Is Your Server Secure? How Vulnerable Is Your Data to Hackers?
The recent Heartbleed bug brought pertinent security issues to light. Multiple security redundancies are not preferable when combating ransomware; they are necessary. Victims of ransomware such as Heartbleed have already…
Who Really Has Your Stored Data?
T-Systems, a German company, has opened a new cloud data center in Biere, Germany. There they announced that they can keep the United States’ National Security Agency (NSA) from searching…
Big Data #10: Don’t Fear Experimenting
Many corporations fail to play with big data after making so much investments. The market dynamics and the competition points them to big data analytics but often they cannot reap…
Are Certain Countries a Threat to Web Security?
The concept of cyber warfare is not particularly new. However, numerous criminal organizations in foreign countries claim to work for, or obtain funding from, widely recognized government organizations. Cyber warfare…
How Will Parallels Plesk 12 Affect Web Servers?
One web hosting provider suggested that the best hosts choose a control panel that fits the needs of their business while others simply build a business around their control panel….
CIO Perspective: Traditional Strategies Still In Place
Social enterprises, enterprise collaboration, bring your own device (BYOD), new development methodologies are the changes that the affect the organizations as a whole and the IT departments is no exception….
How Secure Is the Cloud? Will It Rain Personal Information Everywhere?
Businesses want to believe in Cloud computing. For those who decide to use the Cloud, the benefits are overwhelming. As modern businesses farm out such overhead activities as human resources…
How Secure Is Your WordPress Website?
Currently, WordPress powers approximately 17 percent of all websites. Its popularity makes it a prime target for malware because its scope provides the opportunity for substantial impact once a vulnerability…
Why Office 365 Is a Better Choice for Your Business
After more than two years in the field discussing and implementing Office 365 and Google Apps, trying to decide between the pros and cons of both, I can say that…
First, do not try to make a “confection” training to ease your job, instead try to go on with a “boutique” training. Your users will have different levels of knowledge…
Big Data #9: Don’t Push It Too Far, Stick to Your Common Sense
Big data is about trying to unearth the right information from your structured and unstructured data sets. Done properly, it is no doubt that it will assist the enterprise to…
First Week in IT? Here Is a Helping Hand
In your first day in the company you will be introduced to a lot of people, whose names you will not be able to remember 10 minutes later, but will…