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title: "Miscellaneous - Telesys Voice and Data Blog"
description: "Stay informed with Telesys IT Services' IT technology blog, featuring insights on cybersecurity, managed services, business technology trends & more. Read on!"
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date: "2026-06-06T15:38:58+00:00"
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# Telesys Voice and Data Blog

Telesys Voice and Data has been serving the Dallas/Fort Worth area since 1994, providing IT Support such as technical helpdesk support, computer support, and consulting to small and medium-sized businesses.

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##  [Controversial Uses of AI Technology in Society](https://www.telesysonline.com/blog/controversial-uses-of-ai-technology-in-society)

  Monday, 01 December 2025

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Technology works wonders for business, but it also enables other organizations, like law enforcement. We aren’t here to argue ethics, but we would like to touch on some of the technology that certain agencies are using in the execution of their jobs. Specifically, we want to highlight the issues involving the very sophisticated AI and data-mining platforms, such as those developed by Palantir.

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##  [How AI is Depicted in Horror Says a Lot About Us](https://www.telesysonline.com/blog/how-ai-is-depicted-in-horror-says-a-lot-about-us)

  Friday, 31 October 2025

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The horror genre has always been a means of shining a light on society's fears and concerns, often using metaphor to convey its message. In the spirit of the holiday, let’s consider some of the films over the years that have used artificial intelligence to teach us lessons through the ever-so-effective format of fear.

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##  [How Computers Power Our Favorite Media](https://www.telesysonline.com/blog/how-computers-power-our-favorite-media)

  Friday, 30 May 2025

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Entertainment has changed a lot over the past several decades. When not too long ago teams of trained professionals were using ultra sensitive film stock to shoot your favorite movies, flatbed editors in dark rooms to edit them, and elaborate film projectors to show them, today there are digital cameras that rely on digital storage, digital editing that you can do from a phone, and OLED screens that use thousands of pixels to provide the clearest picture possible.

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##  [Did You Mean to Type “LOL”? This Device Will Know If You Meant It!](https://www.telesysonline.com/blog/did-you-mean-to-type-lol-this-device-will-know-if-you-meant-it)

  Monday, 06 February 2023

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Whether or not you believe acronyms are an acceptable form of speech, some people might use them habitually or instinctively even for business communications. Of course, they don’t have much place in this context, but habits are hard to break. To address this issue, one innovative thinker has created a tool that can help determine if the acronym “LOL” is sincere or not.

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##  [Does Tech in School Fill Up the Honor Roll or Seats in Detention?](https://www.telesysonline.com/blog/does-tech-in-school-fill-up-the-honor-roll-or-seats-in-detention)

  Friday, 04 October 2019

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We typically use this blog to share information about the technology that a business should be leveraging - but in this blog, we’ve decided to focus on a different group that is increasingly reliant on technology: students. As these pupils will someday make up the workforce and almost certainly utilize technology on a daily basis, it is important that their education reflects this increase in their curriculums. Here, we’ll consider some of the effects (good and bad) that this has had.

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##  [How to Ensure Your Business is Hurricane-Ready](https://www.telesysonline.com/blog/how-to-ensure-your-business-is-hurricane-ready)

  Monday, 10 September 2018

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As headlines shout about Hurricane Florence approaching the East Coast later this week, with Helene and Isaac also stirring in the Atlantic Ocean, it seems as good a time as any to discuss preparing your business for hurricane season; and, really any adverse weather effects that could negatively influence your business. Preparing your business for events like these is key to its survival, making it crucial that you know what your responsibilities are when awaiting a potentially devastating event such as a hurricane.

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##  [Disaster Recovery and Why it Matters to AREASERVED Businesses](https://www.telesysonline.com/blog/disaster-recovery-and-why-it-matters-to-areaserved-businesses-1)

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When you mention the term 'disaster recovery,' most people think about the big ground-shattering events like earthquakes, fires, floods, tropical storms, etc. While these natural events are certainly disasters and devastating in their own right, smaller things can constitute as a disaster for your business, and they aren't seasonal.

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##  [Benefits of Leaning on a Video Conferencing Solution](https://www.telesysonline.com/blog/benefits-of-leaning-on-a-video-conferencing-solution)

  Friday, 28 February 2020

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It wasn’t too long ago when the idea of video conferencing was a very complicated one. The technology just wasn’t there to make it a major benefit for companies. As conferencing technology has been innovated upon, however, it now presents a laundry list of substantial benefits. Let’s take a look at some benefits you can see by moving to video-driven meetings.

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##  [A PSA PSA: Build a More Efficient Business](https://www.telesysonline.com/blog/a-psa-psa-build-a-more-efficient-business)

  Friday, 01 February 2019

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In order to build a profitable business, productivity has to remain consistent. If your business offers a service, and you are having a hard time managing all its moving parts, professional services automation (PSA) software may be right for you. Today, we will give a quick overview of what exactly a PSA is, and how it can serve as an extremely useful tool for businesses who operate in the professional services space.

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##  [You Can Attribute a Lack of Productivity to Downtime](https://www.telesysonline.com/blog/you-can-attribute-a-lack-of-productivity-to-downtime)

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Business owners try to avoid downtime like the plague, but it’s often a challenge to do so. The impact of downtime can be devastating for even the most well-to-do business, and this is even more so the case when you bring profits and bottom lines into view. We’ll take a look at how you can calculate the cost of a downtime event.

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##  [Tip of the Week: Valuing Managed IT](https://www.telesysonline.com/blog/tip-of-the-week-valuing-managed-it)

  Wednesday, 31 July 2019

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It’s difficult to put a value on your organization’s technology solutions. While you might be tempted to assign a monetary value based on how much it all saves you, you also need to examine how much it costs you in the long term. Can you optimize your network even more than it currently is? Can you even keep track of the countless moving parts of your IT infrastructure? Managed IT might be able to help.

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##  [Are You a Security Threat?](https://www.telesysonline.com/blog/are-you-a-security-threat)

  Friday, 09 August 2019

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Just like you can form habits to be more productive, you can also form habits that expose your organization to risky situations, namely security problems. Your employees in particular are likely to have picked up a couple of nasty habits over time, so it’s up to you to address them and keep them from becoming an issue in the long term.

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