5 Surprising Costs That Can Impact Your IT Budget
Research reveals that IT spending is a continues priority for businesses. Gartner predicts that IT spending will hit $3.7 trillion this year, a 6.2 percent increase from 2017. As IT spending increases, companies are looking to get their tech budgets…
CyberSecurity and Establishing a Cyber SMART Work Environment
With increasing cyber-attacks and threat of a cybersecurity breach to small and medium sized businesses, the need for education on cybersecurity has never been greater. The financial impact to small businesses from ransomware, phishing emails, and social engineering schemes are…
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The Internet of Things (IoT) is Transforming Field Service Organizations
The Internet of Things (IoT) has already transformed field service by allowing organizations to deliver faster and more proactive service to customers. Used right, IoT provides a way for field service organization to greatly improve productivity, reduce downtime, and turn…
Using Analytics to Rebuild the Enterprise and Set Human Creativity Free
Using analytics to rebuild the enterprise and set human creativity free ‘Analytics’ is a term that gets thrown around a lot when we’re talking about data and online services. But really, it just refers to the discovery of patterns and…
10 Things to Know About GDPR
What does GDPR have to do with me? U.S. businesses may not realize that the new General Data Protection Regulation doesn’t just apply to organizations in the European Union. The truth of the matter is it applies to anyone handling…
Securing Your BYOD Policy
Work practices have undergone a revolution in the digital age. Networked devices and more mobility have blurred the line between work and home as vast numbers of people perform their jobs across multiple platforms, often far from the office. An…
SMBs May Find GDPR Compliance a Challenge
SMBs may be more likely than their enterprise counterparts to find GDPR compliance a challenge. Generally speaking, their focus on data security is not quite as strong as it is in larger organizations. Furthermore, they are often less likely to…
The Role of HR Mitigating Cyber Security Threats
While technology has made workers’ lives easier, it has also opened the door to a number of threats in terms of hacking and data theft. Cyber security breaches are costly and destructive for all organizations, big and small. According to…
Top Business IT Trends 2018 – Technology Trends in Business
In spite of market uncertainties, IT spending remains a sustained investment for future focused business influencers and decision makers across US and Canada. In a recent webinar, we discussed why “Digital Transformation” is more than a buzz phrase circulating in…
The Secret Costs of Not Upgrading Your Hardware
It’s easy to calculate the cost of new hardware or software. But there’s more to a business case than these hard costs. Delaying your upgrade cycle may save on these costs in the short term, but there are other costs…
The Key to Staying Relevant in the Fashion Retail Space
In a hyper competitive industry such as fashion retail, implementing multiple departmental solutions piecemeal is not an effective strategy. Often retailers do not consider the consequences of how these disparate systems will interact with each other. The result is a…
Six Reasons to Consider Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS)
While it is certainly possible to create your own cloud backup and disaster recovery strategy, there are several highly desirable benefits of employing a managed plan—also frequently called disaster recovery as a service, or DRaaS. This blog post will discuss…
Top Advantages of Managed Cloud-Based Data Backup
Securely backing up company information is crucial in ensuring that valuable data isn’t lost or compromised. While an organization can use internal resources for this task, in many cases a managed cloud engagement makes more sense. This post will discuss…
5-Step IT Security Compliance for SMBs
What is security compliance? Being security compliant means your IT infrastructure protocols follow prevailing local and international industry standards, as well as adhere to any laws that apply in your locality. Examples include adhering to local privacy and security of…
