Monitor, Test, Restore – Making Sure Your Backups Are Ready 

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Backups play a critical role in any data protection strategy. However, if you are entirely dependent on your backups for disaster recovery and business continuity, unexpected backup failures can prove disastrous for your business. When backups are scheduled automatically, you risk falling victim to media failure, software issues, cyberattacks or even a simple human error.  …

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Regular Backup Testing: Save Time, Money, and Energy

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As a business owner, you’re probably already aware of the threats looming over data security in today’s digital environment. The irretrievable loss of critical data could drive your business to ruins. Apart from the financial fallout directly associated with data loss, it could also damage your reputation.  While backups can help your business recover after …

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4 Practical Steps to Take When Hardware and Software Expire

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When a software or hardware product reaches its End of Life (EoL) or End of Service (EoS), it’s no longer supported by the manufacturer. This can be a cause of concern for organizations like yours because unsupported technologies have no routine internal security measures or support from the manufacturer.   The good news is that there …

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Don’t Overlook These 3 Technology Budget Categories  

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Are you considering all the necessary technology categories when planning your annual budget?  Technology is essential for any modern business such as yours, but it’s easy to focus solely on routine services that keep the lights on. This could lead you to miss crucial budget categories, leaving you scrambling when unanticipated needs arise.  Keep reading …

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4 Common Technology Budgeting Mistakes 

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Are you planning to include your IT needs in your annual budget this year? If so, congratulations! You’re doing something incredible to ensure your small business’ success.   Budgeting for technology can be tricky. On the one hand, you want to be ready for anything, but you also don’t want to overspend and waste valuable resources. …

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Tech Budgeting 101 for Small Businesses 

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With the new year around the corner, now is an excellent time to review your organization’s budget to ensure your business has the resources it needs to continue to grow and prosper in the coming year.  It’s important to understand that in today’s highly digitized environment, technology shouldn’t be an afterthought. You need to have …

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How an IT Service Provider Can Simplify Budgeting for Small Businesses

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Do you find budgeting for IT challenging? If so, you aren’t alone.  While the IT budgeting process can be tricky for small businesses, it can be especially difficult for those trying to do it all by themselves. With so many aspects to consider, such as routine/ongoing IT services, projects, refreshes and accidents/incidents, it can be …

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Ransomware Equals a Data Breach 

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From a data regulator’s perspective, it is the responsibility of your business to keep data safe from cyberthreats, inform clients about a breach within a stipulated period and provide necessary documentation as proof of your efforts. Although different regulations have laid down distinct mandates for breach notifications, the principle remains intact.  While there is an …

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How to Ensure Compliance When Working Remotely 

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Remote or hybrid work models are utilized by many businesses to keep their operations up and running. For all its benefits, hybrid work does present unique challenges as it exposes organizations to a whole new level of cybersecurity and compliance threats. With cybercriminals preying on vulnerable home networks and work-from-home employees saving files on local …

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Strengthen Your IT & Data Security to Prevent Cyberattacks 

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The COVID-19 pandemic has changed everything about the world as we know it. Just as we started embracing new practices like sanitizing, social distancing and remote working, the pandemic has also forced us to embrace systemic changes in the ways we deal with cyberthreats. In 2021, the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center received 847,376 complaints …

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