PSSST... Are You Protected Against Leakware?
Wednesday, February 10, 2021PSSST... Are You Protected Against Leakware? You've heard about ransomware by now. Cybercriminals access and encrypt your data. You have to pay a "ransom" for the key to unlock it. Leakware is similar, but now the bad actors are threatening to post confidential information online if you don't pay up. When you think about it,…... Read More
Are Your HIPAA Compliance Efforts Healthy?
Wednesday, February 10, 2021Are Your HIPAA Compliance Efforts Healthy? Let's address the (ahem...) hippo in the room. HIPAA compliance continues to be a real challenge for small and midsized businesses. HIPAA is an acronym for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, which has very specific rules and regulations around a patient's health information. Larger healthcare organizations -…... Read More
What's Causing Your Bandwidth Woes?
Wednesday, February 10, 2021What's Causing Your Bandwidth Woes? Every time employees send or receive data online they need bandwidth. Like time and money, bandwidth is a scarce resource in many offices. After all, computers and digital devices rely on bandwidth to complete tasks online. Bandwidth is the amount of information that can be sent or received per second.…... Read More
A Custom-Built Computer Can Be a Good Deal
Wednesday, February 10, 2021A Custom-Built Computer Can Be a Good Deal Big-box stores have big names and aisles of computers on offer. They post tempting deals on pre-built computers. But how does buying one of those computers compare to purchasing a custom-built one? When you shop in a big-box store, you are one of the many people those…... Read More
The Advantages of Ad Blocking
Wednesday, February 10, 2021The Advantages of Ad Blocking Unless you're in the advertising business, you probably try to avoid ads. You pay extra to stream ad-free content online. You leave the room if you are actually watching live TV shows with ads. You filter spam out of your inbox. You immediately click out of ads on the Web…... Read More
Take IT off Your Plate with an MSP
Wednesday, February 10, 2021Take IT off Your Plate with an MSP Partnership Let's be realistic. You don't care about information technology (IT). Or, you do, but only so far as it supports you getting the things you care about done. You'd rather not think about IT at all. Many businesses are that way. That's fine by us. We…... Read More
Help Wanted: Should You Be Hiring a Virtual CIO?
Wednesday, February 10, 2021Help Wanted: Should You Be Hiring a Virtual CIO? How many seats are there at your C-suite table? A small business might have only a CEO. A mid-sized one may add another one or two C's - COO? CFO? CMO? But you don't have to be enterprise-sized to enjoy a Chief Information Officer's (CIO) skillset.…... Read More
Healthcare's IT Prescription? Managed Services
Wednesday, February 10, 2021Healthcare's IT Prescription? Managed Services No one is safe from cybersecurity threats or able to ignore digital transformation. But the healthcare industry faces extra pressures to keep its information technology healthy. Here's why that's the case and why a Managed Service Provider (MSP) partnership is just what the doctor ordered. Healthcare shares many of the…... Read More
Five Business Benefits of Virtualization
Wednesday, February 10, 2021Five Business Benefits of Virtualization It's a safe bet your business is always looking for ways to reduce waste. One place you might not yet have looked? Virtualization of your information technology. Choosing to virtualize servers offers several business benefits. Here are the top five. Let's first clarify what we mean by virtualization. We're not…... Read More
"Have you tried turning it off and on?"
Wednesday, February 10, 2021"Have you tried turning it off and on?" There's one solution to tech problems that everyone knows: turning the device off and then back on again. This go-to move is a bit of a joke in the IT industry. Who needs help-desk support if you can find a power switch? Surprisingly, this approach actually does…... Read More
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