Cybersecurity & IT Insights
Three Questions to Answer Before You Spend a Penny on a Server Replacement
Server replacements only come around every five years or so for most companies, which is a good thing given the high costs of replacing them. And while the servers themselves are expensive, they represent only a fraction of the costs incurred. Replacing a server...
Beware Of a Single Point of Failure
Information Technology professionals frequently talk about the dangers of having a single point of failure. If your data isn’t backed up (and if those backups aren’t tested), you will eventually lose some of it, and there’s a good chance that some of it will be...
Ransomware and Malware Prevention is About User Training, Not Technology
Ransomware and other types of malware arrive on computer networks from several different sources. Some of it is downloaded via links in phishing emails, which are designed to look like they are legitimate but are not. Some links arrive through malicious websites or...
Two Things Every Managed IT Service Plan Needs
Have you ever taken a look at a proposal from a Managed Service Provider (MSP) and wondered if it covers everything your company needs? Some specifications may need to be gathered during the pre-proposal discovery process – for instance, the type of coverage for...
Moving to the Cloud without Careful Planning? Beware the Security Risk!
Cloud security has been a recent issue for a couple of big companies with lots of resources. Part of the reason can be attributed to changing patterns of thought. The evolution of the perspective of companies on moving data to the cloud has closely followed the...
Microsoft 365: A (Confusing) New Product from Microsoft
Six years after releasing Office 365, Microsoft has announced another completely different product named Microsoft 365. If that’s not confusing enough, Microsoft 365 isn’t a new product at all, but a relaunch of the Secure Productive Enterprise. Here’s what you need...
An Update on the Petya Ransomware Attack
Only a few weeks after the WannaCry ransomware attack, another one is rapidly affecting computers across the globe. This new ransomware, a variant of Petya, originated in Ukraine less than 24 hours ago and has already hit computers in more than 60 countries. Well...
Does Your Business Have a Social Media Policy?
Social media has become so prevalent that it’s rare to have an employee that doesn’t have an account on any service. It’s also widespread across all age groups; in fact, a recent study found that Generation X spends 10% more time on social media each week than...
Can Team Collaboration Software Improve Your Organization’s Productivity?
With rumors swirling today that Amazon may buy Slack for as much as $9 billion, many people may be hearing about team collaboration software for the first time. To be fair, the vast majority of businesses still rely on other software to handle internal office...