Data Redundancy: Why You Need An External Storage Device
Earlier this year, I wrote about the importance of Data Redundancy though extra backups – particularly if you work at home. By now, work solutions that had seemed temporary, are looking more like a new way of life. Indeed, for many, whether full-time or part-time, they actually are. So, when do you start thinking about…
Is Working Remotely Risking Your Personal Data?
Editor’s note: The forced work-from-home cause by COVID-19 merely sped up a long term trend towards taking business out of the office. While not new for many, the challenges of working remotely caught a lot of people and companies flat-footed. most seriously, they weren’t prepared for the data security aspect of doing business work through…
How to Protect Your Business From Cyber Crime
This article from Wade Harman is an imprtant departure from our usual content. He discusses cyber crime, including website and email security. Yes, these things are important for small businesses also! More cautionary reading, and another in our “Great Articles You may have missed” series. How Can Cyber Crime Affect Your Business? Security is bound…
Predictions for Technology and Business in 2016
With 2015 now behind us, it’s time to look ahead to next year. There’s much to look to, including the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, the United States Presidential Election, and a host of Hollywood blockbuster superhero films. Technology will be a major participant in each. What those technologies will be is going to be…
Recapping 2015: The Year in Technology, Business, and Media
With the New Year just about upon us, this is a time as good as any to review the past year. It’s also worth noting that with the turning of the calendar, we’ll be in the second half of the second decade of the 21st century. Without a doubt, time and technology are turning faster…
How to SMAC the Competition
B2B SMBs have seen a lot happen in their industry over the past decade. First, came the rise of social, then the invasion of mobile, followed by the arrival of cloud and ultimately the incorporation of analytics in all this. For major Fortune 500 companies, this has been a boon for innovation. Hardware companies like…