Blog & News
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Phishing Security Update from LeafTech Consulting
Due to COVID-19, SPAM, phishing, and website scams are on the rise – is your organization ready? Google reports that its flagship email service, Gmail has received more than 18 million phishing attacks per day related to COVID-19. SPAM filtering service Nuspire has announced…
LeafTech offers Microsoft Teams Demos
LeafTech understands how important it is to stay connected during the COVID-19 outbreak. Communication is a critical component of LeafTech’s culture. Here’s a behind-the-scenes peek at how LeafTech uses Microsoft Teams to effortlessly stay connected…
LeafTech Partner offers FREE UCaaS Licensing in response to COVID-19!
RingCentral, a fantastic UCaaS (Unified Communications as a Service) platform, is offering free licensing in assistance to businesses in these turbulent times. As current RingCentral users and implementation specialists…
LeafTech’s Guide On Keeping Your Business Safe When Working Remotely!
Quickly evolving travel and social requirements in response to COVID-19 mean that, like it or not, many organizations like yours are asking traditional office-based employees to work from home…
Transitioning to Work From Home? Here’s How LeafTech Can Help!
With the recent Colorado statewide stay-at-home order announced by Governor Jared Polis, LeafTech understands the importance of supporting our clients as they transition to remote work. LeafTech is standing by to answer any questions…
Praise from a Happy CTO & Current LeafTech Client
I wanted to take a moment to recognize LeafTech during this difficult time. I appreciate your flexibility to strategize with and support me. We’ve been ‘in the cloud’ with our services for quite a while and it paid dividends the last few weeks. As a CTO of a small company…
LeafTech’s Covid-19 Remote Workforce Readiness Checklist
Is your company ready to work remotely? LeafTech’s entire support staff transitioned to remote work the same day that the decision was made by management, without disruption to our clients. To assist our valued customers, LeafTech developed a checklist outlining the considerations….
Talkdesk offers free Business Continuity Plan (BCP) solution
LeafTech’s long-standing partner, Talkdesk, announced a program to help companies with legacy phone systems enabling their workforce to operate remotely during these uncertain times. Talkdesk is an industry leader supplying Cloud-based Contact Center Software…
Apple Stores close doors for COVID-19
The COVID-19 outbreak has impacted business technology in a multitude of ways. Recently, Apple announced they are temporarily closing ALL stores, excluding those in greater China, until March 27, 2020, due to the recent COVID-19…
Be technologically prepared for COVID-19
LeafTech understands there is an increasing concern about the Coronavirus. We are here to answer any questions or concerns regarding the technological impact this virus may have on your business. We urge our clients…
QuickBooks Desktop Email Issue
Over the last few business days, LeafTech clients that use QuickBooks Desktop have been reporting issues with emailing from the application when using Outlook. All of a sudden when you NEED to send a purchase order the feature is not working and you get an error message…
LeafTech in a Communication Outage
Microsoft Teams users were unable to access the collaboration application for most of the morning on 2/03/2020 due to an expired authentication certificate. According to Microsoft, Teams had more than 20 million daily active users as of the end of 2019…
Chris McAree, Nominated for TITAN 100 CEO Competition
During the last month, I found myself approached to write a nomination. Jaime Zawmon reached out to see if I would be interested in nominating our CEO Chris McAree for their Titan 100 competition. Now, when I first heard the name I thought it was some kind of iron…
Changing Careers to IT
Career changes are daunting for most, and I’m certainly no exception. If you decide to change your path – don’t expect the battle to end when you land the job in the career you are interested in. The following is my experience with changing careers to IT support, and what it was like to join the LeafTech Team…
Critical Issue with Apple’s Catalina Update
We have CRITICAL information about the latest Apple Operating System, Catalina. This is a very important blog to read if you are an Apple Computer user. This information applies only to desktops and laptops – don’t worry about your iPhones and iPads! Apple released…