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 Phishing and Email Scammers! The amount of email sent each day is staggering and our communication with one another is getting more complicated.  Email Phishing scammers pray on this every day. According to campaignmonitor,com a site that manages bulk email marketing,  This data set shows that as of 2018, there are about 124.5 billion business emails sent and received each day, while there are about 111.1 billion consumer emails sent and received each day. Source the  Radicati  Group As a point of reference, the US Postal Service delivers 484.8 million mailpieces per day. That's a lot of junk mail With this amount of email you can imagine that scammers are trying to slip by even the most trusted systems. They are getting nastier and demand ransoms even when they are not really on your system! Here is an email that was captured by our filters!  If these are getting to you please take note of how the scammers try to take advantage of even unfounded
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Free Software Costs Us All!.... (or what to do if the person next to you says, here use my account/key/login) I am always amazed when I run across someone running pirated software.  After all it is 2019 and there are a variety of ways to get similar products for free, or via a subscription for a small fee.  (Some argue that it is not that small).  Office Online and Google Docs give users similar functionality to the Office apps loaded on a Windows or Mac computer.   The issue is that people are not used to the dynamic of saving to the cloud and sharing from there in a safe manner.  Therefore desktop applications are still necessary and have a lot more functionality than the online versions.  This is why people still want them on their computers.  However there are still a few that think they shouldn't have to pay for that ability.  I have seen vendors that think Outlook should be free to connect to their POP or IMAP source so they provide it, but neglect to tell the client
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Phishing or Fishing?   Either way it is bad news for your Email and more! There has been a dramatic increase in the emails that you are receiving that are not what they seem to be.  In the past these "Phishing" attempts have been mostly harmless.  Now they are taking on a more nefarious purpose! DON'T be a victim of these criminals.  In recent months we have witnessed these hackers taking over Office 365 mailboxes and sending out fake invoices to the customers of the victim.  These invoices have fake websites for taking payment information and in many cases ask for wire transfers in the HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of dollars!  Email is an essential part or our everyday communications. It is also one of the most common methods that hackers use to attempt to gain access to sensitive information. More than 90% of data breaches start with a phishing attack. “Phishing” uses fraudulent email messages designed to impersonate a legitimate person or organization and trick the r
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Experience a New Level of Freedom with Office 365

The Tech Doctors takes a deeper look at how Microsoft Office 365 helps Bryce McDonald, a solo entrepreneur who runs DAY 1 Wake, a wakesurf board making business, scale his home-based business out to the world. Office 365 gives Bryce a new level of freedom that he didn't have previously because the cloud-based app lets him access, edit, and share documents from anywhere on any of his devices.
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Don't Miss Another Post from The Tech Doctors

IT is revolutionizing the way small businesses get stuff done. Sign up for emails that keep you posted on how IT can help your company grow. View: Don't Miss Another Post from The Tech Doctors
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Realizing The Potential Of Big Data And Analytics

It's not what you know. It's what you do with what you know. That's something companies worldwide will be learning--for better or worse--in the coming year when it comes to big data. This article contains some tips as you assemble your strategic big data plan. Read More...
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Azure enabling precision agriculture

FarmBeats is an AI for Earth Lighthouse project aimed at showcasing the benefits of Azure in a variety of applications. Water scarcity and pollution are threatening the livelihood of farmers around the world; they are under immense pressure to produce. Through sensors, drones, data analytics, AI, and connectivity solutions, Microsoft is enabling precision agriculture to improve yield while reducing resource consumption.
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