Making the Decision to Move Your Business to the Cloud

How to Decide for Your Business: Making the Decision to Move to the Cloud

The technology world makes frequent mention of “the cloud”, which often makes it difficult to determine if this too is just another tech buzzword or if “the cloud” is actually a key tool to help enable your business operations to succeed.

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At the most basic level, cloud-based technology consist of hardware and software resources that you access through off-site based resources, instead of through an…

Key Raider Malware Targets Apple iOS Devices: What is it? Who is is affected? Should I worry?


KeyRaider Malware Targets Apple Devices

KeyRaider Malware Apple iPhone iOS Security

This week Palo Alto Networks announced their identification of the KeyRaider malware attack, “the largest known Apple account theft caused by malware,”  which to date has compromised the IT security of over 225,000 Apple accounts.

How Does KeyRaider Work?

KeyRaider targets “jailbroken” iDevices, which strips Apple devices of their built-in security measures. 

Windows 10: Helping Your Office Bridge the Gap Between PCs and Tablets

Windows 10: Helping Your Office Bridge the Gap Between PCs and Tablets

When Microsoft released Windows 8, it went too far in focusing on the tablet experience, leaving desktop computer users out to dry. Now it’s time for Windows 10 to show that Microsoft has an operating system truly capable of bridging the gap between PCs and tablets. Approximately 74 percent of companies promote some form of bring your…

How An Excellent IT Workflow Will Keep Your Business Running Steady

Setting up and maintaining IT operations can be challenging, especially when most business owners aren’t too focused on the technological side of things. Office IT can easily become a labyrinth of words in a foreign language, complex documents, and complicated systems. This is especially true in fields such as the insurance industry, or high-volume banking, which are fiercely competitive spaces of business. However, you can alleviate this

iPhone, iPad and iOS Fall Victim to YiSpecter Malware Attacks


Everyone was YiSpecter Fighting, Those Hacks Were Fast as Lightening

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Experts Finding Malware Creativity Advancing Faster Than Ever

Experts Finding Malware Creativity Advancing Faster Than Ever

How many technology solutions does your business rely on? Integrated software packages, softphone-based VoIP systems, productivity enhancing smartphones — technology has transformed workplace productivity, but it comes with a dark side. Malware, which is malicious software such as viruses and trojans, continue to be a major problem. One anti-virus software company detected 2,205,858,791 attacks in Q1 2015.

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3 Ways to Grow Your Business With IT Services

Want to kick-start new business leading into 2016? Enable growth with best-in-class technology and IT Support Services

42 percent of small businesses have no IT department, yet many of these businesses rely on technology-based solutions to fuel their future growth. Without dedicated IT professionals, business owners or other critical personnel are regularly pulled away from their core business responsibilites to address ongoing IT issues.

Your business can’t grow if you’re constantly running around and putting…

5 Pervasive Myths About Cloud Computing

Businesses in the United States spend well over $13 billion each year on cloud computing services. As “Cloud” picks up steam as the latest buzzword, migrating to the cloud is no longer an expensive, risky venture reserved only for major enterprises.

With prices continuing to drop as the technologies develop and mature, the latest studies are finding that companies with fewer than 19 employees are now 20 times more likely to adopt cloud technologies than their…

Are You Accidentally Violating HIPAA Regulations?

In a busy medical office, it’s hard to keep track of each and every HIPAA regulation, and accidental HIPAA violations can easily occur. 

In many cases, practices discover multiple violations in place upon beginning compiance examinations before you or your users even realize you’ve done anything wrong.  (more…)

Too Small for IT Security? Data Says Think Again! Attacks on SMB Rise

Is Your Organization at Risk? If You Run Your Business Without Strategic IT Security, the Answer is…

For many small business owners IT security planning  can seem like a luxury, but a lack of proactive security can actively hamper growth, even among the smallest of businesses.At its worst, not having the right defenses in place can sink your business operations as your entire enterprise is brought to a standstill by a malicious attack. Read More

How Does HIPAA Affect Healthcare IT in California

HIPAA’s Impact on Your Healthcare IT Operations

Back in 1996, HIPAA (Healthcare Portability and Accountability Act) was established and enacted to protect the private health information of patients, to facilitate health record transfers between companies, to create standards regarding electronic billing and patient information, and to introduce fraud reduction. 

Without Healthcare IT Support, This Ends Up Happening Far Too Often …

In California, the California Department of Health Care Services oversees…

Healthcare Providers 450% More Likely to Be Blackmailed by Cryptowall – How to Protect Yourself

Healthcare Providers Beware: Cybercriminals Targeting Covered Entitites (CE) with Malware and Data Breaches

The cyber crime landscape is rapidly growing more dangerous and complex for organizations of all sizes. Reports of security incidents are growing 66 percent each year, with the average cost of a data breach estimated at $3.5 million. 

While organizations in any industry are at risk of cyber crime from outside attacks or insider perpetration, many small and…

Are Your Office Operations HIPPA Friendly?  Improving Patient Care and Protecting PHI

How HIPAA Affects Office IT, the Business Operations of Healthcare Providers and Overall Patient Care

From its inception, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) has had many ramifications for healthcare providers, and when it comes to technology management and IT support, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed.

When HIPAA affects how and where your office utilizes its IT devices and systems, your business operation methods and the manner in which patients are cared for. This is a brief…

Dyre Malware Has Stolen Over $1 Billion: Is Your Company’s Sensitive Data at Risk?

As Cyberattacks Continue to Skyrocket, DYRE Malware Grew 125% in Q2 Alone.  Are You Prepared for the Latest?

Both consumers and organizations of all sizes are at increased risk for DYRE malware attacks in the months to come. TrendLabs reported a 125 percent increase in DYRE attacks in the second quarter of 2015, proving that criminal interest in stealing user credentials is growing.

Simultaneously, attacks against healthcare organizations have grown 600 percent, and these organizations are…

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