Where businesses are concerned, IT vendors are a necessity–after all, workstations and other pieces of equipment have to come from somewhere. However, while vendors can be of great service to your business by providing it with its necessary technology components, sometimes they can be a hassle to deal with. This is especially true when something…
We often think of encryption in terms of the computing sense of the word. Data is scrambled to prevent it from being stolen and used for nefarious purposes. However, encryption has been around for quite some time, dating back to ancient times. At its heart, encryption (a type of cryptography) must be defined as the…
With predictions putting cloud computing spending at $55 billion in 2026 with expectations of steady growth up to that point, the cloud is clearly a popular solution to implement. After all, why wouldn’t it be? Companies can host critical applications on it, store their data on it as a defense against on-site disasters, and mass-update…
Be honest: how do you feel when a snag suddenly pops up in the IT systems your business has put in place? It’d be a surprise if you answered with anything more than an irritated groan at the thought of another issue. If having to manage your solutions feels (at least to you) more like…
What role does cash have in your business? Whether you sell widgets using cash registers or just keep some petty cash on hand for miscellaneous expenses, a recent study has shown that using cash actually costs businesses money, and that’s not all. The study was conducted by Sage, an integrated accounting, payroll, and payment software…
Autocorrect–it’s probably safe to say that for every time it’s saved someone from a text message typo, it has also created an awkward situation by inserting a word it has “learned” from the user. This can be especially problematic if an uncouth or inappropriate word has been used often enough on a device that shares…
In October 2016, an Internet of Things botnet launched a huge Distributed Denial of Service attack on one of the world’s major DNS providers. The botnet, dubbed Mirai, has struck again. This time, the target wasn’t necessarily a DNS provider, but rather an entire country’s Internet infrastructure. You may have never even heard about the…
It can’t be denied that, even including their name, hackers sound objectively cool. Entertainment and mass media have created a fascinating and dramatized association between the word and the images of a stoic, principled supergenius (or a geeky, awkward supergenius) sitting at the most technological-looking setup imaginable as they break into some major establishment to…
There’s no denying how convenient it is to store your data in the cloud. Although, for those who use multiple cloud-based apps, the convenience afforded by these apps actually becomes an inconvenience when you need to locate a certain file, but you’re unsure where it’s stored. To assist you with this, you can use Findo…
One of the most critical considerations to using a device is its battery life. After all, it doesn’t do a user much good to be in the middle of one of their tasks and their battery dies unexpectedly. To combat this, devices will display the battery life in a status indicator that tells the user…
