By Naomi Dolin-Aubertin
Today we're taking a break from the techno-babble to refresh some important security points to remember during the holiday season.
By now, most everyone has heard of the data breach at Target that compromised up to 40 billion credit cards.
By Naomi Dolin-Aubertin
This week's words have to do with those pesky up down and up again acronyms pertaining to IT services. As if acronyms weren't confusing enough! It's like that annoying phase teenagers go through where they write everything like ThIs. At least we aren't dotting our i's with flowers or hearts.
By Naomi Dolin-Aubertin
Or rather, are you being server-ed? Servers. They're big; they're noisy; they're expensive. And we all rely on them on a daily basis at home and in the workplace. But what are these servers we depend on for so many things?
They are those tall towers of boxes that process your data.
By Naomi Dolin-Aubertin
You come into work one day, sit down at your computer and go to a website you visit every single day, when wham! there's a giant FBI symbol on your screen telling you you've done something illegal and they are holding your computer hostage until you pay a fine.
By Naomi Dolin-Aubertin
Do you sometimes feel like IT these days throws a bunch of catch phrases and acronyms at you? Do you feel entirely overwhelmed in a changing tech world where concepts like "the cloud" are bandied about with little explanation for how they work? Yep, I'm right there with you.
By Naomi Dolin-Aubertin
I know I posted recently in Top 5 Secrets for Effective Cloud Computing that the cloud is not actually a cloud. In many ways however, cloud computing is very much like the meteorological phenomenon we witness in our skies. Wikipedia defines a cloud as:
In meteorology, a cloud is a visible mass of liquid droplets or frozen crystals made of water or various chemicals suspended in the atmosphere above the surface of a planetary body.
By Naomi Dolin-Aubertin
I think I can safely say that we've all had one of those moments where we frantically dig through purse,
pockets or car looking for our phone. And I doubt I'm speaking just for myself when I say that those few moments before finding my phone are accompanied by mild panic.
By Naomi Dolin-Aubertin
We've been talking about WebTop's virtual desktop, how it brings your office onto any device and how this can revolutionize your business. But what does that mean exactly? How does it function? And more importantly, how can it function for you.
By Naomi Dolin-Aubertin
1. Not All Clouds are Equal
That may sound strange, but when you are looking to switch out your servers for the cloud, there are some things you want to keep in mind. As a business, you most likely offer your customers a guarantee that their information will be kept safe and secure.
Big corporations have had the advantage and ability to outsource their IT systems for quite some time, but small and mid-sized businesses, until recently, had more difficulty accessing the same competitive advantage. Security concerns and high capital expenditures (traditionally required to access these services) were among the major obstacles for these types of organizations to jump onto the managed services bandwagon.