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Moving to Windows 10? Use the Migration as a Reason to Refresh!

If you haven’t made the move to upgrade your systems to Windows 10, now is the time. With less than five months until support ends for Windows 7, it is important to begin taking inventory of software and hardware assets now to ensure you are ready to go for [...]

Catch-IT: Microsoft to Replace Skype for Business with Teams

Microsoft recently announced it will retire Skype for Business Online in two years (July 2021), to be replaced with Microsoft Teams.  Current Skype users will experience no change in service in the two years leading up to retirement. But starting September 1, 2019, Microsoft will onboard any new Office [...]

Windows 7 to End Support in Six Months

It’s hard to believe that 2019 is halfway over.  Before you know it, it will be back-to-school followed by winter parkas.  As you shift your mind to future planning, we’d like you to think about your computer systems.  Beginning January 14, 2020, Microsoft will no longer support Windows 7. [...]

Office 365 and the Shift to Software Subscription Models

Microsoft recently released Office 2019, the first major update to the standalone version since Office 2016. For those looking to upgrade, your options consist of the traditional offline Office 2019 license or the subscription-based Office 365. First introduced in 2013, Office 365 caused some confusion as most were used [...]

Catch-IT: Using Internet Explorer? Time to Move On…

Released back in 1995, Internet Explorer (IE) was once the browser standard.  Installed by default on every Windows computer, IE held about 95% of the market share in the early 2000s.  Today, Microsoft is urging users to stop using Internet Explorer as they are no longer supporting new development [...]

Windows 10 Hidden Tips and Tricks

Using Windows 10? Check Out these Great Features! Windows 10 has some fun tools to help make life a little easier. Some are a bit older and others relatively new, all are designed to save time and reduce everyday headaches. Let's take a look at the 10 cool tools [...]

Business Machine Technologies Named to CRN’s 2019 Managed Service Provider 500 List

Business Machine Technolgies, Inc. (BMT), a leading provider of IT services and solutions, today announced that CRN, a brand of The Channel Company, has named BMT to its 2019 Managed Service Provider 500 list in the Security 100 category. This annual list recognizes North American solution providers with innovative approaches to managed [...]

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NotYourAverageITCompany

Threats are moving so fast it's hard to keep up Petya/NotPetya? On June 27, there was news of a cyber attack affecting the Ukraine. It was thought to be a worm known as Petya spreading ransomware. 24-hours later it was reclassified as NotPetya because, you guessed it,  it was [...]

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