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ImageSys LLC has been serving the Gaithersburg area since 2005, providing IT Support such as technical helpdesk support, computer support, and consulting to small and medium-sized businesses.

Three Reasons You Need to Keep Downtime to a Minimum

Three Reasons You Need to Keep Downtime to a Minimum

Downtime is a business killer, and if you’re not actively monitoring your network to keep it to a minimum, you’re doing yourself and your business a disservice. Downtime can be defined as any time when your organization is not operating as it’s supposed to, and it must be controlled at all costs. Otherwise, you’ll run into the following three issues that are difficult to deal with.

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Your Communications Tools Have to Match Your Needs

Your Communications Tools Have to Match Your Needs

Communications are a crucial part of every business, and today there are more options than ever. You have your telephone, email, messaging, and other forms of communication that, while valuable in their own right, may actually serve to complicate processes. In today’s blog, we briefly discuss the different parts of a business communications platform. 

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How Water and Big Tech Mix

How Water and Big Tech Mix

Water is often used as a cooling agent for hardware solutions, including gaming PCs, data centers, and other powerful hardware systems. A business can use similar cooling methods for its entire building. In fact, Microsoft wants to implement a similar style of cooling for its data centers.

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Buy Hardware Now. It’s Only Going to Get More Expensive

Buy Hardware Now. It’s Only Going to Get More Expensive

Whether you like it or not, 2025 could be a rough year, and not for the reasons you suspect. Businesses like yours might have a hard time with hardware acquisition, among other issues forecast by industry professionals. Today, we want to address some of the most significant issues on every industry insider’s mind.

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Net Neutrality is Perpetually In Limbo

Net Neutrality is Perpetually In Limbo

Net neutrality has been a hotly debated issue for years, with regulations frequently changing based on political shifts. Recently, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) latest net neutrality policy, setting progress back significantly.

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Looking to Invest in Your Communications? Consider VoIP

Looking to Invest in Your Communications? Consider VoIP

For years, the telephone has been one of the most tried-and-true business communications solutions, and that trend will continue into 2025. If you’re still using the phone solutions of the past, however, you’ve got some upgrading to do. Here’s what you need to know about the best communications investment you can make: Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP.

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Upcoming Tariffs Could Impact Your Hardware Purchases (Buy Now)

Upcoming Tariffs Could Impact Your Hardware Purchases (Buy Now)

Have you looked at the forecast lately? Not the weather forecast… the market forecast. You know, the one that shows that proposed tariffs could impact the market—including hardware costs—as early as February 2025.

You know what that means: it’s time to upgrade or purchase new hardware today before the price hikes make it impossible.

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How VoIP Can Make 2025 Your Best Year Yet for Communication

How VoIP Can Make 2025 Your Best Year Yet for Communication

This year, we’re making a resolution to help more businesses than ever, and part of that is ensuring they have access to the best technology solutions around. If you aren’t satisfied with your current phone infrastructure, we have some good news for you. You don’t have to rely on traditional telephone systems, and there is a better alternative out there in Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP).

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Three Ways to Use the Cloud for Your Business

Three Ways to Use the Cloud for Your Business

Have you ever noticed how expensive tech stuff can get? Well, businesses feel the same way, especially when prices are going up fast. That’s why many companies are turning to the cloud. It’s like a virtual space where they can store and run everything they need—without buying a bunch of pricy equipment. Let’s see how SMBs can use the cloud to save money. 

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Are Smart Tech Manufacturers in Hot Water with the FTC?

Are Smart Tech Manufacturers in Hot Water with the FTC?

Smart gadgets are everywhere these days—video doorbells, voice assistants, and even things like floss dispensers and breast pumps. While these devices are all very different, they usually share one big issue.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is worried because many smart devices don’t tell you when they need updates—or worse, don’t offer updates at all.

