Wouldn’t 100% uptime be your ideal vision? Is it even possible to achieve in any given year? Maybe and maybe not. But you should be at least at 99.8% uptime. Get any less than that, and your healthcare business (or any business for that matter) loses a ton of capacity...
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5 Consequences for Law Firms Without Disaster Recovery Plans
According to FEMA reports, 40% of businesses (or more) are affected by serious superstorms. For example, think of Hurricane Sandy. And unfortunately, many businesses, including law firms, find they are not prepared when a disaster like this strikes. In the case of...
Your Manufacturing Company Isn’t Safe from Data Security Breaches
You would think that, as our world grows and advances technologically, the cyber world would get even safer. But the reality is that it only becomes more difficult (not impossible) for cyber criminals to do their work. And they work just as hard at disobeying the law...
Are You Making These 5 Deadly Managed IT Services Mistakes?
When you go out to find an IT support team, they’re supposed to be the expert, right? Well, yes and no. You have to be careful because not every third party puts your best interests first. Regardless of the type of small (or large) business you run, here are some IT...
10.5 Secrets to Reduce Your Technology Costs
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We welcome back fellow Northeast Ohio blogger, Brett Harney, of Corporate Technologies Group, to share their whitepaper with our IT Support blog subscribers on ten and a half secrets you can use to reduce your technology costs when...
4 Top Data Protection Tips for Healthcare Companies
Fact: did you know that more than 260 healthcare data breaches have affected more than 10 million patients? And did you know this happened in the span of just 2 years, from 2009-2011? This is according to the US Department of Health and Human Services. You can check...
The difference between disaster recovery and business continuity
We have been talking a lot about Data Protection, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity. People tend to use these terms interchangeably. I came across this great article on Dell's Tech Page One that describes the importance of each and the differences. Here is...
Warning: Your Law Firm’s Data Security Measures Aren’t Secure at All!
We’re not saying this just to scare you – it’s the truth. Even the highly conservative financial industry has already adapted to the cloud. The Legal industry as a whole, however, still lags somewhat behind. Joseph M. Burton, who writes for LawPracticeToday.org said:...
3 Glaring Reasons Your Manufacturing Company Needs Managed IT Services
You hear almost every day about big companies that have millions of customer’s information hacked and stolen. There’s Target, Home Depot, and many others. But what about companies that focus on manufacturing? Well, they’re no exception to the rule. Take a look at some...
Business Decisions: When To Invest In IT Support
Running a business is no easy task. From operations to finance, it all comes down to your final decisions at the end of the day. In this ever-growing IT based world, deciding when to invest in IT outsourcing for your business is critical. And don’t worry, by the end...