Grove Networks Blog

These days, the vast majority of our day-to-day business work happens entirely inside a web browser like Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge. Because we practically live in these applications, they quietly accumulate massive piles of background data, unvetted plugins, and tracking cookies over time.

You do not always need to throw money at a sluggish computer to solve a performance problem. Sometimes, it is just a matter of using the technology you already have in better, more effective ways. Let us look at how to take the load off your hardware and get your systems back up to speed.

We’ve all seen the Hollywood version of a hacker. It’s usually a lone genius in a dark room, typing furiously into a glowing green screen, shouting "I'm in!" right before they bypass a mainframe.

It makes for great television. However, in the real world, this representation is completely wrong. Today's cybercriminal doesn't look like a movie villain. They look a lot more like a mid-level corporate executive. 

Most successful businesses don't succeed by being the first to invent a new way of doing things. They succeed by taking systems that already work and putting them to use for their particular needs. In the world of business technology, trying to be unique is usually a fast track to wasting money and facing technical headaches. 

Is AI good for productivity? Of course… but, like most things, there are two sides to consider. Since artificial intelligence is so good for productivity, many employees (perhaps even some of yours) are turning to public AI tools without authorization or oversight, exposing summarized meetings, written code, entire spreadsheets, and other proprietary and sensitive data to a public database.

In short, they’re using a specific form of shadow IT… shadow AI.

Vendor management can sound like just another piece of business jargon. Actually, it’s much simpler than that. It’s the process of having a single point of contact—us—handle the relationship, the troubleshooting, and the procurement for every technology-related service you use.