Having an in-house IT department is not only unnecessary, but it is also very expensive. Only the world’s largest companies can afford in-house IT teams, because they have the resources to fit it within their budget. Startups, small, and medium sized businesses must take a different approach. Outsourcing your IT department may sound scary, as you assume there will be…
Traveling abroad for work is always a stressful adventure. While employees are excited to see new countries and experience different cultures, they are heading on the trip for work purposes. And that involves meetings, conferences, and other important tasks that cannot be ignored. Going abroad for business reasons also means carrying multiple electronic devices. A person may have one or…
When it comes to hiring an IT service provider, or requesting specific services, we often hear the word managed services mentioned. However, many businesses are still not sure what managed services means, or how effectively an IT company performs them. Managed services imply that a business is offloading all its IT operations onto the service provider. This third party is…
If you are running a small business, or in the early stages of opening one, you will be contemplating how to handle your IT department. Even hiring one or two full-time IT individuals can cost a lot of money – not to mention the expenses of having physical servers on the premises. That is why many businesses turn to the…
Small businesses face a tough decision when it comes to storing digital data. There is always the option of setting up in-house servers to store online files, but those can be very expensive to setup and maintain. In addition, physical servers take up a lot of space. For these reasons, small businesses are turning their attention to the cloud. With…
If you talk with a business owner about the location of their office, they will probably say everywhere. That is the nature of the modern economy. Individuals work from home, hotel rooms and other locations, while many companies partner with freelancers around the world to ensure projects can get done efficiently and affordably. Companies ensure these employees and freelancers can…
In the early days of the internet, hackers would get into networks and websites to show off their hacking skills. Now there is real money involved in these hacks. Whether the hackers are getting into networks to steal funds, or information they can sell, they can do some very real damage if they do get in. The data that your…
Businesses are often cautious to make changes, especially when it comes to their IT infrastructure. The caution is understandable. Change costs money, takes time, and it can disrupt processes that are working just fine. However, businesses must also adapt and evolve. The IT systems that were in place five or six years ago are not good enough to keep up…
Whenever something valuable is being protected, it is common to see two or three layers of security around it. For instance, if you go into a shop that is selling valuable items, the locks on the counters are not the only thing stopping people from stealing those items. They will have alarm systems, cameras and other security measures in place….
Data security is a massive issue for companies in the modern economy. So much of the work and customer interactions done by companies is occurring online. Not to mention the secret work of employees and researchers. Protecting intellectual property is vital, with corporate espionage a bigger issue than ever. Data leaks can have a disastrous impact on a company. Not…
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