Articles tagged "ひとり情シス"

SSL/TLS certificate validity drops to 200 days (2026), 100 (2027) and 47 (2029); manual renewal fails. Risks, inventory checklist, costs and a plan to 2027.

Moving an Access customer or order database? Compare five options: keep Access, kintone, Power Apps, SaaS or a web rebuild, plus costs and a 5-step plan.

First-hour steps after a lost or stolen company PC or phone: police report, password reset, remote wipe, and breach reporting. Includes costs and checklists.

Shadow IT is work done on tools or devices the company does not know about. Examples, risks, ban vs allow vs company phones, MDM costs, a policy checklist.

IT onboarding means getting a new hire's PC, accounts and permissions ready before day one. Timeline checklist, per-person costs, roles and common mistakes.

Windows Server 2016 support ends Jan 12, 2027. SMB options: new server (800K-2M yen), NAS, Microsoft 365 or Azure VM. Costs, schedule, checklist and mistakes.

Meeting room video conferencing costs ¥50K–200K for small USB setups, ¥300K–800K mid-size, ¥600K–1.5M+ for Teams Rooms. BYOD vs dedicated, hidden costs.

MFP lease runs about 10,000-30,000 yen/month for an A3 color unit, plus counter fees of 0.8-3 yen (B&W) and 8-20 yen (color) per page. Includes 5-year totals.

Business online storage costs about 600-3,000 yen per user monthly, or 70,000-360,000 yen yearly for 10 users. Compares Box, Dropbox, Drive, OneDrive.

Office move IT costs run about ¥600K–1.5M for 10 people and ¥2M–4.5M for 30. Cost ranges, a schedule from 6 months out, vendor roles, failures, checklist.

Analog cameras cost $350-1,000/unit installed; cloud cameras add $7-20/month. Access control runs $700-3,500 per door. Covers costs, mistakes, checklist.

EDR for SMBs costs roughly $2-7 per device monthly, or $5-20 with managed MDR. Who needs it over antivirus, costs by size, and pitfalls before signing.

Microsoft 365 for 5 users costs about $70/mo plus $700-1,400 setup. Covers plan tiers, mail/file migration, cost by size, DIY vs vendor, and pitfalls.

A small NAS costs about 100,000 yen; a server build runs 300,000-1.5M yen. Covers NAS vs server vs cloud costs, replacement timing, and failures to avoid.

PC kitting readies a new PC for an employee, costing a few thousand to 20,000 yen per unit. Covers pricing, in-house vs outsourcing, a checklist and pitfalls.

UTM firewalls cost about ¥100K-400K to buy plus yearly licenses, or ¥5K-30K a month leased or rented. Who needs one, costs by company size, and pitfalls.

A contract management system (CLM) tracks storage and renewal deadlines, unlike e-signature tools. Cloud plans cost ¥0-50K/mo; custom builds start near ¥1M.

A cost guide to system integration for SMBs: CSV, RPA, iPaaS, and API options compared, plus what drives quotes up, a project checklist, and failure patterns.

Business card management tools like Sansan, Eight Team, and myBridge run from a few thousand to tens of thousands of yen a month. Here is how to choose.

A groupware cost guide for SMBs: Cybozu Office, kintone, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365 pricing, scheduling, room booking, workflows, and mistakes to avoid.

Company phones and tablets bring loss, offboarding, and BYOD risks as fleets grow. This guide covers MDM costs, rollout steps, and where OS defaults suffice.

A practical SMB guide to Slack, Teams, Chatwork, and LINE WORKS: costs, free plan limits, and rollout rules for teams mixing email, phone, and personal LINE.

A cost guide to LMS platforms for small businesses: SaaS vs. on-premise vs. custom builds, headcount-based cost simulations, and overlooked content costs.

Manuals and SOPs cut reliance on key staff. This guide covers prioritizing tasks, Word/Excel vs dedicated tools, typical costs, and keeping manuals updated.

A leftover ex-employee account is a common breach entry point. This guide covers device recovery, data safeguards, handovers, and SaaS cost cuts on departure.

A practical guide to cloud PBX migration for small businesses: setup and monthly costs, five-year totals, number portability, and a pre-migration checklist.

A neutral guide for small businesses choosing between Google Workspace and Microsoft 365: per-user monthly cost bands by plan, where each one is genuinely stronger, migration cost, the risk of running both, and a checklist to decide.

A practical guide for small businesses with no IT staff: which accounts to protect first, what password managers cost, and how MFA methods compare.

When to replace company PCs: refresh cycles by role, cost bands per machine, buy vs lease vs subscription, secure disposal, and how to smooth the budget.

A practical guide for small businesses to audit recurring SaaS costs: how to inventory contracts, spot duplicate tools and ghost accounts, and decide what to cut.

A triage checklist for office PCs that won't start and networks that won't connect: 'one person or everyone?' narrows half the causes. Correct router restart order, symptom-based PC steps, stopgap operations, and repair-vs-replace judgment.

A practical IT asset management guide for small businesses with no dedicated IT staff: what to track, how to run a first inventory, when a spreadsheet stops working, and typical tool costs.

A practical guide for small businesses without dedicated IT staff on how to move system projects forward — what owners must decide themselves and what can be delegated.

A guide for solo or part-time IT staff at small businesses on sorting an overloaded workload into four categories and preventing knowledge from staying locked in one person's head.

A plain-language translation of the IT jargon that comes up when ordering system development, from requirements definition to SLAs, for owners without a dedicated IT staff.

A practical roadmap for small businesses that can't hire dedicated IT staff: how to grow one from within, step by step, with the right mix of training and management involvement.

A guide for small businesses without dedicated IT staff, covering the types of IT support outsourcing and advisory services, who they suit, typical cost ranges, and what to check before signing a contract.

Small businesses with only one IT staff member are especially prone to system black-boxing. This guide covers warning signs to self-check and practical steps you can take now.