The password manager LastPass has suffered a major data breach. Or, more accurately, another major data breach. Using information gained during a security breach in August 2022, threat actors were able to get a full copy of the data LastPass stores on a cloud-based...
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Tech trends forecast for 2023
Remote flexibility According to a 2022 LinkedIn report, remote positions drew nearly half of all applicants. The amount of people applying to remote or flexible positions has risen nominally from 2021 to 2022, while the amount of remote jobs available has...
SpireTech exiting hosting business to focus on Managed IT Services
Celebrating our 29th year in business, SpireTech has been making some moves. We are exiting our long-established hosting and datacenter businesses to focus exclusively on Managed Services and Microsoft 365 moving forward. Effective October 4,...
TikTok Hack Breaks Accounts
There was an exploitation available in the Android version of TikTok that would have allowed hackers to effectively take and shut down a user’s account with one click. This bug was present in just the Android version of the app. Luckily, the issue was found and...
Move your data to the cloud so we can delete it for you
Apr 1, 2021 On the one-year anniversary of our cloud server migration solution, we’d like to re-post a youtube video of it in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySvx4-6K8sQ...
Teams features continue to improve
Microsoft Teams continues to get better. Microsoft has introduced several new features: Together mode– puts everyone in the meeting in a virtual room together, instead of the usual “box for each person”. You can customize the setting for the room. We thought this...
M365 Business Voice continues to be a success
We have been rolling out Microsoft 365 Business voice to clients that are transitioning to a work-from-home, virtual workplace. It has been a resounding success so far – and clients are loving the flexibility and savings it has offered them. Let us know if you are...
A whole new world
Many things are changing in the world right now, and technology is no exception. As usual, we are spending a lot of time on R&D, training, and investigating new technology. Why do you care? Because we see...
SpireTech announces new server cloud migration technology
Apr 1, 2020 Portland, OR. - for immediate release In response to an uptick in demand for customers to work from home, SpireTech has developed some new technology to rapidly move legacy servers to the...
4 ways to help your remote employees collaborate better
used with permission from Microsoft US Small and Midsize Business Blog Remote employees have come a long way since the days when trying to work while away from the workplace was like a sentence in solitary confinement. Thanks to the Cloud, they no longer have to use...