Archives for July 2019

Most small and mid-range entrepreneurs try to do everything themselves. While it is of vital importance to have your finger on the pulse of your daily operations, some things, like business taxes, are often best left to the professionals. End your search now and trust our business management consultants. Get in touch with ORAM Corporate Advisors and give your small business a boost!

It can be difficult to manage a whole company on your own. Teams and departments help to break up the workload. This is where business management consultants work best.

Surveys show that most business owners are hesitant to outsource to experts outside of their company. The result is that they waste time on the daily grind and not on their company’s growth. If that’s you, maybe it’s time to ask if hiring a business management consultant is the right strategy.

Why should you hire a business management consultants? 

In the early days of business, budgets can be tight. ORAM Corporate Advisors understands the struggling of a budding entrepreneur. We don’t focus just on the big guys; we can also make an impact on small business consulting firms.

We know your business gets more demanding as it grows. It makes more sense to hire a business consultant to take over these stressful duties. Bookkeeping can be a hard job, especially when dealing with high-level transactions. By taking care of your bookkeeping needs, we will ensure you always stay one step ahead of the game. 

Get expert opinions

Consultants can do much more than just keeping a track on your tax changes or calculating your taxes. A good accountant will keep a record of your business, which includes submitting invoices, doing payroll, and paying bills. He/she can provide you with recommendations on how to reduce your taxes as well. 

Your business consultant will guide you through the process of obtaining office space. They will advise you on whether to buy or rent. They can also show you ways to cut down your business costs and help you flourish.

Our Accounting Software

Accounting software can reduce the need for bookkeeping and accounting loads. Accounting software is designed especially for small businesses. It can help you to record POS (Points of Sale), invoice on the spot, and record expenses. It makes it easy to calculate and keep track of taxes.

Other benefits you can have with accounting software:

• The ability to customize your invoices with your logo
• Payroll time and billing 
• Customer relationship management (CRM)

Information Technology (IT) Services 

Data innovation is a rapidly changing industry. It is difficult to imagine a business that does not use technology to function. Business is conducted over personal computers, cell phones, and tablets. 

It’s important to stay up-to-date with the latest equipment and programs. An IT expert can walk you through this process while protecting your valuable business data.

Finding a trustworthy IT administrator can be a challenge. You want to make certain their team has qualified specialists who can react to your IT needs in real time. You’ll be able to do your work without any stress.

Final Verdict

In the end, always make decisions wisely. If you have questions about our service offerings, comment below. We will reach out to you as soon as we can.

Be on the lookout for a new sophisticated phishing extortion scam. In this scam, the bad guys claim to be from your local state police and say they have some incriminating information about you. Since they are retiring, they generously offer to delete the evidence in exchange for 2000 bitcoin. It even includes a phone number which you can call if you have any questions.

Don’t let the bad guys scare you into action! If this email makes it through your inbox, do not click the link, do not reply or call the number in the email, and do not send them any money. Be sure to follow your organization’s procedures for reporting these types of criminal emails.

Stop, Look, and Think. Don’t be fooled.

An IT consultant is an individual within an IT consulting team or company that provides digital solutions for businesses. IT consultants are people who help organizations achieve their goals and objectives by using information technology. They understand your business structure and mission, and they can suggest ways in which IT solutions can help you accomplish your goals easily, quickly and in an efficient way. Their job is to also implement these practices and monitor the performance of your overall digital network.

A survey in 2018 suggested that North America is the largest generator of both IT services spending and IT services revenue worldwide. The same survey suggested that in 2018, IT services expenditure globally hit 987 billion dollars. These figures indicate that the IT consultation market is quite lucrative and necessary, especially in North America, and it is expected to increase with every passing year.

Need of IT Consulting Services for a Business

The digital age has brought moved practically everything online. All businesses need to stay digitally updated in order to survive in the highly competitive market. Complete offline survival of even the smallest of organizations is  close to impossible. When an organization integrates information technology in its business, it will need to utilize expert help to set up a network the correct way. Using a professional team will prevent disorganization of data, poorly-designed websites, the routine waste of IT assets and resources, possible data breaches, the absence of data storage, and mismanagement of  an organization’s database.

An IT consulting service provider will help you manage all of these moving parts so you don’t have to get sucked into the details. Once you find a reliable IT consulting company and explain your objectives, they will develop a customized IT solution for your company and will help you implement it in your organization. In the meantime, you can focus on growing your business rather than trying to sort through complex IT issues.

ORAM’s IT Solution

We provide three different IT solution packages at affordable prices. Each package can be exclusively designed to suit your organization without exposing your critical data. 

1. Strategic IT Consulting Services – We will help you to set up IT infrastructure in your business and manage your overall system. This package includes hardware and software asset management, data management, website support, 24*7 network and server support, desktop services, and authentication and configuration management.
2. Security Services – The crucial and vital information of your company is forever under threat from intruders, phishers, hackers and other cybercriminals. Therefore, information security should be the highest priority of any IT consultant. ORAM understands this and provides highly protected end-to-end security that can help you fight phishing attempts, virus outbreaks, SPAM and other malwares.
3. Network Monitoring Services – We will take a proactive approach in monitoring and understanding the health, scope and efficiency of your network. We will keep you updated about your organization in real-time. Our monitoring services include the regular monitoring of assets, application compliance, backup systems, internet connectivity, and employee workstation performance.

If your business is based in Boston and you are struggling with your IT infrastructure, get in touch with us right away. Leave all your IT worries to us and focus on what really matters.

Exploit: Ransomware

Georgia’s Administrative Office of the Courts and Judicial Council of Georgia: Digital information arm for the Georgia state court system

Risk to Small Business: Severe: A malware attack infected the agency’s computer network with ransomware, encrypting their files and disrupting many of their services. Officials have yet to reveal the ransom amount, but it marks the second significant ransomware attack for a Georgian government agency in 15 months. Fortunately, the agency does not store personal information on the affected network, and servers were brought offline to prevent malware from spreading. The previous attack in 2018 cost $7.2 million, foreshadowing another expensive blow that can be measured in time and money.

In Other News: Company Cut Off from Government Contracts After Data Breach

Last month, Perceptics, a maker of license plate readers used by the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CPB), endured a significant data breach that resulted in 65,000 files published to the Dark Web.

As a result, the company has been placed on a veritable government black list, suspending Perceptics from procuring government…

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Alert! Internet criminals are sending a new phishing attack where they use a fake OneNote Audio Note as bait so they can trick you into giving up your Microsoft login information.

The scam comes in the form of an email with the subject “New Audio Note Received”. It claims you have a new audio message from a contact in your address book. The email prompts you to click on a suspicious link in order to hear the full message. Once you’ve clicked, you’re brought to a fake OneNote Online page that is hosted on Sharepoint. This means the web page’s URL contains “sharepoint.com”, which makes the fraudulent page more convincing. This fake OneNote page contains another link, which you need to click on to finally listen to your “new message”.

If you click this second link, you’re prompted to sign in to your Microsoft account from a fake but realistic-looking Microsoft login page that is also hosted on Sharepoint. If you enter your login details here, the bad guys will have full access to your account. They can use this account to steal sensitive data or perform further attacks on your organization.

Don’t fall for this scam! It is important to remember that for Microsoft accounts, Microsoft login forms will only be hosted on the following domains: microsoft.com, live.com, microsoftonline.com, or outlook.com. And as a rule, when logging in to any online service, never use the link in the email. Always type the web address into the browser yourself or use your normal bookmarks instead.

Stop, Look, and Think. Don’t be fooled.