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IT for Construction Companies

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As a leader in the Construction field, it’s important to protect your employees, customers and business through technology. Our construction-specific cybersecurity, encryption and technology services can help you with safety and productivity. Please let us know if you have any questions about the specific technology that can help protect your construction business, please don’t hesitate to contact us for a free technology consultation. Improve your company’s technology today! Keeping Paperwork in Order We help construction companies with the organization and secure storage of paperwork, including licensing, supplier contracts, and more. OSHA Requirements As technology changes, construction companies need to ensure that they are continuing to follow OSHA requirements. Monitoring Productivity Our technicians are familiar with software and applications, such as Fieldlens, to help monitor your job sites and productivity. Cybersecurity Cybersecurity is extremely important to maintain, as it helps protect your employees, customers, partners, and business. Contractor Licensing Our technicians can help organize, moderate and back up construction and contractor licenses, agreements, and much more. Infrastructure Our technicians can set up or improve both the technology infrastructure for your administrative office and temporary job sites. Data Storage Whether you use a server or the cloud, we can help manage your data storage and provide you with the most cost-effective data storage solutions. Construction Software & Applications Our technicians are thoroughly familiar with software and applications used for construction companies.



The Importance of Data Backups

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We can't stress enough how much data backups are crucial for businesses of all sizes. Data is often considered the most important element for small to medium enterprises. And there's no doubt that it's an absolute necessity for enterprise corporations. Protecting your data is not only protecting your company's past, present and future, it is protecting your customers' as well. There are so many ways that companies can lose data, so it's important to always have backups of all information.
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Utilizing the Right Social Media Platform for Your Business

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While most businesses understand the importance of social media to build and maintain their customer base, many do not understand which social media platforms to utilize to fulfill their goals. Finding the right social media platforms is a great way to take advantage of free marketing opportunities. You don't need to purchase ads or boost posts to generate new leads. However, you do need to create posts and content that are not only calls-to-action, but informative, engaging, and appropriate for the platform itself.
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Cybersecurity and Your Business

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Properly maintained cybersecurity is imperative for businesses of all sizes. Whether you’re an enterprise corporation or a mom-and-pop shop, as long as you use the internet, you and your business are susceptible to being hacked. Hackers can not only access your business’s financial information, but your customers’ as well. Even if your company has its own IT department, many businesses do not focus their technology on cybersecurity. According to a recent survey, 75% of IT professionals admitted they did not have a formal cybersecurity response plan at the company they work for; 66% weren’t confident in their company’s ability to recover from a cybersecurity attack. Our IT Nerds make cyber security a top priority for all of our clients, including schools, government agencies, car dealerships, and other small-to-medium businesses. We also provide large corporations with supplemental IT security support as well. We are constantly researching the latest news and information about hacks, IT security, government standards, and more, so that we can provide our clients with the latest in cyber security solutions. The National Institute of Standards and Technology is frequently releasing updated guidelines in risk assessment that requires continuous monitoring. There are also many different elements to cybersecurity that we keep in mind when offering our IT solutions, while many other information technology companies just focus on one or two elements. Application security, operation security, disaster recovery, end-user education/training, information security, and network security are the main factors that we keep in mind when providing cyber security solutions to our clients. However, we understand that every business is different and may requires certain components, such as certifications or HIPAA compliance. At Nerd Crossing, we provide the San Francisco Bay Area with diligently constructed cybersecurity solution packages. For more information on how we can help your business or nonprofit, or to receive a free cybersecurity consultation, please do not hesitate to contact us.



Why Mobile-Friendly Sites are Important

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While you may have a website for your business, do you know why having mobile-friendly sites are important? Did you know that 80% of internet users own a smartphone? In 2014, mobile internet use had already surpassed desktop access. So what does this mean for your business? It is not only important to have business websites, but they must be mobile-friendly sites as well. A good design means nothing if it can’t be seen by a majority of page visitors on their phone. According to research, Americans spend roughly 87 hours a month on their mobile devices. That means that more than likely, your potential client is going to see your mobile site first. We urge everyone to check out your website on your phone and see if your site is translating properly to mobile. Did you know 61% of people that look up mobile websites will not return if  they had trouble accessing it? If a customer can’t find the menu on their phone, they are most likely not going to visit again. Moreover, 40% will visit a competitor instead. Is your website scaring away your mobile visitors and potential customers? Let us help you reach your potential customer by making your website mobile-friendly! For more information on how we can help create mobile-friendly sites, contact us today. We even offer free web consultations!



The Importance of Encryption

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Many companies with 1099 independent employees have recently mandated that business devices must be encrypted to safeguard customer and company data. Encrypting and protecting this data is imperative to keeping your business, customers and job safe. Even if the company you work for has not mandated this policy, what would happen if your work computer, laptop, phone, tablet, or storage device was stolen? What if your confidential customer data got into the wrong hands?
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How to Keep Your Business Safe from Extortion Malware

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If you have used our residential services for a virus removal, then you probably know that we prefer ESET over other malware and virus prevention software. While not all virus and malware prevention software is 100% secure, we feel that ESET is better than most. ESET just released this helpful PDF on how to keep your business safe from extortion malware. Please protect yourself and read the following:
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Marketing Tips & Tricks

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In this day and age, marketing is growing increasingly important to small- and medium-sized businesses. Great marketing can lead to new customers, an engaged and appreciative fanbase, business referrals and partners, and much more. And though investing money into ad campaigns can lead to a steady increase in profits, not all marketing needs to make a dent in your wallet. Here, we'll discuss a few ideas to help your marketing efforts. 
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