[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] A Good Time to Ensure Your Data Protection Plan is Up to Date In the ever changing world of Anti-virus and Malware protection, it is not unusual to see a multitude of announcements from Anti-virus firms announcing upgrades. It is...
Data Protection
City Protects Mission-Critical Services with Dell AppAssure
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Case Study for using AppAssure for City Government's Data Backup *The Following is a case study from Dell AppAssure. Great Lakes Computer is an Authorized Partner for AppAssure Software and Solutions. Just five miles from the Texas...
Avoiding the Black Swan – a Guide to Disaster Recovery
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Black Swan Event - ready to take down your IT Systems According to our good friends on Wikipedia, a Black Swan Event is a metaphor that describes an event that comes as a surprise, has a major effect, and is often...
Taking a Proactive Stance on Cybercrime with the Right Antivirus
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Why SMB's need to go beyond pre-installed antivirus In a climate where cyber attacks are becoming a reality for every level of business, choosing the right antivirus and antimalware is a vital part of maintaining consumer confidence...
BBB Offering Scam Alerts – Like an AntiVirus Software for your Life
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] BBB Launches Scam Alert Text Service As a proud member of the Greater Cleveland Better Business Bureau, I was exciteed to see the announcement earlier this month about a new service for consumers and business owners in which they...
Warning: New Malware Threatening Data Security
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] New kid on the malware block teaches SMBs old lesson Stealing account numbers and access passwords to financial resources is almost par for the course for today's malware, but according to Trend Micro, there really is something new...
New IT Security Threat Tactics Proliferate During First Half of 2013
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] US is most prevalent spam producing nation in 2013 The midpoint of the calendar year provides businesses with a chance to evaluate their progress so far so that they can make more accurate predictions about the six months to come,...
Cyber Criminals Targeting SMB Websites – IT Support More Critical
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Data Backup and Disaster Recovery Growing in Importance to Small Business Survival I am continually getting phone calls and emails from colleagues and customers with stories of how they know an SMB whose website was targetted by...
Were You Surprised About The NSA?
M. Ursula Herrmann is Great Lakes Computer's guest blogger on Government IT Security. You may also recognize her from her work on Crain's Cleveland Business as a guest blogger on Network Security. Ms. Herrmann is a Network Security Analyst living in Juneau, Alaska. ...
Why Instituting Data Backup Regulations Will Pay Off in the End
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] SMB's should avoid being penny wise and pound foolish on data security and IT support According to one of the latest studies in the data security field, businesses that decry the cost of following new regulations may well be putting...