Are You Ready for Windows 7 End of Life?

Windows 7 has been one of the most loved operating systems that Microsoft has ever come out with and many people are still using it today. Recently, Microsoft announced that if you haven’t upgraded systems yet, come January 14, 2020, Microsoft will no longer offer extended support for this version. You might want to consider […]

Feds Attempt Curb of Ransomware

Ransomware has received unprecedented popularity, and healthcare organizations are ripe targets . Criminals know it. In just a few short years, Ransomware has dominated the market, prompting a response from the federal government last week. Ransomware attacks have risen from 1,000 attacks a day in 2015, the same time this year attacks rose to a […]

Washington Wants A Say in Small Business Security

A presidential cybersecurity commission wraps up its information-gathering phase with a hearing this week in Huston, where they are requesting public comments. Another event is planned for next month in Minneapolis with the hopes to tie together a long-term cyberstrategy by a Dec. 1 deadline.   The commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity was launched under […]

New Google Study Promotes Cloud

The Economist Intelligence Unit has released a study sponsored by Google that focuses on the benefits of the cloud. That being said the validity of the study might be called into question considering that google has a vested interest in cloud services.   That’s right, the study focuses on the benefits of migrating to the […]

Telework

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As a small business owner, you enjoy the ability to operate quickly when action is needed. You appreciate the ease of communication within your office, and you can get things accomplished simply and efficiently. At least, that’s the goal; maybe things aren’t so smooth. One way to fix that is by integrating an intranet into […]

Disaster Recovery and Why it Matters to AREASERVED Businesses

When you mention the term ‘disaster recovery,’ most people think about the big ground-shattering events like earthquakes, fires, floods, tropical storms, etc. While these natural events are certainly disasters and devastating in their own right, smaller things can constitute as a disaster for your business, and they aren’t seasonal.

Sandbox

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Tablets are definitely becoming a staple in the consumer electronics world. For the longest time, the tablet PC was an expensive, clunky device that just didn’t wow consumers. Some businesses had adopted tablets back in the day, but they were difficult to use, hard to support, and they simply didn’t perform for the price tag. […]