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.
Still relying on antivirus software to protect your network and valuable business information? Today’s cybercriminals are more sophisticated than ever, which means that more than antivirus software is needed to keep your company safe. Although antivirus plays a critical role in security, it alone doesn’t protect against all the threats continually being made against your systems.
Most people involved in small businesses know how complicated and stressful day to day operations can be. SMBs are constantly looking for ways to simplify their daily to-do list and many are finding that the cloud is one of the best ways to do it. A recent survey done by SpiceWorks, a software development company, found that around 46% of new small businesses are now using cloud services for things like web hosting, phone, fax and even storage, and in the future many more new and established small businesses will follow suit.
Now more than ever, companies are exposed to different types of risks that threaten to prevent their long-term success. A big part of those risks consists of disasters that can go from a simple server crash to property and equipment loss due to a natural disaster.