The term “hacker” is possibly one of the best-known technology-related terms there is, thanks to popular culture. Properties like The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and the Die Hard franchise have given the layman a distinct impression of what a hacker is. Unfortunately, this impression…
The business community has embraced Voice over Internet Protocol as the accepted standard for exceptional communications. While there are countless benefits to using VoIP as your chosen communications tool, you might be surprised at how much can be done with them. In fact, you might…
The Internet has made quite a few common processes easier, including buying and selling goods and even services. However, while e-commerce is experiencing extreme growth, it may not be the right fit for every business. There are a variety of considerations to balance out to…
The personal computer is a remarkable tool, allowing us to accomplish levels of productivity and efficiency at speeds that were once only dreamed of… at least, that’s how it feels at first. However, it doesn’t take very long for a computer to seem like it…
There’s nothing quite like signing off on your first business space. It’s like officially saying, “My business is up and running. Visit my office today!” What’s even more exciting, however, is when your organization is growing so quickly that your business space becomes cramped or…
Backups used to be pretty straight forward, started with tapes and boy I don’t miss those days. We later evolved to external hard drives and we would either use the backup solution built into the server environment or buy at the time a more robust…
2017 saw an unprecedented rise in ransomware and spear phishing. Many companies running older anti-spam or email security systems found themselves in an extremely vulnerable spot. The legacy solutions didn’t have the horsepower or smarts to fend off these new types of attacks thus allowing…
In the “olden” days people would either host their email or run antiquated protocols, such as Pop3, and there was a great feeling in doing so. That mail server was safe and sound in that small closet, next to the filing cabinet, just waiting to…
“Now-a-days dual factor authentication is available, for most services, for free. Many of us have dual factor authentication on services such as our Gmail or Facebook. Google takes it a step further by offering their own free dual factor authentication system (Google Auth) that…
In todays age, everyone has a website. It goes hand in hand when starting a business. Once your website has been created though, you need a place to store it. A place that actually houses the files that make up your site. This storage…