IPSOFACTO is San Francisco's top IT service company. Located in the heart of the bay area we provide many IT solutions for small and medium businesses as well as corporate clients. Whether your business needs network support, wants to outsource your IT service, wants us to set up mxlogin office 365, we have the skills to get it done.
Extraordinary Homes require ONGOING care. A homeowner asked us to start managing their Atherton estate; At first to have us on site to fix cameras in the boiler room. After we replaced the broken cameras, the owner said, “and I can’t scan either”. After we fixed the scanner, we noticed that the IP addresses had auto-changed. Once we fixed the IP addresses through the firewall, we had to update the monitoring software to make sure hackers could not attach themselves to cameras or gate card readers to enter the family digital space. After we updated the monitoring software and rolled out security, we noticed that half of the Wi-Fi devices were offline, and the whole family was using one Wi-Fi device in the kitchen drawer (yes…drawer). After we located the 7 other Wi-Fi apps, we were told that 3 of the phones upstairs stopped working, and grandma couldn’t make outgoing phone calls anymore, and that the caregivers could not see in grandma’s room anymore between 8 and 10am. One thing leads to another; And Extraordinary Home devices in the home digital space need ongoing care. IPSOFACTO has been providing ongoing care to some of the most financially successful people and their possessions for 20 years. IPSOFACTO has created systems using software and application development to manage all technologies in the digital space of all their Extraordinary Homes, jets, cars, and boats. Let us take care of your IT wherever it may be. from IPSOFACTO, IT Services https://ipsofacto.net/ongoing-it-for-extraordinary-homes-and-more/ via Tumblr Ongoing IT for Extraordinary Homes (and more!)
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He said, yawning…. “I like my 20 year old password! I’m a nice guy and not a tech billionaire. They’ll ignore me. I’m immune to hacks and my dog-name password is superhard to guess.” Cybercrime; one computer can hack 120,000 computers per day; every day. Now imagine an Uzbek warehouse with 2,000 computers working 24/7/365. Those five year old security systems are no match for new-and-improving intrusion strategies done by zom-bot-computers. Even if you’re a broke-ass Lazy-bones Jones with only $100 in your savings account, DON’T let them steal it. Digi-thieves stole $100 billion in six years. Millions of accounts have lost money. And even a few ‘grandma-grampa-nice-guys-not-tech-billionaires’ have lost millions…whole retirement accounts. Entire bank and cryptocurrency accounts get drained overnight. Last year showed that $16 billion was taken from 15.4 million U.S. consumers. About $100 each… What to do?MFA and TFA. (learn these). Multi-Factor Authentication and Two-Factor Authentication are the De Facto standard now. Just like with your bank, MFA/TFA will be used every time you insert a password, anywhere, for everything, and that most definitely will include your EMPLOYER’S network. Yes, your work network will have security measures just like your bank does, and that’s GOOD, because even if you only have $100, companies have more. And they have many users connecting all day long. With MFA/TFA you can put an app on your phone and get codes that way (called an Authenticator App, I use one). Or, you can get codes on your cell phone, but then you’ll give out your cell number more then you may want. And I don’t like that. Embrace the change, and don’t be an LBJ. Not ever. from IPSOFACTO, IT Services https://ipsofacto.net/the-hackers-punish-lazy-bones-jones/ via Tumblr The hackers punish Lazy-bones Jones IT’S NEW STUFF. Our dreams finally come true. Our partners say that IPSOFACTO builds and manages the best home networks in the world: the things that go beep, the things with a green light, and the things that protect you at night. And now, at last, one of the wishes has finally come true. HOME SENSORS! We can now install sensors for humidity, temperature, flood, and a host of other damaging intrusions. Usually, our clients with Extraordinary Homes own Extraordinary Vacation Homes; used for skiing when the snow is good or boating when the weather is beautiful. Maybe they are occupied 4 weeks of the year. These houses can run equipment costing over $100k. SENSORS help us protect it. Once the sensor has detected the intrusion, we are able to rectify the problem quickly and easily, without burdening the owners, and definitely without the owner showing up, skis or bathing suits in hand, only to be hit hard by a frustrating or annoying problem to deal with during a snowy winter or a brilliant summer. What’s AWESOME? Extraordinary Homeowners can also (now) satisfy the new requirements of insurance companies. Sensors allow the networks we install to receive feedback from Extraordinary Home interiors, feedback relating to slow and undetectable intrusion by water, temperature, and humidity, as well as temperature control equipment failures like A/C’s or Dehumidifiers. IPSOFACTO builds the best networking technologies into Extraordinary Homes. Let us help you shape your home into a secure and protected, happy home. from IPSOFACTO, IT Services https://ipsofacto.net/extraordinary-home-networking-security-sensors/ via Tumblr Extraordinary Home Networking Security Sensors You’re building a $30m home. That’s about right for the Silicone valley in 2022. This is not to mention the art or objects IN the home, btw. Only the cost of land and infrastructure. The technology IN the home comes in 3 pieces. 