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These IT Services Help You Compete with the Big Guys

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Lele Matthews

Thursday, 24 October 2024

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Small businesses today are in a prime position to thrive, thanks to a surge in innovative technologies that are affordable and work to boost efficiency. In the past, access to cutting-edge technology was often reserved for large corporations, but today small businesses can now gain quick access to these technologies and can have a real positive effect on the way they go about doing business. Let’s take a look at some of the best technologies small businesses can use to try and compete with the big boys.

Cloud Computing

One of the most transformative technologies that small businesses use to compare is cloud computing. By using cloud-based services, companies can get all the computing they need without actually having to make huge and costly hardware and software purchases and maintenance to those systems. They can store data, run applications, and manage operations that are inherently scalable to their specific needs at the time. Besides the cost reduction and scalability cloud computing offers, other benefits include:

Improved collaboration
Up-to-date solutions
Seamless and secure file sharing
Breadth of options
Availability of resources

Improved Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity solutions tailored to small businesses are helping protect sensitive data and build customer trust. As cyber threats grow more sophisticated, small businesses can use technologies like encrypted communications, two-factor authentication, and automated security updates to safeguard their operations. These tools ensure that small businesses can operate with confidence, knowing their systems are secure against potential threats.

Keep operations from being compromised
Train employees and vendors
Ensure unauthorized access to sensitive information is significantly reduced

With the right technology stack, the future looks bright for small business owners who embrace these tools to improve their business. To have a conversation about how Network Synergy can help your business best position its technology, give us a call at (203) 261-2201.

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Lele Matthews

As a teenager, Lele Matthews migrated with her family to the United States from Vietnam, fleeing the aftermath of communism and in search of the American dream. While attending public high school in Bridgeport, still learning American customs and the English language, she took time to aid her city and school system by volunteering as an intern at the Bridgeport Curriculum Center under her mentor, the Executive Director of Teaching and Learning. Here, she assisted the staff, administration, and teachers in improving their technology skills while simultaneously developing a passion for business, technology, and its role in improving the function of people's lives.

This passion turned into a career as a technical visionary and leader. Lele has worked with companies from multiple industries in both the public and private sectors, as well as organizations in education, municipal, and healthcare. She began her technology career as an IT consultant and has held multiple roles, progressing from IT help desk to help desk manager, project manager, and project technical lead. Her career has culminated in her current role as Director, Cloud.

In addition to her job experience, she is multi-lingual, speaking 3 different languages (Chinese, Vietnamese, and English). She has passed numerous industry exams and has multiple certifications from Microsoft, Cisco, Citrix, VMWare, etc.

Outside of her technology career, Lele has been involved in multiple real estate and commercial property businesses and investments.

At home, Lele has a loving husband and 3 kids. Her family is extremely involved in the local community. She is a devoted mom who proudly volunteers and watches her children as they are extremely involved in the Soccer, Robotics, gymnastics, and martial arts communities.

Lele Matthews is passionate about finding ways to leverage her experience to make the technological world a better place for her clients.

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