What is a Managed Services Provider (MSP)? Managed services is the practice of outsourcing on a proactive basis strategic management responsibilities and functions intended to improve operations and cut expenses. It is an alternative to the break/fix or on-demand outsourcing model where the service provider performs reactive, on‑demand services and bills the customer for services…
Data Disorders
Do you have repetitive tasks that are consuming your staff’s time and taking focus away from your core business? You’re not alone. Do you find yourself feeling blue every time “that task” needs doing? Have you often said to yourself, I know there’s a better way—I just don’t have time to deal with it?” Let…
The Social Engineering Scams of Clickbait, Ransomware, and Phishing
What to know about the Social Engineering Scams of Clickbait, Ransomware, and Phishing Clickbait “Huge snake eats man alive!” Have I got your attention? What if I posted a link to a video of the ordeal? You just might be tempted to click, especially because many legitimate articles and other pieces of content use similarly…
Staff Augmentation – Is It Right for You?
Big budget projects, tightly scheduled deadlines, or new business opportunities can strain an organizations ability to get things done. Lacking the proper staff, even the easiest of jobs can become daunting. Add to that a tough, time critical job that lacks adequate staffing and you’re looking at a recipe for disaster. It doesn’t have to…
Compass Consulting Partners with RingCentral
Enhance your professional image with RingCentral! Businesses thrive when they offer smooth, responsive, and personalized service. With the RingCentral complete cloud communications system, you get the power and flexibility of cutting-edge communications technology that’s easy to use, requires no complicated hardware, and empowers you to deliver superior service to your customers. Your RingCentral phone system…
Cyber Attacks – The Great Equalizer
Cyber Attacks Are the Great Equalizer. The technological talent is readily available, it doesn’t take billions of dollars of investment, and it doesn’t take decades to stage an attack. It’s no secret that our government’s computer systems are under constant attack from hackers in Russia, China and North Korea. In fact, the Department of Energy’s…
Managed Services Provider – Ep. 3 of Compass Tech TV
Compass Consulting proudly presents episode 3 of our informative technology video series, Compass Tech TV. Created and produced by OneTwelve Productions, a Compass Consulting marketing and multi-media subsidiary, in this month’s episode, we would like to talk to you about Managed Service Providers. Please join us and watch a brief explanation of what a Managed…
What Our Clients Say About Us
Camarillo experienced record heat this past week. The mercury bubbled up to 95 degrees at the Camarillo Airport. This excessive heat triggered a localized power outage causing a Saturday afternoon failure on one of our client’s networks. Our automated remote monitoring system immediately notified us of the problem and the Compass 24x7x365 on-call team responded…
“Disaster Recovery” – Episode 2 of Compass Tech TV
Compass Consulting proudly presents “Disaster Recovery”, the second episode of our new informative technology video series, Compass Tech TV. Created and produced by OneTwelve Productions, a Compass Consulting marketing and multi-media subsidiary, we invite you to take a glance into the importance of this dreaded topic, also known as “backups.” Disaster Recovery – or –…
Malevolent Malvertising
Here’s a basic Internet surfing rule of thumb: “To avoid being infected with a virus or malware, stay away from shady websites.” Good advice. Okay, now imagine this… you navigate to a very reputable website, say The New York Times, PCWorld, or in this case the London Stock Exchange. You’re merely viewing the home page…
