Your firewall and virus protections could be fully updated, your network sealed tight, your privacy and permissions measures comprehensive–and you could still be vulnerable to security breaches. What’s more, this vulnerability would come from the single element of your security solution that can’t be updated with a few clicks: your end users. Whether or not…
If someone kicked in your business’s front door, swaggered over to your data storage and uploaded all of your private data, it’s almost certain that you’d want to press charges against them. If someone were to do the same thing, but digitally, you’d likely want to do the same to them. However, prosecuting cyber crime…
If you’re a user of the ridesharing app Uber, you might be surprised to know just how much the company knows about you, thanks to their updated privacy policy. For example, the app will now continue to track a rider’s position even after the ride has ended and the rider has left the car. If…
It’s not an uncommon phenomenon–being at a workstation in the early afternoon seems to make even the most diligent employee suddenly sluggish and disinterested. Fortunately for the busy business owner, there are a few different strategies to help address this perfectly natural occurrence. First, why do employees start yawning at 1:30 in the first place?Unfortunately,…
So you’re in the market for an IT provider. What is it that you look for? Do you want a provider who waits until your technology is broken before taking action, or would you prefer one who prevents this from happening in the first place? Chances are that you’re of the former mindset, and you’re…
Let’s say that you’re going about your daily business when you receive a phone call from an unknown number. You never know who it might be, so you decide to answer it. The man on the other end of the phone has a thick accent and asks if you’re having trouble with your computer. Now…
Enough has been said about how revolutionary cloud technology can be for a business, that making the switch has become a no-brainer. Nevertheless, recent statistics are showing some odd patterns when it comes to businesses and the cloud. A flash poll conducted by InformationWeek reveals that a relatively significant 35.9 percent planned to direct their…
When you go into business nowadays, it has essentially become a prerequisite to claim a social media account to represent you, sooner rather than later. The city of Denver, Colorado, has delivered a relatively harmless but still resonant example of why this is. There is an Instagram account, cityofdenver, that features a wide variety of…
In a busy business, everyone from the CEO to a new hire could use more hours in the day. Whether clients are in need of improved service or their internal systems need attention, many businesses find that not enough can be done towards achieving all of their goals within the allotted amount of time. However,…
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…
