For a few years now, virtualization has started to gain dominance as an IT innovation across most industries, allowing organizations to consolidate server resources, increase deployment responsiveness, and reduce overall IT costs. Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)</a>, which hosts virtual desktops in a data center, is one approach that has sparked a lot of myths.

The current global landscape has forced organizations around the world to take the necessary steps to support a distributed workforce for an indefinite future. In our recent blog “Technologies that every NYC business should have beyond 2020”, we talked about Virtualization as one of the great enablers of remote work.

There’s no doubt that COVID-19 set the remote work revolution on a fast track. As explained in our blog “Technologies that every NYC business should have beyond 2020”, organizations are now considering multiple avenues to provide a more seamless remote work experience for their people.

Nowadays, just about every business department, from procurement to office maintenance, all of us rely on technology, one way or another. Almost nothing gets done anywhere without technology, not for a day or even a minute.

However, as Covid-19 proved, we all need to plan for the unexpected.

There's no way to say, "this IT company is the best in New York,” because the best for you may be a mediocre option for someone else. Every Managed Service Provider (MSP) included in this list has its own people; preferred vendors; values and philosophies; and different levels of knowledge that make them “the best” IT service provider for certain businesses and “good options” for others.

As things get back to "normal", businesses need to evaluate what worked, what didn't and what’s coming. Practically overnight, organizations across the world had to shift to a remote workforce, and very few were well prepared to face the challenge.

“In the early weeks of the lockdown, many businesses in New York City came to us in desperate need of setting a fully remote work environment" explains Anthony Oren, President of Nero Consulting, who's been working in the IT industry for over 10 years advising organizations on technology.

VoIP, or Voice over Internet Protocol, is getting a lot of attention these days, especially from small but fast-growing businesses. At Nero Consulting, we have been helping SMBs in New York City, and surrounding areas, deploy, configure, and manage their VoIP system to run on an IP network.

Here is a quick overview for how to enable Windows Defender in your Windows 10 devices:

Open the taskbar
Click the Windows Defender Icon (Shield or Castle depending on O.S)
This will open the Windows Defender Panel. Here look for the setting “Turn off Windows Defender Antivirus” which is underneath the folders of other settings.

Managing our businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic continues being one of the biggest challenges of our time. At this stage, a return to “regular” work is imminent for many of us across New York City and the country in general, but going back to the office can be dangerous if it’s mishandled.

Short answer, you can stop files from going to OneDrive in three easy steps:

1. Go to OneDrive settings.
2. Click the taskbar icon > click “More (three dots)” in the pop-up window.
3. Click “Pause syncing”. You can select how long to pause the process, 2 hours, 8 hours, or 24 hours.