Articles tagged "Information technology"

IT device management: 7 tools for managing employee devices and accounts

With a zillion different gadgets—and even more accounts—required for knowledge workers, it's a full-time job (and then some) to manage it all. But if you don't wrangle it all effectively, you run the risk of security issues—not to mention inefficiencies.

Tricks of the automation trade: How Zapier scales employee onboarding 

It might seem ironic that an automation company would struggle with manual tasks. Learn how a Zapier employee scaled and automated our employee onboarding program.

How to get error alerts in Slack from your email

Get Slack notifications for new emails matching Gmail search queries, so you never have to miss out on business account emails again.  

10 tips and tools for IT teams to onboard and offboard employees

Managing your employees' technology is one of the most important factors in smooth onboarding and offboarding systems.

How this tech consulting company improved their productivity: Tips, tricks, and tools

Emails, productivity boards, and workflow trackers are crucial for day-to-day business operations. DevsData leveraged automation to pull these tools together and increase productivity.

6 tips for successful CRM implementation

You may have heard promising estimates that a CRM can be nailed down in a month's time. In reality, a week after a long-awaited CRM implementation started, you're bumping into the first roadblock: what do you mean I need to pay that much for extra users? 

Switching apps isn't scary

In most cases, switching from one tool to another isn't nearly the amount of work you think it will be. I'd go so far as to say that switching apps is, in most cases, simpler than you're imagining. 

What is open source software?

Spend any time reading about software, and you'll see the words "open source," likely without any sort of explanation as to what that means. Why doesn't anyone bother explaining it?

4 ways to improve collaboration between programming and QA

Here are some tips I learned along the way to help with common issues that come up between developers and QA.

Zapier report: Marketers lead the pack in automation at work