Mitigate your Ransomware Risk with Cloud Backup and Business Continuity
“He who fails to plan, is planning to fail.” ~Winston Churchill In January of 2017, the Cockrell Hill Police Department in Texas announced they lost 8 years of data, [...]
Google Cloud Outage Brings Down Snapchat, Spotify
A recent outage in 2018, the internet was abuzz with the latest cloud outage. Thanks to an issue with the Google Cloud Engine, users of Snapchat, Spotify, Pokemon Go [...]
Why you need Cloud Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
Did you know: 45% of unplanned downtime is due to hardware failure? Or that 48% of IT providers indicate phishing emails were the cause of ransomware? And 36% say [...]
4 Security Risks of Windows and How to Prevent Them
“Most people are starting to realize that there are only two different types of companies in the world: those that have been breached and know it and those that [...]
Meltdown and Spectre: What Does This Mean For You?
The tech world was rocked at the dawn of the new year with the announcement of the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities. The blogosphere is brimming with information and suggestions on [...]
Key Insights from Mergers and Acquisitions Trends Report 2018 from Deloitte
We recently came across some interesting data while researching the outcomes from Mergers and Acquisitions. Here are some key insights from Deloitte’s Mergers and Acquisitions Trends report 2018. Corporations [...]
Key Insights for Banking and Securities Industry 2018 and Beyond
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” ~Leonardo DaVinci During 2017, the financial services industry went through structural changes and looked to invest in technologies driving digital transformation. The key driver [...]
Why the Insurance Industry Shouldn’t Fear Cloud Services
An Accenture report from late 2016 found that 1 in 3 cyber security attacks on the insurance industry are successful. Despite this, the report goes on to say that [...]
Why Cloud is the Referral that Healthcare IT Needs
There’s no shortage of complexity in healthcare IT. Between security concerns, industry regulations, large volumes of data, and the high stakes, a major shift in the way IT is [...]
Why Higher Education Shouldn’t Fear the Cloud
While higher ed institutions around the country have largely embraced the cloud and have started to migrate their systems in large numbers, a recent CIO Review article reports that [...]