Every business owner understands the importance of planning and the proper implementation of said plans. However, after everything is set up, it's easy to overlook the testing of one's plans, which can really come back to hurt you when all of your careful planning falls apart. Nowhere is this more true than with data recovery. […]
The office is a unique place designed solely for the purpose of getting work done. Therefore, no matter how your workplace is designed, there's always room to improve it in order to squeeze out a few more precious minutes of productivity from each worker. As productivity goes, every minute saved adds up! Every productivity expert […]
A botnet that infects and exploits poorly-maintained Linux servers has been used to launch a spate of large DDoS attacks targeting DNS and other infrastructure, Akamai’s Prolexic division has warned. Dubbed the ‘IptabLes and IptabLex botnet’ the attack target versions of Apache Struts and Tomcat, as well as some running Elasticsearch that have not been […]
If there's one thing that you can learn from today's marketing trends, it's that visual content sells. Images and videos are a powerful marketing tool that should be taken advantage of at all costs, but an infographic can also help you keep a balance between content and visuals. If you can master the art of […]
It can be difficult to keep track of your budget and expenses, especially when prices and needs are always changing. But perhaps the biggest annoyance is the intense paper trail that you leave behind when building your budget. By taking advantage of Microsoft Excel's formulas, you can easily keep track of your budget and alter […]
The theft by a Russian syndicate of 1.2 billion username and password combinations from 420,000 websites around the world means that the personal details of almost half of all users of the internet must now be considered severely compromised. It can be only a matter of time before the victims find nasty surprises in their […]
Over a thousand major enterprise networks and small and medium businesses in the U.S. have been compromised by a recently discovered malware package called "Backoff" and are probably unaware of it, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in a cybersecurity alert on Friday. Backoff first appeared in October 2013 and is capable of […]
State of Montana notifies 1.3 million patients of breach to Department of Public Health and Human Services server. Hackers breached a server in the State of Montana's Department of Public Health and Human Services, prompting officials to notify 1.3 million people of the incident. There is no evidence this information was used inappropriately -- or […]
When a database must stay tucked away in an enterprise data center, running a dependent service in the public clouds spells "latency." Or does it? Most hybrid architectures propose moving only certain application building blocks to the cloud. A prime example is a Web front-end on Amazon Web Services and a back-end transaction server in […]
Control freaks, blame games, and other misguided attempts at building a better business through IT outsourcing. There's still no script for the Great American IT outsourcing project. But today's most common outsourcing pitfalls have less to do with technology and everything to do with relationships and communication. Or lack thereof. "Both companies have to rise […]
