The True Cost of IT Support
Without a doubt, business today is married to technology. Even small businesses rely on computer networks for communication (e-mail, text messaging, voice mail, VOIP, etc.), scheduling, accounting, payroll, and operations. Because of this dependency, it is imperative that computer networks are reliable. When the network stops working people stop working, and business comes to a halt—sometimes permanently...
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Developing Your IT Budget
The development of an annual IT budget is as much of a reality of a business owner’s life as taxes. Like taxes, the process is straightforward, and simple. Right? Obviously there is nothing simple about taxes beyond the simple fact that you have to pay them. IT budgeting is much the same: simple in concept, yet challenging in execution. And, the costs for getting it wrong can be substantial.
The basic steps we recommend for developing an IT budget are as follows:
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How to Protect Your Business Data and Systems
It would be difficult to imagine a successful business organization today that is not deeply dependant on its’ network infrastructure, applications, phone systems and, most importantly, data to run efficiently and effectively. There are a lot of horror stories and scary statistics that highlight the impact on companies when they lose access to their systems and data. The following research summarizes what happens when disaster strikes...
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What are Worms and Viruses and How Do They Work
Most people don’t have an IT professional looking over their home computers. Yet in recent years, the quantity and ferocity of Internet worms and viruses has increase dramatically. As more and more computers get connected to the Internet, it isn’t surprising that even careful, skeptical users can find their computer loaded with Adware, spyware, viruses, e-mail worms, Trojan horse programs and more...
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Password Policy
Even if you do not have lots of bank transactions stored on our network that doesn’t mean that there isn’t valuable data stored there. A quick list of the possibilities might include client credit card data or employee social security numbers or other confidential information. Would you really want everything on our network to be available to a thief? The answer is most likely no...
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