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8 Cold Hard Truths About Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity
January 8, 2016
The foundation of any successful business-continuity solution is the ability to retrieve data from any point in time from anywhere. When the topic of data recovery and business continuity comes up, you get the feeling that many decision makers at smaller businesses and organizations wish they could channel their inner six year old, simply cover […] Read More
Loss of Data: Causes and Prevention
December 24, 2015
The adoption of technology from the simplest of matters to the most complex problems has rendered us heavily dependent on it. We love paying our bills minutes before they are due. We enjoy seeing loved ones face-to-face on our computer screens. We can access and print our extremely sensitive records from government and financial websites […] Read More
Be Proactive: How to Avoid Potential Network Failures
December 23, 2015
For small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), an IT network failure can be devastating because they don’t have the resources of large corporations to bounce back from such disasters. Preparation against such devastation may be the only course for them to avoid failure and survive with the least damage if failure occurs. SMBs must be proactive […] Read More
Everyday Human Error Can Affect Data Protection
December 4, 2015
Are you under the impression that data loss is all about putting up firewalls to protect against evil cyber attacks? Some of the biggest sources of data loss include sloppiness, human error, and just plain forgetfulness. Read More
Do Accounting Firms Need MSPs for their IT Needs?
December 3, 2015
Accounting firms are as technology-driven as any other business today. They face the same challenges that other smaller commercial enterprises do when it comes to keeping their IT infrastructure up, running and secure. According to one estimate, accounting firms spend 70% of their IT budget on maintaining their systems and 30% on new technology. Owners […] Read More
Click, Click, BOOM – You’re in Business But Is Your Technology Ready?
November 20, 2015
It’s a fast business world. Brilliant business ideas can be conjured up at some hipster-filled vegan coffeehouse, a website is thrown together, and poof… in no time at all there is a living, breathing, small business venture accessible from anywhere in the world. Read More
Inquiring SMBs Want to Know… What’s the Difference Between a Help Desk and NOC?
November 13, 2015
It’s no secret that any growing small- to medium-sized business must monitor and manage its business technology in the most cost-efficient way. The tricky part is figuring out how to do this without sacrificing the overall experience of the end-user. End-users can be clients and customers or employees. Both rely on the efficiency of a […] Read More
Three Steps To Fix IT Management for SMBs
November 10, 2015
Small-to-medium-sized businesses (SMBs) tend to have a more difficult time managing IT than larger enterprises. Despite being as technology dependent as larger enterprises, SMBs have tighter budgets and fewer resources to devote to IT management. This leads to a more reactive “break-fix” approach to their technology that never does any smaller company or organization any […] Read More
How to Trim the Fat From Data Center Costs
November 3, 2015
When smaller businesses look to cut costs, they commonly take shortcuts that are risky to their bottom line. They may go out of their way to avoid upgrading dated hardware, buying software licenses, or increasing bandwidth. In some instances, they layoff in-house IT support, or avoid hiring new help, even as the business grows. […] Read More
4 Reasons You Must Migrate from Windows XP Now
October 29, 2015
Any business still using the Windows XP operating system must come to terms that their borrowed time is coming to an end. As of April 8, 2014, Microsoft will no longer support XP. Microsoft has continued to support XP through three releases – the unfortunate rollout of Vista followed by the Windows 7 and Windows […] Read MoreEnd of content
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