5 Things You Should Know About VoIP

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology is common for decreased telecommunications costs and increases to productivity, among other benefits. There are useful features and capabilities that are desirable for any business sizes. With so much information to sort through, here are five basic things that every business should know about VoIP.

The quality of a VoIP call is dependent on the network.

What is a Watering Hole Attack?

The terminology of online security threats continues to change, and the creative naming can be both ambiguous and explanatory. The most recent concern being Watering Hole Attacks, which are an increasing risk with the growing use of personal devices and cloud services.

“Spear-phishing” – What it is, and How it Works

The FBI has published a warning that they have seen an increase in criminals who use spear-phishing to attack and gain access to private computer networks. Access is then used to exploit the data “to create fake identities, steal intellectual property, and compromise financial credentials to steal money from victims’ accounts.

Google Releases Chrome for Android

Chrome isn’t quite ready for Android devices – in fact, the program just entered beta – but it’s already exciting many of the Google circles because of its smooth layout and ability to sync.

Google released the new version of Chrome about a week ago.

What Do You Know About 24/7 Network Monitoring?

Day-to-day operations require massive amounts of devotion and time. If there’s a problem with your network, it can take hours, if not days, to fix it on your own. Then, once you do get it up and running again, there’s no telling what kind of data you lost and how much revenue you threw away because of a small network hiccup.

Are You Sure You’re Protected?

Cybercrime isn’t going away, and in fact it’s increasing each year by thousands of reports. In the 2012 Security Threat Report by SOPHOS, the company urges all small companies and individuals to step up their game, saying that we “need to be ready for attacks on new platforms and devices—all the places we use data for work and our personal lives,” and that “cybercriminals are becoming more professionalized through the availability of commercial crimeware kits… the result is mass generation of new malicious code and exploits, and a significant increase in the volume of malware.

Mozilla Persona: A New Way to Protect Yourself Online

If you don’t remember all of the passwords you use for your accounts, or you don’t feel comfortable typing them into every computer that you visit, the makers of Firefox have a new solution called Persona.

Persona just went into first Beta and is part of Mozilla’s BrowserID project.

Having a Plan is of Utmost Importance

We go over this a lot. But because September is National Preparedness Month, we think it’s important to go over it again.

You simply never know when a disaster is going to strike your business. A single disaster or day of downtime can completely cripple you.

Take These Steps to Ensure You Will Still Have Internet Access after July 9th

Cloud technology has seen continuous adoption in 2017. In fact, business owners are starting to embrace hybrid cloud so much that 2020 is expected to be the year when combined private and public cloud spending will exceed traditional data centers. But until then, here are five hybrid cloud predictions for 2018.

Clearer strategies

Many infrastructure as a service (IaaS) public cloud vendors have spent 2017 refining their hybrid cloud strategy.