How Associations Can Use Hardware-as-a-Service

August 26, 2019November 10, 2016 by techprognosis

Hardware-as-a-Service Can Enable Membership Associations Use Latest Technology Without Paying A Fortune

Hardware-as-a-Service for Business Profitability Today’s technology is changing at a very rapid pace, and it can become very expensive for small business owners to keep up. Whether is a processor, memory, hard drives, Point-of-Sale systems, or even network and mobile devices, it is becoming tougher to keep up.

To compound the problem, vendors offer solutions with hefty price tags that make it difficult for the small business owner to afford. The end result is the tendency to “In-Source” I.T. responsibilities to a “technology-savvy” employee who quickly becomes frustrated, overworked and under-utilized.

The outcome of this scenario is the overwhelming number of small business environments with ill-maintained computer networks that are out of date in terms of security patches, backups, updates and a coherent licensing structure.

At the end of the day, the business is hurt in several ways:

Solve E-mail Problems And Save Money With Hosted Microsoft Exchange

August 26, 2019June 30, 2016 by techprognosis

How Hosted Exchange Can Solve All Your E-mail Problems While Saving You BIG Money

If you are a small to medium sized business that has frequent e-mail problems including servers going down, slow performance, too many spam e-mails and high IT support and software costs, read on.

Hosted Microsoft Exchange email service is often a much cheaper and easier way of getting rid of all these issues at a much lower cost to your company. Here’s how it works: Instead of you purchasing and maintaining your e-mail service in-house, which can be costly and time consuming, your Exchange server is hosted (and maintained) in a high-performance, high-security hosting company “in the cloud” where you can access it securely from any device or PC.

Best of all, you don’t have to make any changes in HOW you access your e-mail – your messages will simply be delivered to your inbox, phone, or other device faster and with fewer issues, and it will always be synchronized and up-to-date!

Here are just a few of the advantages:

Why Businesses Need Managed Firewalls

August 26, 2019June 27, 2016 by techprognosis

Businesses And Organizations Need Managed Firewalls In This Era of Persistent Cyber Attacks

Hardly a day goes by without some news about a data breach. Whether it’s the Credit Card breach at Goodwill Industries, or at P.F. Chang’s, we hardly pay attention. Want to know why? It is because cyber-crime is so rampant that it doesn’t even make the news anymore. This is a challenge our small business customers face everyday, just like the big boys, but without the sophisticated resources. Like it or not, your small business or organization is a target.

Imagine not being able to send or receive e-mail for days, possibly weeks. Most small business owners don’t think this could happen because they have a “reputable” anti-virus software installed. Sadly, they are operating on a false sense of security and hackers are praying that small business owners keep thinking that way.

One of the most common stunts hackers pull is breaking through a software firewall to hijack a server. Once they’re in, they use YOUR server to relay spam and other viruses to millions of users in a matter of seconds.

This is double bad for two reasons:

Small Businesses and Dangerous Fraud Protection Assumptions

August 26, 2019June 23, 2016 by techprognosis

Small Businesses and Dangerous Fraud Protection Assumptions

The Single Most Dangerous Assumption Businesses Make About Fraud Protection That Can Cause Them To Lose ALL Their Money

Here’s a shocker to most business owners: Your bank often can NOT reclaim money stolen from your bank account due to fraud or cyber-crime. That means if money gets drafted from your business bank account from a hacker, phishing attack, identity theft or by any other means, you have little to no chance of getting it back.

This often comes as a surprise to businesses who think the FDIC will “save” them from getting their accounts wiped out, and can get the money back once taken. The reality is that the FDIC insurance is to protect you from bank failure, NOT fraud. So if your debit card or account information gets accessed by a hacker and you don’t notice it within the same day, you can pretty much kiss that money goodbye.

Recent studies have shown that 83% of small businesses take no formal measures against cyber threats even though almost half of all attacks are aimed at them.

Here are 5 essential steps you can take right now to protect your business:

3 Costly Misunderstandings About Data Backup

August 26, 2019June 16, 2016 by techprognosis

Most Organizations Exhibit These 3 Costly Misunderstandings About Data Backup

Most business owners have some clear misunderstandings when it comes to backup of their critical business data.

Pop Quiz:

If your server suddenly crashed and ALL your data was erased, how long would it take before your business was back up and running as usual?

If you aren’t sure, or if you think it would only be a short period of time, read on. Below are 3 common, costly misunderstandings most business owners have about their data backup that give them a false sense of security:

Misunderstanding #1: Believing That Tape Backups Are A Reliable Way To Secure Your Data.

Wrong! Tape backups have an average failure rate of 100% (no, that’s not a typo). What makes this even worse is that tape backups will APPEAR to be working, giving you a false sense of security.

Managed Security Service Providers Face New Hacker Tools

January 26, 2017August 27, 2014 by Daniel Ihonvbere

Two companies have released software that mines information about individuals on the Web. This could pose a challenge to Managed Security Service Providers. Core Security Technologies dropped its Exomind application, while Paterva released its Maltego program. How will Managed Security Service Providers Respond? Both applications have one thing in common. They can be used to … Read more