The foundation of any successful business continuity solution is the ability to retrieve data from any point in time from anywhere. When the topic of data recovery and business continuity comes up, you get the feeling that many decision makers at smaller businesses and organizations wish they could channel their inner six-year-old, simply cover their...
Did you know that 50% of small business owners think their businesses are too small to be targeted by the thieves of the virtual world? Contrary to popular belief, 72% of hacker attacks often happen to smaller firms – firms with less than 100 employees! So how prepared is your SMB? Here’s a checklist to...
Research has revealed that over half of all users end up opening fraudulent emails and often even fall for them. Phishing is done with the aim of gathering personal information about you, generally related to your finances. The most common reason for the large number of people falling for fraudulent emails is that the phishing...
According to Symantec SMB, 50% of SMBs admit to having no backup and disaster recovery plan in place. 41% of those surveyed confessed that they had never even given much thought to implementing a disaster recovery or business continuity plan. If you are one of them, then you really need to think about whether you...
If you find yourself asking “why do I need a managed service provider?” you’re not alone. When your IT systems are running smoothly, with no problems, error messages or viruses, it can be tempting to pat yourself on the back for not using outsourced IT support services. As a smaller company, maybe you rely on...
The last three months have been a whirlwind of change. Businesses have had to move swiftly to a work from home (WFH) model that allows their employees to be productive in a remote environment. For many small businesses, who had not designed their technology strategy to support WFH at this scale, there were immediate technology...
The axiom that remote workers are less productive has proven untrue. Combined with lower organizational costs and reduced turnover, we have to question – will staff ever come back into the office in the same way? For the immediate term WFH is here to stay. This is a prime moment to step back, assess your...
