenses. Working with a managed services provider gives clients peace of mind and frees up valuable resources to focus on business productivity and profitability. What gets accomplished? Computer […]

Data Breach!

Data breach. If you click on the term data breach hyperlink will take you to have music to the company the term data breach because the consequences can truly be quite serious and destructive. Did you know that in the first four months of 2014 there were more than 300 publicly disclosed data breaches in […]

VDI – Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

My wife informed me that my original title for this post “VDI and other productivity enhancing TLAs” was confusing, she also told in my hair looked ridiculous…She was right about the hair so I quick changed the title to the current iteration. Virtual Desktop Infrastructure or VDI, is not new to the IT computing world. […]

Open Mesh – Cloud Based Mangement Wireless Networks

We want to take a little time to tell you about an amazing modular wireless network system called Open Mesh. It doesn’t replace your router, it will expand your Wi-Fi network’s range, speed, and overall efficiency. And it is one of the most cost efficient IT solutions we have ever come across. Open Mesh is […]

Critical Data Storage and Recovery…What’s Your Plan?

Summer has officially kicked off in the state of Minnesota, the part of the world where CSI Onsite resides. For those of us who reside in Minnesota Since the readership for this blog is located across the globe allow me to briefly describe what Minnesota summer weather can be like. Minnesota is a state where […]

The Mighty, Mini Raspberry Pi -Part Two

If you consider yourself a techno-stein, hacker, or a dedicated IT enthusiast, and you’ve never heard about the Raspberry Pi, you’re in for a treat. In our last blog simply titled Raspberry Pi we briefly explored the credit card sized computer called Raspberry Pi and the organization (Raspberry Pi Foundation) responsible for creating and marketing […]