1. Network. 2 Security / Cameras. 3. Audio/Visual The MOST important piece is your Network because it is used for the Security Systems AND the Audio/Visual and Multi-media Systems. This includes all screens, cameras, readers, rf, kitchen management systems, etc. When we design your Network for your Extraordinary Home, we are building for specific security systems that your Security company requires, and we are building for the types of multi-media devices (theaters, bowling alleys, tennis light management systems…), that your audio/visual installer requires. A Homeowner cannot have Security Systems nor Audio-Visual Systems without a network. And that Network needs to be perfect when it goes in, robust enough to handle the load, using Fiber Optics to transfer the data, AND MOST IMPORTANT, it needs to be managed and maintained for optimal security the minute it is installed. And this is extremely important. Know this; some hacker in Uzbekistan is stalking celebrated VCs and CEOs, not some law firm doing corporate documents…. When you’ve had great success, and you have an Extraordinary home, remember that all day, 24/7, someone is trying to peek at your stuff. They want to know your investments, your crypto, your whereabouts, how to case your home for entry, your data storage, what your bookkeeper is doing, and of course, anything related to your personal finances, social security number, drivers license, passport, and the other pieces of information used to effectuate bank to bank transfers. When you build your extraordinary Home, it needs to be safe, maintained for safety, and have a robust and well managed perimeter protection against Digital criminals. from IPSOFACTO, IT Services https://ipsofacto.net/building-an-extraordinary-home-the-technology-piece/ via Tumblr Building an Extraordinary home. The Technology Piece Whether your home is in Singapore, Fiji, Hawaii, Atherton, Miami, or Paris, we manage and maintain the tightest security measures for protecting families of High net worth. AND, since most of these families have other revenue generating businesses, charities, investment wings, and personal ventures, we manage and maintain the tightest security measures for protecting the LINKS between HOME life and BUSINESS life. In one of our clients, one of the largest Venture Capital firms in the world, our extremely secure employees manage the ways that our client connects from HOME to the OFFICE. Some of the tools that are available to this person are only in the office and an ultra-secure connections, which is robust and rapid, must be maintained between the offices, the cloud infrastructure, and the home. And Even when the client is no longer connecting to the office, that connection must be guarded as secure, updated regularly, frequently, and documented perfectly. And of course, there are the parties. It’s one thing to lock down a home and any connections it has to its revenue and non-revenue generating ventures. It’s another to open the house up to a party of peers, or children, or friends of the children. These kids today are always on their phones. The last thing you want is for them to use on-the-phone snooping apps to peruse your home infrastructure, home management systems, eco-management systems, security cameras, pool room entertainment systems, etc. We know how to manage your home for when it’s only the general owners, and when there’s a party. But what about your home when you are not in it? In the first paragraph, we discussed the many locations of your homes. What happens in your homes when you are not in them? They are cleaned and repaired. House staff are dusting and refreshing them. Who comes into and exits your homes when you are not in them? This is also part of the management that we maintain. Staff are usually honest and good natured, but when the owners are gone for a few months, sometimes staff habits need verification and oversite. Even the staff overseeing house staff enjoy our reporting systems and to have the ability to communicate important issues with us. IPSOFACTO; Extraordinary Home Management for Extraordinary people.from IPSOFACTO, IT Services https://ipsofacto.net/world-leader-in-managing-extraordinary-homes/ via Tumblr World Leader in Managing Extraordinary Homes
Covid ends, Employees stop working from home, and offices re-open. We have work to do to update dormant equipment, run audits, and test circuits. Here’s what to do to prepare our offices for an onslaught of pent-up work:
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