Many SMBs don't realize it, but the path to some grand cybercrime score of a lifetime may go right through their backdoor. SMBs are commonly vendors, suppliers, or service providers who work with much larger enterprises. Unfortunately, they may be unaware that this makes them a prime target for hackers.

In an age when most  business happens online, not showing up in online search results from the major search engines like Google and Bing can really hurt you. While there

How many of your employees have branched off and started business' of their own? This makes it the responsibility of every business, especially those collecting and storing customer/client information, to implement a multi pronged approach to safeguard information.

One of the challenges that is faced by IT administrators when they are fighting for the budget needed to maintain all of the network systems, security protocols and backup systems is quantifying for management the potential losses which will be avoided if the expenditures are made.

Software audits are on the rise, ensuring that installed software = licensed software. So upon receiving an email from Microsoft that starts,

"Microsoft would like to work with your organization on a review of your Microsoft licenses.

There are many functions of a business that need to work together concurrently to keep the business operating smoothly. As a business grows the number of people and departments grows. Over time, problems emerge, redundancies, inefficiencies and information silos can be created.

Whether it's a slow system, a bug that needs to be squashed, a website issue or a crash that results in you being interrupted, chances are your office may have a go to person to take care of all your tech needs. They are the official in house IT person, but its not in their job description.

Last week we provided a short list of some of the key areas which affect total network security and the business costs involved in failure.  This week I want to address a specific area of network impact which is created by the trend in IT known as BYOD, Bring Your Own Device, and the growing use of mobile connections.

Five things to know about Office 365

If you're trying to decide if Office 365 fits the specific needs of your business or organization, here are five things to know about Microsoft's cloud based version of Office.

What is the difference?

Chances are you're already familiar with the desktop version of Microsoft Office.

IT systems are an integral part of every small and medium sized business.  For many owners and managers they are an area of business that they worry about partially because they don't readily understand the intricacies of computer networks and also because they hear horror stories about the impacts of a system failure.