Is your network secure for processing credit cards?

If your business accepts payment in the form of a credit card, your business could be at risk!

What?  Waitaminute.  Of course my business accepts credit cards.  Who pays with cash or check these days?  But what do you mean, my ‘business could be at risk?’

It’s called ‘PCI Compliance.’ If that phrase is vague or altogether absent from your nomenclature, I’ll break it down to a 10,000-foot view for you.  Many of you readers may know exactly what I’m talking about, but for those of you that don’t…

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Business Continuity Plan-Do You Have One?

Do you remember a time when a mobile phone was a novelty? A physically cumbersome item that could at one time have been observed as a status symbol? What about these days? How valuable is your phone to you, with all of your data, contacts and applications?

I would dare to say that most people feel uncomfortable, “lost,” at the realization they’ve left their phone at home and started their day without it. What if you actually did lose your phone and were without email connection, personal banking, pictures or other things that are important to you? You would be worried about the monetary value of the phone but more so what you have lost with it. How quickly would you look to recover your abilities to access what you could, and willingly lose forever what you might?

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Disaster Recovery-How Important Is Your Business To You...

 

 
How important is your business to you?
As a society, we are long accustomed to the importance of health, auto or long-term insurance.  All of these measures surrounding a plan for the expected and unexpected alike.  And we make these responsible decisions to ensure that our needs and the needs of our family are protected.  But what sort of plan do you have for your business where disaster recovery is concerned?

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Denver Offsite Backup

If you have a large amount of data that you can’t afford to loose, like most of us, Denver offsite backup is something to be considered. Offsite backup acts as a safeguard for your information.

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Hard Disk Drive Shortages

As we all know, the floods in Thailand have caused widespread chaos throughout the country, leading to hundreds of deaths. Thailand is the world's second largest maker of hard disk drives (HDD) after China, and about half of global output takes place there. The damage caused by flooding could keep factories closed or hobbled for months, effecting the world output of magnetic hard drives by as much as 30%. Read more...

Is Your Business in the Cloud?

Having your business in the cloud has many benefits, including substantial cost savings, greater security to increased flexibility and a greener footprint for your organization.

Cloud computing has a business model that is designed similarly to that used by utility companies, users only pay for the amount of services they consume and only when they need them, while the provider company bears the responsibility and expense for building and maintaining the network. Read more...

Speeding Up Your PC

If you spend any time on a computer then you definitely know how annoying it can be when your machine slows down. By following a few simple guidelines, you can maintain your computer, help increase your PC speed, and help keep it running smoothly.

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