Category: Business

How to Keep Your Small Business Website Secure

We hear a lot about website security breaches in the news, but most of these stories pertain to large corporations. However, small businesses are also vulnerable to scams, malware, piracy, and other online security threats. If you are shopping for a new security provider or software, or if you just want to make sure your…

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How to Prepare for a Software License Audit

It’s an interesting time for software audit licensing, and companies are, all too often, finding themselves in the storm of an audit. Perhaps it is due to the fact that licensing use rights are being applied to increasingly complex IT environments that have changed beyond the terms of their former software agreements. Or, maybe it…

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How to Secure Your Web Server

Web security remains one of the most critical issues for IT organizations, as recent high-profile cyber attacks have proven. Due to the sensitive data usually hosted there, web servers are one of the most targeted places in an organization. In fact, securing a web server is just as important as securing a website, web application,…

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Easing Cloud Anxiety: Navigating the Dark Areas of the Cloud

When companies look to the cloud for servers and storage, they enjoy many benefits, such as reduced hardware costs, increased backup capabilities, and freedom from countless software upgrades. But, even with the numerous benefits of the cloud, nagging questions tend to enter IT managers’ minds. What if an outage brings my entire system down? What…

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Integrating Social Media into Your IT Business

These days, many businesses are using social media to connect with their clients and to promote their services, and IT companies are no exception. Businesses of all sizes choose to add social media to their marketing mix because it is relatively cheap, easy to use, and their customers and prospects are already there. But, a…

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Helpful Techniques When Working with Oracle

If you use Oracle, chances are, you could use a few tips for making your workflow smoother and more reliable. While there are numerous tips you could spend time trying out for yourself, here are some of the most straightforward to help you get the most out of Oracle right now. Use indexing to your…

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How to Optimize your Virtual Network

Just a decade ago, server virtualization emerged onto the IT scene, changing the way organizations think about – and use – server hardware. With server virtualization, you basically have multiple “virtual” servers running on a single physical server. This consolidation results in a much higher utilization of physical servers, which can reduce costs required to…

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How to Protect Your Cloud Data

Outsourcing storage can save your company lots of money, but how do you know your information will be safe in the cloud? Cloud computing is now commonplace, but unfortunately, security breaches are becoming all too common as well. Here are five smart practices for keeping your company’s data safe in the cloud. 1. Use strong…

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How to Create a More Effective Data Center

IT managers are constantly on the lookout for more efficient – and effective – ways to run their data centers. You can try different tools and setups to help things run more smoothly, but at the end of the day, sometimes you just need to let go and automate. System administrators who do everything manually…

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