As a small business, you may be missing out by not leveraging the cloud’s potential to super-charge your business model. If you are unsure about what the “cloud” means, check out this simple primer that explains the cloud in layperson’s terms. Click on the guide and in 2 minutes, you will be demystified and an expert on how the cloud […]
In recent years, cloud file-sharing services have proliferated among businesses and consumers, alike. And while the popularity of file-sharing and cloud-computing and storage has driven competitive advancement, with a booming market comes the difficulty of narrowing down your options and making a singular choice. For instance, in service of enterprises alone, the heavy-weight contenders among file-sharing services are Box, Citrix’s […]
The simple answer is no. Cloud storage services and hardware virtualization tools, while similar in function, aren’t in competition with one another, at all. A comparable question would be: do I need to choose between sunlight and solar power? They both provide different types of energy, but sunlight doesn’t need to be harnessed in the form of solar power in […]
The Internet of Things is a growing network of connected smart devices all of which communicate with one another and, all of which can be accessed via the Internet. Today, your fitness tracker and your smartphone are plugged into the Internet of Things, but those are only two tiny, little consumer-facing products. In fact, the Internet of Things has been […]
It’s 2016. We all know what the cloud is, by now, don’t we? The chances are, you may not be familiar with everything that cloud computing can do for you and your business. After all, it is a rapidly evolving technology and many small businesses are still unfamiliar with even its most basic functionalities. So here we go, a full […]
While cloud computing technology has only entered the mainstream business world in recent years—the question is age old: what services will prove to be the most cost-effective in the long run? Is cloud storage better suited to my business needs or is on-premise storage? If you’ve also asked yourself those questions, then the good news is that you’re thinking on […]
Here’s the biggest mistake you could make for your small business this year: fail to protect your business data against cyber threats. Smaller companies have fewer resources to adequately protect business data, struggle to allocate much of any a budget to security, and furthermore don’t feel threatened enough to implement safe practices. All of those conditions add up to cybercriminals […]
Simply put: yes, a data archiving system effectively reapportions no-longer-active data to a separate device for long-term protection, retention, and easy access. However, data archiving is not the same as data backup. Why is that? Here’s the spiel. The purpose of a data backup is to provide recent copies of your active files in the event of a disaster or […]