Archive for October, 2011
What is Cyber Liability Insurance, And Why Would You Need It?
It was only a bit of time before insurance protection would be needed to cover one’s activity on the Internet, and cyber liability insurance coverage is designed to do exactly that. What is Cyber Liability? Cyber injury can come in a number of ways. Injury to your networks, files, and Internet presence can occur through [...]
Full StoryHow Will Cloud Computing Affect IT Careers?
Cloud computing is no longer just an industry fad. It’s here to stay, and it’s not going anywhere for a long time. But if you work in IT, what will this mean for your career? How will your job change? How should you prepare? That’s a question that I’d recently asked to some of the [...]
Full Story6 Tips To Secure Your Company’s Information Systems
The world of information security is constantly evolving. With every new operating system and browser release or update, new major security flaws are introduced and malicious code is written to exploit them. In order to prevent stolen or corrupted data, companies need to take steps to secure their information and networks. Entrusting data and data [...]
Full StoryHow to Build Trust with Your Online Customers
Think back to a time when you walked into a traditional brick and mortar drugstore. The pharmacist smiled and greeted you by name. You handed him your credit card, and he handed you your prescription and a receipt to sign. Through years of service, your pharmacist has gained your trust. Now–take away the building, the [...]
Full StoryWhat Every IT Manager Needs to Know About National Security Letters
One serious effect of the Patriot Act is that it has given the United States government far greater power when it comes to demanding the internet usage activity as well as personal information of citizens. The tool that the government uses to obtain this information is known as a National Security Letter (NSL). A NSL [...]
Full StoryHow Software Asset Management Can Save Your Company Money
There are many tempting reasons to utilise illegal software. Price is one; software, particular in niche areas, can be extremely pricey and counterfeit versions often prove appealing. On top of the initial fee other costs can soon be added – each piece of machinery that the software is ran on will need a licence agreement [...]
Full Story3 Leading Approaches To Server Virtualization
So you say your datacenter is starting to fill up with under-used boxes, power bills are getting unmanageable, maintenance is taking up too much of your time, and now you’re running out of server room space? Looks like it’s time to consolidate those servers using virtualization. But there are so many different approaches out there, [...]
Full StoryThe Dangers of Using Wi-Fi on Smart Phones
The next time you use your smart phone’s Wi-Fi to access the internet be careful that you are not also exposing yourself to hackers who can actually access information on your phone and login passwords as well. There is a growing threat with the broad use of internet hotspots for hackers to steal information that [...]
Full StoryNeed You Pay For CRM Software?
The effectiveness of CRM software is not in dispute. The process of organizing your customer relationship management system is greatly simplified by using such software. The question here is as a small to medium sized organization do you really need to buy CRM software or should you make use of a free web based CRM [...]
Full StoryCoreVault Launches New “Virtualization Toolbox” Video Series
In order to do the job right, you need to have the right tools. And this applies equally well in the cloud as it does in the garage. Earlier this month, our friends at CoreVault launched an exciting new video series which showcases the most important tools that can help your company when virtualizing its [...]
Full StoryThe Benefits Of Dedicated Hosting VS Shared Hosting
Anyone looking to launch a website will need hosting to make it happen, but which do you go for – shared or dedicated hosting? Cost may ultimately be the deciding factor, but it is the type or size of website you want to launch that will have an impact on your hosting decision. With shared [...]
Full StorySave Energy…on Facebook?
Yup, that’s right. You can now track your energy use (and post it to your wall for all your friends to see) on Facebook. Though it won’t be happening until 2012. On October 17, 2011, Facebook announced that they were partnering with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Opower to jointly develop an application [...]
Full StoryHow Hosted Exchange Will Grow With Your Business
Business can be unpredictable. And thanks to the ways in which businesses and consumers are leveraging technology, the nature of change in business can become volatile very quickly. You might work at a market for 2 or 3 years with only slight results, then BOOM! You hit a tipping point and your customer base explodes. [...]
Full StoryWhy Corporate Targets Are Especially Attractive to Hackers and Cybercriminals
If you’re a criminal, the Internet is where you want to be. Cyber crime is hard to track, hard to prosecute, massively scalable, and can be done remotely from outside of the law’s reach. We often hear about individuals who’ve had their lives ruined as the result of online criminals. But – by far – [...]
Full StoryWant To See How Businesses Will Use The Cloud In The Future? Look At How The Creative Industry Is Using It Today!
Not too long ago, maybe five or so years past, it used to be a vital part of life to make the commute to work, toil away for four hours, have lunch, toil away until the sun set, and drive back home just to do it again the next day. Work and office files were [...]
Full Story10 Ways Virtualization Will Affect Your IT Career
It may seem hard to believe, but there once was a time when the use of computers was strictly the domain of a few computer operators that worked in a back-room warehouse full of big noisy industrial boxes. These were simpler times, before viruses, clueless end-users or teenage hackers. Then, came the introduction of personal [...]
Full Story6 ways Corporate Spies Steal from You
Shockingly, stealing sensitive information from a company is remarkably easy, compared to how easy it was, say 30 years ago. The growth in technology means that spies have a massive range of tools that they can use in order to steal from you. We’ve also found that the pace of business has accelerated to a [...]
Full StoryCritical Elements OF Data Availability
Since information is the life blood of most organizations, measures must be taken to ensure that this information remains accessible and useable at all times. When your servers suddenly shut down, everyone panics. Customers start to look for new suppliers, employees stop producing and reputations get tarnished. Information availability is more than just backup. It [...]
Full Story3 Motives That Threaten Your Data
For companies, data protection is an interesting and difficult challenge. The electronically stored data that organizations produce is so irreplaceable and unquantifiable that it can’t be protected with insurance. And to make things worse, the value and importance of this data is constantly rising. That’s why we need to be particularly cautious when it comes [...]
Full StoryHow Much Data Can You Lose When Switching CRMs?
Picking a CRM for your company is one of the most important decisions you’ll ever make. Unlike other commodity software that you can always switch for something with better features, a good CRM system should last for the life of your company. When researching and testing various CRM systems, you need to really take the [...]
Full StoryHealthback Home Health Selects CoreVault Cloud IaaS Services for its 45 Branch Offices
Growing Healthcare Provider Fuels Multi-State Expansion with Cloud-based Services from CoreVault CoreVault, an industry leader in providing data protection services, today announced that Healthback Home Health, a fast growing regional home healthcare provider, has selected CoreVault’s Cloud Hosting services to cost-efficiently provide reliable cloud-based data protection and disaster recovery services for its 45 branch offices [...]
Full StoryTop 10 SaaS Software Providers In Every Category For October 2011
Top 10 SaaS Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Infusion Software Appshore CLP Suite Commence CRM SalesForce Aplicor eGain Salesboom NetSuite Microsoft Dynamics Top 10 Hosted Exchange Providers 123Together.com Kerio Mail Hosting SherWeb Hostirian Exchange My Mail Apps4Rent NetNation FuseMail 9th Sphere Utopia Systems Top 10 SaaS Invoicing Software Services LessAccounting FreshBooks Bamboo Invoice BillingBoss Office Link [...]
Full Story6 Main Business Risks Associated With Information Security Breaches
Obtaining a budget for information security can often be difficult, since a good security plan will require constant long-term funding while providing almost no immediate benefits to the company. (When you buy a fire extinguisher, you hope you’ll never need to use it) When there are so many other immediate fires to put out, it [...]
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