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Brush Up Your Customer Service Skills

A career in IT isn’t just about applications and infrastructure. At least half your work will involve listening to clients, understanding their problems, and addressing their issues, often when they’re frustrated, anxious, or angry. So if you want your career to thrive, you need to be able to defuse tense situations. At Xantrion, we’re always looking for employees whose customer…

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There’s More to IT Work Than IT

At Xantrion, solid technology skills aren’t our only priority. Since we all spend a lot of time together, we want to be able to work well together, so we want our team members to have more than just technical chops. We look for people who have both hard and soft skills, from persistence, problem-solving, and a passion for technology to…

Cracking the IT Job Market

The company looking for experienced entry-level employees is practically a punchline in the tech industry, but it’s not all that funny. A survey in 2018 actually revealed that more than 60% of listings for full-time, entry-level jobs require three or more years of experience. In other words, anyone hoping to climb the IT career ladder needs to start working on…

How the Models in the Samsung Galaxy S10 Series Stack Up

The Galaxy S10 (standard model), Galaxy S10+ (deluxe model), and Galaxy S10e (entry-level model) arrived in stores on March 8. Samsung will also be releasing its first 5G-ready phone, the Galaxy S10 5G, but it won’t be available until the second quarter of 2019. So, if you are in the market for a new Galaxy S phone, you have several…

Strategic, Reliable, and Secure. Learn more about our services.

Make Text Easier to Read in Windows 10 Displays

If the text in your Microsoft Windows 10 computer screen is too small to easily read, you are not alone. It is a common problem in computers that have small, high-resolution displays. Even a person with perfect eyesight will likely have trouble reading the text on a laptop that has a 15-inch 4K display because it is so small. Fortunately,…

Is your Windows 10 Computer Ready for Updates?

When Microsoft initially released Windows 10 in 2015, it introduced the concept of “Windows as a service”. Instead of rolling out a new Windows release every three to five years, Microsoft decided to add new features and enhancements to its flagship product in “bite-size chunks”. Those chunks come twice a year in the form of feature updates (e.g., Windows 10…

Which Tablet Will Make the Perfect Gift?

With the holidays just around the corner and a new tablet at the top of many wish lists, the following is some information that will help you figure out which tablet will make the perfect gift. iPad Pro 9.7 If you want one of the best tablets in the market and cost ($599) isn’t a concern, the iPad Pro 9.7…

Protecting the Overloaded IT Team

Today’s businesses have more devices than ever on their corporate networks, and more of those devices are employee-owned. More employees are using cloud-based applications, too, whether or not IT knows about them. And as employees continue to work in more ways, on more devices, and in more places than ever before, IT’s workload keeps climbing. And that’s a recipe for…

Is Data Really Private in the Public Cloud?

One of the more interesting books that’s crossed our radar lately is Future Crimes, in which futurist and security expert Marc Goodman looks at the opportunities and dangers of a highly connected, data-driven world. Since our own business depends on helping our clients manage their critical data effectively and securely, you can imagine how eagerly we read this interview with…

Brush Up Your Customer Service Skills

A career in IT isn’t just about applications and infrastructure. At least half your work will involve listening to clients, understanding their problems, and addressing their issues, often when they’re frustrated, anxious, or angry. So if you want your career to thrive, you need to be able to defuse tense situations. At Xantrion, we’re always looking for employees whose customer…

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There’s More to IT Work Than IT

At Xantrion, solid technology skills aren’t our only priority. Since we all spend a lot of time together, we want to be able to work well together, so we want our team members to have more than just technical chops. We look for people who have both hard and soft skills, from persistence, problem-solving, and a passion for technology to…

Cracking the IT Job Market

The company looking for experienced entry-level employees is practically a punchline in the tech industry, but it’s not all that funny. A survey in 2018 actually revealed that more than 60% of listings for full-time, entry-level jobs require three or more years of experience. In other words, anyone hoping to climb the IT career ladder needs to start working on…

How the Models in the Samsung Galaxy S10 Series Stack Up

The Galaxy S10 (standard model), Galaxy S10+ (deluxe model), and Galaxy S10e (entry-level model) arrived in stores on March 8. Samsung will also be releasing its first 5G-ready phone, the Galaxy S10 5G, but it won’t be available until the second quarter of 2019. So, if you are in the market for a new Galaxy S phone, you have several…

Strategic, Reliable, and Secure. Learn more about our services.

Make Text Easier to Read in Windows 10 Displays

If the text in your Microsoft Windows 10 computer screen is too small to easily read, you are not alone. It is a common problem in computers that have small, high-resolution displays. Even a person with perfect eyesight will likely have trouble reading the text on a laptop that has a 15-inch 4K display because it is so small. Fortunately,…

Is your Windows 10 Computer Ready for Updates?

When Microsoft initially released Windows 10 in 2015, it introduced the concept of “Windows as a service”. Instead of rolling out a new Windows release every three to five years, Microsoft decided to add new features and enhancements to its flagship product in “bite-size chunks”. Those chunks come twice a year in the form of feature updates (e.g., Windows 10…

Which Tablet Will Make the Perfect Gift?

With the holidays just around the corner and a new tablet at the top of many wish lists, the following is some information that will help you figure out which tablet will make the perfect gift. iPad Pro 9.7 If you want one of the best tablets in the market and cost ($599) isn’t a concern, the iPad Pro 9.7…

Protecting the Overloaded IT Team

Today’s businesses have more devices than ever on their corporate networks, and more of those devices are employee-owned. More employees are using cloud-based applications, too, whether or not IT knows about them. And as employees continue to work in more ways, on more devices, and in more places than ever before, IT’s workload keeps climbing. And that’s a recipe for…

Is Data Really Private in the Public Cloud?

One of the more interesting books that’s crossed our radar lately is Future Crimes, in which futurist and security expert Marc Goodman looks at the opportunities and dangers of a highly connected, data-driven world. Since our own business depends on helping our clients manage their critical data effectively and securely, you can imagine how eagerly we read this interview with…

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