Cybersecurity & IT Insights
Technology’s Role in Change Management
Organizations have to periodically make major changes in processes. While these changes are sometimes inspired by poor results, they are often inspired by changes in customer behavior or an increased competitive threat. Whatever the reason, big changes aren’t to be...
Four Advantages of Switching to a VOIP Phone System
If you’re still using a traditional Private Branch Exchange (PBX) phone system for your small or mid-sized company, it might be time to consider a hosted VOIP solution. While some technical planning will need to go into the transition, a cloud-hosted VOIP, or...
The Best Way to Set Up Guest Wireless Access in Your Office
For most office professionals, fast internet access is essential to getting work done. If your device isn’t always connected to a wall – whether that device is a laptop, tablet or phone – that means that speedy wireless is essential. For devices managed by your...
Is March Madness Wreaking Havoc on Your Office Bandwidth?
Have you noticed recently that things are taking far longer than usual to load at work? Are file downloads taking forever? Before you call your internet service provider and sign up for that bandwidth upgrade they’ve been offering, you might want to take a look...
How Will Technology Disrupt Your Company?
McKinsey’s Digital Practice released an article last month detailing seven CEO focus points, as technology transforms both the value of companies’ products/services and the efficiency required to deliver them profitably. Where should CEOs put their focus? It’s a...
Two Lessons from the Amazon Outage This Week
This week, Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3) went down across the East Coast, due to a typo by an engineer. The result was website outages across a massive number of both smaller companies and major brands including Nest home thermostats and work productivity...
Cloudbleed: Why Password Expirations Bolster Your Security
Recently, a company that manages 10 percent of all web traffic has been discovered to be leaking bits of customer information across the internet. The company, CloudFlare, was relying on software that would occasionally provide different data than was requested....
Volume Licensing Reduces Software Audit Pain
In an earlier blog entry, we discussed the different types of software licenses and the benefits and drawbacks posed by each type. In light of the heavy volume of software audits experienced by small and midsize companies, however, it’s worth revisiting the value of...
Moving Applications to the Cloud: Measure Twice, Cut Once
Cloud applications have become more and more prevalent in the last decade; each year, more companies are using cloud applications and more are building their own private clouds. Despite its increasing prevalence, however, a poorly planned cloud migration can lead to...