When you are a business owner, you have employees and their families that count on you. They count on you to keep your business running successfully to keep their paychecks coming. They count on you to make good business decisions to help ensure their job security. They count on you to ensure that you have planned for the unexpected and…
Monday, May 7, 2018
Almost all businesses critically rely on their IT systems to run their business. Without these systems up and running, businesses can lose thousands and thousands of dollar per day. If these systems go down due to a natural disaster, temporary power outage, loss of data center, ransomware or hacker attack, lost or corrupted files, or an application failure due to a…
Monday, April 30, 2018
Technology is evolving everyday in so many different areas. Whether it be new versions of cellphones, computers, drones or cars to name a few, nothing is staying the same. In order to take advantage of the latest technological advances, you must modernize your business and the solutions you rely on to keep your business running. Today’s backup solution needs to…
Monday, April 16, 2018
Cyberattacks are still on the rise, a trend that unfortunately is going to continue to grow. Cyberattacks are pretty much unavoidable anymore, mindsets shifting to a matter of not if, but when. Organizations and systems all over the world that were believed to have been foolproof fell victim to security breaches and malware. Billions of dollars are paid each year…
Monday, April 9, 2018
Anytime your business considers new technology solutions, you need to evaluate the features, as well as the total cost of ownership (tco). To get a true measure of tco, you need to evaluate not only the cost of owning the solution, but you need to factor in the cost of maintaining the solution as well. TCO becomes very important in…
Monday, April 2, 2018
If someone is speaking about backup solutions and your mind immediately goes to those manual tape backups you perform occasionally, you probably want to pay close attention to this blog. Backup and Disaster Recovery solutions are continually evolving and maturing to protect against the latest attacks on organizations. It’s no longer enough just to have local protection, it’s important to have…
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
One of the biggest fears any IT department has is the sudden shutting down of the company’s ERP system. What was backed up? Has anything been lost forever? How soon will the ERP system be up and running again? If your Epicor ERP system goes offline, so does your entire business. ERP system downtime can expose your business to productivity…
Tuesday, February 13, 2018
Just when you think you have seen it all, a new spider ransomware changes the game. Attackers behind a new ransomware campaign are offering an easy tutorial video to ensure they make money from their criminal activities. This spider ransomware is being distributed through malicious Office documents, infecting victims with file-encrypting malware. This strand of ransomware was only detected a…
Wednesday, December 13, 2017
Over the weekend, we witnessed a new global cyberattack known as WannaCry Ransomware. This malicious software has locked thousands of computers in more than 150 countries. The attack has hit more than 300,000 computers so far. In the U.S, the reported list of victims is very small however, it is still relatively early in this attack. WannaCry is a type of malware that is classified as…
Tuesday, May 16, 2017
As we saw in 2016, cyber threats are going to continue to be prevalent in 2017. Hackers and Security Vendors will continue to try to outsmart each, which will in turn take the level of sophistication of attacks to an entirely new and scary level. Now that you are warned of the impending dangers looming in 2017, the next step…
Thursday, December 15, 2016