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What You Need to Know Before Carrying Out a Needs Assessment for Your Technology

What You Need to Know Before Carrying Out a Needs Assessment for Your Technology

Keeping your business technology running can sometimes feel like being on a treadmill—you work hard to keep things moving, but eventually, something breaks, and you’re forced to fix or replace it. You should try a technology needs assessment to avoid surprises and stay ahead. This process can help you figure out what’s working, what’s not, and how to plan for the future.

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Forget the Iron Triangle: Managed IT is a Win-Win Solution for Your SMB

Forget the Iron Triangle: Managed IT is a Win-Win Solution for Your SMB

In project management, there is a framework called the “iron triangle” that helps you balance the costs, time, and quality of your project’s outcome. While this term is most frequently used to showcase how each of these variables impact the others, it can also be helpful to illustrate why it’s helpful to have someone else work with your IT. You can strategically implement outsourced IT services to make maintaining this delicate balance between cost, time, and quality more palatable.

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SS7 Attack: The Mobile Man-in-the-Middle

SS7 Attack: The Mobile Man-in-the-Middle

There are all types of threats on the Internet, but one of the most interesting that has been in the news recently is the SS7 attacks that have the U.S. Department of Homeland Security scrambling to find a solution. In today’s blog, we’ll go through how an SS7 attack works and why they can be so dangerous. 

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Tip of the Week: Bringing Your Legacy Systems to Modernity

Tip of the Week: Bringing Your Legacy Systems to Modernity

Legacy systems can be a tough nut to crack. On the one hand, they may be absolutely essential to your business operations. Still, on the other hand, these essential tools may keep you from reaching new heights… particularly if they are never updated.

While such updates are usually far from straightforward for a layperson, a business with access to IT professionals like us doesn’t have much to worry about.

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The Technology Behind the Iconic New Years Ball

The Technology Behind the Iconic New Years Ball

The New Year brings a sense of renewal—a chance to start fresh and set intentions for the year ahead. It’s also a time for cherished traditions, none more iconic than the famous Times Square Ball Drop. As millions watch the illuminated ball descend, signaling the countdown to midnight, few realize the rich history and technological evolution behind this beloved custom.

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A Totally Remote Office Can Work. Here’s How

A Totally Remote Office Can Work. Here’s How

The Internet has opened the doors for a new type of work: remote work. If you hire employees internationally, for example, you are not limited by the proficiencies and perspectives of your local region. If you’re looking to leverage remote teams, we’ve got some tips for you.

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It’s Time Your Business Takes a Proactive Approach When It Comes to Cybersecurity

It’s Time Your Business Takes a Proactive Approach When It Comes to Cybersecurity

Keeping your data secure is more difficult today than in any time in history. Not only does everyone need to be vigilant in the way they operate online, they are constantly inundated with security-first protocols that can really get tiresome when you are working at a computer for dozens of hours a week. Unfortunately, this is the norm now and if you are not proactive when it comes to your cybersecurity efforts, you could find securing your business’ technology much more difficult.

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Six Excuses to Keep Tape Backup Around Longer Than You Should

Six Excuses to Keep Tape Backup Around Longer Than You Should

If your business is still using tape backup, we’ve got news for you: you’re behind the times by a decade or two. Still, there might be some merits to using it, despite the overwhelming evidence that digital backup solutions like Backup and Disaster Recovery (BDR) are all-around better. Here’s why you might still use tape backup in today’s modern business world.

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A Christmas Carol (About Cybersecurity)

A Christmas Carol (About Cybersecurity)

Every year around this time, some particular stories are often told as part of ongoing family tradition. We like to take some time and share some holiday stories of our own, slipping in our own lessons that mainly apply to the businesses we work with and amongst.

What follows is one of these tales.

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Don’t Take Needless Risks. Implement a Disaster Recovery Strategy Now

Don’t Take Needless Risks. Implement a Disaster Recovery Strategy Now

There’s no escaping the inherent risk that comes from anything worth doing, and that includes business. That said, you can take steps to minimize the bad and make more room for the good. One such way you can do this is with an effective disaster recovery strategy.

Today, we’re looking at what goes into building a proper disaster recovery strategy and why your business needs to consider it a priority.

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