Managed Services

NBA Fines And Non-Compliance Lessons for SMBs

Posted by on May 25, 2011 at 4:30 am

Regulations on the local, state and federal levels are on the rise and this is putting a lot of pressure on compliance efforts of Small and Medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and exposing the fact that these organizations can only avoid costly fines and/or lawsuits by maintaining strict compliance throughout their information management processes. I found the [...]

The ABCs of a Business Continuity Plan

Posted by on May 22, 2011 at 7:54 pm

The ABCs of a Business Continuity Plan: How To Stay in Business After an Extended Outage You’ve probably heard this sermon a million times, but we will keep harping on it until small business owners start taking the issue of business continuity and disaster recovery planning more seriously. Those in the trenches know the familiar [...]

The “Free Trial” Trap and How To Avoid It

Posted by on May 14, 2011 at 11:32 am

We’ve all been subjected to it: ” Install our software or hardware and use it for 30-60 days and if you do not like it, simply remove it and you will get your money back, no questions asked”. Well, there-in lies the problem – that no questions are being asked. Have you ever subscribed to [...]

The Cloud And Your Business: Where is Your Umbrella?

Posted by on May 4, 2011 at 1:06 pm

That there is a lot of hype in the technology industry about “the cloud” is pretty obvious these days. You will be hard pressed to  read an article about technology (this one included) without some reference to the beauty, ease and affordability of cloud services. The argument is that IT infrastructures have become too complex [...]

WeR1 v Cyberlynk: Ethics and Danger in the Cloud

Posted by on April 5, 2011 at 4:07 pm

A recent lawsuit involving WeR1 World Network and CyberLynk Network brings up the issue of ethics, responsibility and danger in the much hyped “Cloud” storage utility that has been agressively pushed by most of the major vendors in recent times. The gist of the case is that a disgruntled employee of Cyberlynk managed to log [...]