Considering the financial forecast for the upcoming business year, it is unsurprising that small businesses are tightening their belts and purse strings. The unfortunate reality that most small businesses face is the fact that you have to spend money to make money. Fortunately, there are ways to spend less money and still realize a positive [...]
Telecommuting Enhances Small Business Bottom Line
March 10, 2009 By
Small businesses continuously seek creative ways to decrease financial expenses without compromising service. This is especially true during a recession. Telecommuting is an innovative option that enables employees to work away from the physical business site on a part-time to full-time basis. Flexible scheduling enables multiple employees to share physical office space, computers, network resources, and phones, while also reducing the cost of utilities.
How to Protect Your Small Business from Spyware
March 3, 2009 By
Computers on the Internet are continually bombarded with viruses and other malware, so users employ antivirus software to protect themselves. Email inboxes are constantly flooded with pathetically useless spam, so users employ anti-spam programs and techniques to protect themselves. As soon as you think you have things under control you find out your system has a myriad of spyware and adware programs silently running in the background monitoring and reporting on your computer activity. Here’s what to do about it.
8 Ways IM Affects Your IT Infrastructure
February 24, 2009 By
To ease connection difficulties, many popular IM clients are adept at navigating traffic through well-secured network environments by using unauthorized ports in corporate firewalls. This access allows additional entry points into the network for viruses and rogue protocols – bypassing corporate authentication systems and controls.
Backup for Small Business: The Basics
February 17, 2009 By
Data Loss – An Inevitable Event Tomorrow, next week, six months, next year—it will happen. Your organization will experience data loss from a server or from an individual’s computer. Are you prepared for that event? According to American Data Recovery: U.S. businesses lose over $12 billion per year because of data loss. Hardware or system [...]
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