Mar 6, 2022 | Amazon, Apple, augmented reality, Azure, bruceb, business, Facebook, Google, Internet, Microsoft, virtual reality
I’ve been trying to figure out a role for Bruceb News in 2022. My life has changed – I’m working with Jim Rowson on our latest best-selling novel SMelL and I’m not doing much IT work any more, as planned. But I still devour tech news hungrily, scanning hundreds...
May 27, 2021 | Azure, backup, cybersecurity, mail, Microsoft, OneDrive, security, web_services
Educate. Encourage. Enforce. It’s all about security. That’s today’s job for a small business IT consultant. There’s been a consistent curve to technology adoption over the years: enterprises build their businesses around giant-sized technology-based processes, then...
Jul 30, 2020 | Apple, Azure, laptops, Lenovo, Microsoft, mobile, Windows10
Microsoft is failing at adapting Windows to modern ARM processors – and it doesn’t care. Microsoft will never acknowledge the decline of Windows, but it has already pivoted the company, so its bottom line will not be affected if consumers and small businesses flee to...
Mar 30, 2020 | Azure, business, Google, Internet, Microsoft, news, remote, Teams, video, web_services
Across the globe, hundreds of millions of people are using their Internet connection more intensely than they did just a few weeks ago. Usage ramped up so quickly that the infrastructure is being stretched past its limits. I don’t have any tips. You don’t...
Aug 7, 2019 | Azure, business, Microsoft, network, Office 365, security
Business Office 365 accounts have at least one global administrator with godlike power over everyone’s business accounts and mailboxes. In our dangerous world, businesses have to protect that account fiercely. I could make a good argument that online security is more...
Jul 10, 2019 | Azure, Dropbox, Microsoft, Office, Office 365, OneDrive, OneNote, Outlook, web_services, Windows10
I wanted to love OneDrive for Business. And it should have been a great relationship! There are lots of reasons to love OneDrive for Business. Although it had problems in the past, now the Windows app is stable and fast; I’ve got lots of storage space included with my...
