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Outsource Your IT Help Desk Support

5 Reasons to Outsource Your IT Help Desk Support

By Doyle Sanders | May 4, 2021
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I Have an IT Help Desk? Many of you may be asking yourself, “I have an IT Help Desk?”  Maybe you don’t have a number of people with headsets answering phones in the small cubby desks, but you likely have someone you call or look to when you have computer or technology issues.  Many times,…

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Why would I want to use Google Drive?

By SandStorm IT | February 9, 2021
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Google Drive gets its name from being a place to store files, like the hard drive on your computer. All Google accounts come with 15 GB of free storage space on Drive. Not only is Google Drive like having an extra hard drive, it is a full suite of office software you can access through…

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Are you still running your business on spreadsheets?

By SandStorm IT | December 8, 2020
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Are you using spreadsheets to run your business? Frequently, we are consulted to improve upon business processes with automation and integration through custom software only to find out they are running everything from accounting, payroll, inventory management, BI reporting, daily diaries, and project management through spreadsheets.  The truth is, there is a better way and…

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What is HIPAA compliance?

What is HIPAA compliance?

By SandStorm IT | August 11, 2020
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What is HIPAA? HIPAA is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 that was enacted by Congress and signed into law in 1996.  There are many provisions to HIPAA covering many items mostly dealing with health insurance and regulations on what can be offered and how. Additionally, HIPAA also details regulations about a…

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What’s the value in having a dedicated IT partner?

By Jake Sanders | July 21, 2020
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The world of Information Technology, commonly referred to as “IT”, encompasses vast areas of modern business needs.  From physical devices such as PCs, servers, networking switches, wireless access points, mobile devices, phone systems, to not-quite-tangible technologies like web services, email hosting, cloud-based data backups, local software, web applications, and websites, business technologies continue to grow…

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Protecting Data

Guide to PCI DSS – Part 1: What is PCI DSS?

By Justin Oliver | June 1, 2020
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Welcome to SandStorm IT’s 6-part series about Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). In this series, we’ll cover what PCI DSS is and the various requirements: Part 1 – What is PCI DSS? (You are here) Part 2- Building and Maintaining a Secure Network Part 3 – Protecting Data Part 4 – Further…

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TIPTONTAKEOUT.COM

TiptonTakeout.com Launched for Local Restaurants and Businesses

By Doyle Sanders | April 21, 2020
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SandStorm IT has launched a FREE website for locally owned restaurants, cafes, and other takeout businesses (TiptonTakeout.com) that don’t currently have online ordering.  You can click on the “Add Your Restaurant” link on TiptonTakeout.com to submit your contact info and we’ll contact you for setup.  Or, you can call our office at (901) 475-0275 to…

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protecting your employees' information

Are you protecting your employees’ information?

By SandStorm IT | March 30, 2020
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This blog post was inspired by some recent news I heard about a company some of my friends work for.  They just had an incident where someone spoofed the email address of an executive in the company and all of the employees’ W-2s were emailed to an unknown party. All of the people that work…

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SandStorm IT Response to the COVID-19 / Coronavirus Pandemic

By Doyle Sanders | March 18, 2020
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To All Customers and Friends, In response to the COVID-19 / Coronavirus pandemic and the nationally and state-declared state of emergency, SandStorm IT wants to share the plans and precautions we are taking.   We remain committed to continuing to provide the necessary services and support to all of our customers while maintaining a safe…

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5 Tips to Bring Any Team Together with Software

By Jordan Sanders | March 16, 2020
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Software provides remarkable potential for new abilities and for flexibility around nearly everything in our lives these days.  In no sphere is that more true than in a collaborative team environment.  Whether a team’s mission is to deliver value to customers through providing the highest quality products and services for the best prices or their…

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