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6 Cloud Mistakes That Can Hurt Your Business

Cloud computing is no longer out of the ordinary; it’s our norm. A recent survey showed that 85 percent of enterprises have a multi-cloud strategy, with 41 percent of their workloads operating in public clouds while 28 percent operate in ...

How Internet of Things Will Change Us In 2018

We’ve spoken quite a bit around here about the Internet of Things and its impact on society. It’s hard to ignore when predictions indicate more than 50 billion items in the world will all be interconnected by 2020. And each ...

That Fingerprint Scanner Might Not Be As Secure As You Think

Your fingerprint. It’s unique to you, or at least that’s what they tell us. According to Apple, every fingerprint is so rare, that even a small section of two separate fingerprints has a 1 in 50,000 chance of registering as ...

Top Tech Gadget Gifts For The Geek In Your Life

Amazon Echo. Google Home. Yep, they are at the top of many wish lists this holiday season. But if you have a tech-savvy person in your household, they aren’t the only gadgets that will put a smile on their faces. ...

Risk … or Security? What Do You Really Mean?

Most companies approach security in the same manner. They create systems and strategies to stop, identify, or track an intruder so that they can halt or reduce the damage. Sounds like a good plan, right? Only in many ways, it’s ...

Insecure Apps Can Leave Your Smartphone At Risk

When was the last time you went shopping in your app store? There are so many things to consider. A time management tool to help you track your days. A photo tool to help you take better pictures. A game ...

Having Multiple Vendors In Your Cloud Strategy

For most business environments, it’s always been a shuffle of how to combine hardware and software to best accomplish your goals. You purchase equipment from one source, storage from another, services from third-party programs, and hope they all connect to ...

Even Information Officers Are In The Customer Service Business

Step back in time and businesses operated efficiently with separate divisions. Marketing, customer service, technology - they all played their part. But times have changed, and business integration has become more essential. Each individual department can no longer act on ...

New Technology Means New Threats

We’re a nation that loves new technology. Phones, tablets, laptops, and desktops are regularly upgraded, bringing us new ways of doing things. While we downloaded approximately 115 billion apps in 2016, that number is expected to reach 197 billion in ...

Identification vs Authentication - How Well Do You Know Your Employees?

Your business has certain security practices in place. You have a lock on the front door. You use passcodes to enter certain rooms in your building, or have access to data on your computers. You secure it in one of ...

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