Simpletek, Quincy MA
Simpletek, Quincy MA
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Jerry Forde

Simpletek

Quincy, MA
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Information Technology Company Residential Small Business
Information Technology Company Residential Small Business
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About Us

Simpletek provides IT services to small businesses in the Quincy and South Shore MA Area. See simpletekinc.com for more details on the services we offer or call Jerry at 617-201-1721 to discuss.

How We Got Started

I started my career as a software engineer and worked in the software industry for 20 years. I reached the pinnacle of the software becoming the CTO for several companies but still working and travelling all the time. I was missing my wife, and kids and they were growing up so fast. I finally had enough and my wife and I flipped roles. She went back to nursing full time and I opened a small computer repair office in Quincy. This was a huge financial stress but I have no regrets. Having my own business allowed me more flexibility to watch my kids grow up, see them play sports and really get involved with their lives. This is something I never could have done if I stayed working for someone else. Its now 2021 and the business is still small and most of our clients are small businesses. I still take care of people's computers who helped me when I first was starting out and will always be grateful to them for helping me get my business off the ground.

The products and services we offer

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Free 2-Hour IT Support
Free 2-Hour IT Support by Simpletek
Free 2-hour IT Support. I want to Prove we can do a better job than your current IT Services Company by giving you 2 FREE Hours of IT Support to so...
Cloud Hosting Solutions
We offer cloud hosting solutions in Quincy.
Computer Consulting
We offer computer consulting in Quincy and South Shore Massachusetts area. 
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Recommendations Given (15)
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Recent Activity
[POLL]: How Powerful Is Social Media For Your Business?
Jerry from Simpletek Answered this on May 15, 2021
I use LinkedIn quite a bit but it is extremely time consuming as it’s all manual activity.  I need to learn the platform more to make it start generating some leads.  Most of my business is referrals but I am starting to do some mailers to see if that generates any activity.  I think now is the... (more) I use LinkedIn quite a bit but it is extremely time consuming as it’s all manual activity.  I need to learn the platform more to make it start generating some leads.  Most of my business is referrals but I am starting to do some mailers to see if that generates any activity.  I think now is the time for businesses to push the marketing effort up a notch especially with businesses heading back to the office this fall.   
What do you use for anti-virus software protection?
Jerry from Simpletek Answered this on March 22, 2021
ESET or AVAST for most of our clients (more) ESET or AVAST for most of our clients
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What advice do you have for business owners around cybersecurity, given that many might not know how to secure their networks?
Jerry from Simpletek Answered this on March 06, 2021
To properly protect your business data all businesses should have a business class firewall with built on intrusion protection, anti virus, anti malware  and anti spam built in.   One of the big problems I have seen is that small businesses think that their modems provided by their ISP provider... (more) To properly protect your business data all businesses should have a business class firewall with built on intrusion protection, anti virus, anti malware  and anti spam built in.   One of the big problems I have seen is that small businesses think that their modems provided by their ISP provider provides good enough security and they absolutely do not.  Internet Service Providers are not in the security business.   So get a business level firewall.    The next is to have a backup system that is not onsite, it can be in the cloud which is secure depending on who your use or an offsite system you backup too. This can be done relatively inexpensively but regardless just think about what it would cost you if you’re business was down for days because of an outage or disaster.     If you focus on these two things first your business will be in much better shape protecting against hackers and being able to recover from an outage or disaster.      This is critical for your business.     Thanks - Jerry 
Massachusetts residents, what do you think is important for voters to consider regarding Question 1 and nurse to patient ratios?
Jerry from Simpletek Answered this on November 05, 2018
My view is simple.  Vote YES On question 1.  The question was put on the ballot by nurses that are concerned with Patient quality of care that they can provide their patients.   Hospital administrators are fighting this because they don’t want to hire the appropriate number of nurses to handle... (more) My view is simple.  Vote YES On question 1.  The question was put on the ballot by nurses that are concerned with Patient quality of care that they can provide their patients.   Hospital administrators are fighting this because they don’t want to hire the appropriate number of nurses to handle the work load.   So they are using all kinds of scare tactics to confuse the issue and spending a ton of money confusing everyone.    Don’t be confused.  Vote with the nurses who put this question on the ballot. Vote YES.  

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