Data backup has the nasty misconception that it’s only worth having if you actually use it, but this isn’t necessarily the case. Businesses let this misconception get in the way of an important aspect of business continuity, simply because they don’t want to waste money on something that they won’t actually need. Little do they […]
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There may not be a more important aspect of IT than cloud computing for small businesses. When people think of the cloud, they think about storage. While that is one of the uses of the cloud, the possibilities grow far beyond that. For businesses, enterprise-level tools and solutions are made available to organizations of all
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From a small company with fewer than ten employees sharing a single office to a corporation with locations across the globe, email makes the business world turn. How you store and manage your email infrastructure comes down to two different options: in-house or cloud hosted. There are plenty of factors that go into which option
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Information security and personal privacy have been hot-button issues in 2018. The fallout from the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica controversy sparked the privacy debate in the United States. Meanwhile, in the EU, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was officially enforced on May 25, 2018. The GDPR protects European citizens data privacy. It also fundamentally changes how
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Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policies have been becoming more widespread among businesses. For employers, BYOD reduces the cost of supplying employees with the necessary equipment for their jobs. For employees, they benefit from working on devices they are familiar with, ultimately leading to more productivity. With the good comes the bad. In this case,
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Privacy and information security have always been on the front of everyone’s mind. In the past, military leaders would send coded messages through battlefields using cryptography. Today, we share private information, including financial and healthcare information, online. The more we share, the greater the chance of our private information falling into the hands of criminals.
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The service level agreement (SLA) is a fundamental piece of the client/service provider relationship. It sets the groundwork for expectations through the entirety of the contract. Without the SLA, there would be no way to measure success or failure or to keep anyone accountable. Regarding outsourcing IT, a service level agreement establishes benchmarks for all
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When running a business, nearly everything is measurable. From the hours logged by employees to the data stored across networks, there’s a metric for everything. Time is measured in seconds and minutes, but how do you measure data? The answer: bit by byte. Think about it. When you buy a new computer, you often see
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Manually installing software patches and updates is a time-consuming process. With only so many hours in the workday, technicians have to sacrifice time they would spend on more important IT tasks. In many cases, automation can take these routine tasks off the hands of your techs. With more time available to them, technicians can focus
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As your small business moves its BDR solutions to the cloud, you may not see the use of having a physical data backup. After all, the cloud is secure, up-to-date, and always available. You won’t hear any debate about that from us. But to have the best backup and disaster recovery strategy for your business,
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