Nobody who relies on IT to do their job relishes downtime. When the clock is ticking towards the deadline for a project and suddenly the network disconnects, the stress levels of everyone involved spike upwards. What’s worse is when some part of the company infrastructure is down for a time longer than a few minutes–at…
While locks remained largely free of major innovation for centuries, that changed with the creation of the smart lock. As a technology-oriented, modern company, it may make sense that your place of business incorporate this particular piece of tech. However, as a relatively new technology, smart locks still come with a hefty price tag of…
A Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policy can be a great way to manage mobile devices. After all, if an employee brings in their own device to use for work, that’s one less device you have to provide (and foot the bill for). This is not to say that implementing BYOD is free of concerns, including…
Until very recently, there was a zero-day vulnerability in the Business Manager function on Facebook that could have allowed anyone to access, wreak havoc upon, and/or destroy any business’s representation on the social network if they so pleased. Fortunately, researcher Arun Sureshkamar discovered it, allowing Facebook to nullify the vulnerability. Businesses, well-known public figures, and…
FBI Director James Comey freely admits that yes, he does tape over his webcam and that yes, he is aware that some people make fun of him for it–but he doesn’t care, and in light of events that have occurred in recent years, taping may be a very prudent course of action. Webcams and other…
You may be surprised to learn that your PC is connected to Internet services that go beyond the webpage displayed before you and the apps you have open. In some cases, these connections can be rather sketchy. Here’s how to check these hidden Internet connections, and turn off the ones you don’t need. To begin,…
The new iPhone 7 has been released, and much to consumers’ chagrin, the device no longer has a headphone jack. The smartphone market is rife with news of exploding batteries and iPhones without headphone jacks, but amongst this chaos may be a hint of wisdom that businesses can learn from. The first? Apple cares for…
In a recent finding, assorted large hotels owned and operated by HEI Hotel & Resorts have been victims of malware since 2015. 20 of the company’s hotels were affected, with customer financial data being exposed in a real-time, point-of-sale malware attack. Have you recently stayed at one of these hotels? A list of the affected…
It’s a stereotype well known in popular culture; the drab office filled with countless employees pecking away at their computers, perpetual frowns on their grayscale faces. Fortunately for the modern worker and, by extension, the business that employs them, statistics have shown that the environment in which one works can have direct and significant repercussions…
Digital file storage has been a game-changer for many small and medium-sized businesses that heavily rely on file retention. Instead of storing paper records in a huge room dedicated to file storage, businesses are focusing on digitizing their records and storing them electronically in storage systems designed for use in the cloud. However, efficiency is…
