Many IT service providers use remote monitoring tools to gather information and send reports about their clients' computer systems. Almost anything can be monitored, from routers and firewalls to virus detection and email services. Here are five benefits of using remote monitoring to keep an eye...
IT managers are constantly on the lookout for more efficient — and effective — ways to run their data centers. You can try different tools and setups to help things run more smoothly, but at the end of the day, sometimes you just need to...
No longer just a buzzword in the IT industry, cloud computing has become a common way for companies to save money and scale up and down with ease. The past few years have seen cloud dominance by major providers such as Amazon and Google, but...
Identity theft and credit card fraud have reached epidemic proportions. You can scarcely go a day without reading a newspaper story about a major company losing thousands of customer records. Hackers use a variety of methods in order to compromise and steal your information. Learn...
A lost business phone or tablet can open your company up to a significant amount of risk. From competitors getting your proprietary information to poached clients, and even extravagant cell phone bills, as a business owner you need to make sure that these risks are...
When employees leave your company, most managers are busy trying to make up for a sudden shortfall in labor, or training replacement employees. A new study by Symantec reveals that you need to be far more worried about what your former employees are taking with...
Web security remains one of the most critical issues for IT organizations, as recent high-profile cyber attacks have proven. Due to the sensitive data usually hosted there, web servers are one of the most targeted places in an organization. In fact, securing a web server...
The economy might technically be out of recession, but businesses are still doing everything in their power to cut costs and save as much as possible. One possible avenue for savings is switching from a traditional business phone plan to a VoIP plan. VoIP is...
It's almost shocking to learn how many business owners don't take proactive action to protect their business networks. Unfortunately, too many CEOs feel that their computers are just fine out of the box and perfectly protected. In fact, company networks and PC's are more at...
Disaster can strike at any time and in any place. That's why we can't emphasis enough the importance of having a disaster recovery plan in place before the inevitable happens. Whether it's a natural disaster, like a flood or a hurricane, or the power goes...