Because technology and the IT department are so intimately integrated into so many areas of a church’s operations, there is often a question of where the responsibility for particular policies or recommendations falls. Some believe that IT should drive specific policies because those policies are so closely intertwined with, and enabled by, technology solutions.

You are busy, and your technology doesn’t seem to understand that you don’t have time for glitches. You’re already late for your meeting and of course now the printer decides not to work. That file you worked on for hours yesterday seems nowhere to be found today. The report you’re trying to pull just isn’t giving you the results you expect. Forget all that – you can’t even log in!

Multi-factor authentication (“MFA”) has emerged as an important tool to provide an additional level of verification beyond user passwords to protect information systems and user data. The goal of MFA is to verify identity and to make sure that the person logging into an account really is the person they are claiming to be. 

Whenever one of our clients comes to us with a computer issue, one of the very first things our engineers do is restart, or “reboot” your computer. Oftentimes, this one simple step solves the problem. Getting into the habit of rebooting your computer on a regular basis provides many benefits for the health and lifespan of your computer, and today we’re going to explain why that is.

Check out the top eight technology trends we’ve seen developing in Children’s Ministry this year, plus ideas for how you can implement them in your own church!

Digital signage is a great way for churches to communicate with members and the surrounding community, and most of our church partners use it in some form. The complexity of digital signage can range from a large colorful roadside sign with a scrolling RSS feed to a small kiosk display that rotates through a simple slide deck, from a large outdoor network-connected sign to a remotely manageable TV based display, or anything in between.

This is a simple technology tip to help anyone setting up a multi-monitor office. This past year, the amount of home office set-ups has increased exponentially, and inclement weather this winter has forced even more to work from home in recent months. These situations inevitably include lots of tech issues, and our Service Desk has been seeing a lot of issues with how to correctly configure the settings for a multi-monitor set up.

While multiple options for communication tools is no new thing, the major shift to remote work in every industry has greatly increased the need for powerful, effective, user-friendly collaborative communication tools. In the church realm, there are multiple situations where different groups of people need to communicate in different capacities.

In our latest webinar, we explore why strategic planning is vitally important for stewardship and ministry effectiveness, AND how your IT budget and technology equipment impacts your ministry in ways you might not know.