For a prime example of why companies need high-end security, take a look at how a bank thwarted a 5-year-long $25 million heist. If your business happens to work with highly sensitive data, it’s incredibly important that you…
European social network VK.com has been making headlines since becoming the victim of a major hack. The platform, based in St. Petersburg, is known as “Russian Facebook” since the two sites are similar in many ways. VK, previously…
As internet technology broadens in scope and offers increasing convenience, web users become increasingly reluctant to use traditional login and password credentials to sign up for new services. While the password, when used correctly, is a very reliable…
Perception is reality, and the new generation of VR is finally ready to change the commercial perception of what our lives can be. Windows Holographic brings a developer with legitimate commercial reach into the holographic space, and the…
Despite all of the attention that large companies, such as Facebook, give to cybersecurity, both through advanced technology and simple things like reminding you to change your password regularly, a major and little-known security vulnerability remains wide open.…
Many people ask us about the IT outsourcing industry; we all know that it is undergoing a fundamental change. As more and more IT service companies are looking to their industry partners for direction, it is important to…
If you are in the market for a new MacBook Pro and you’ve been paying attention to recent rumors of a fall release, you might be wondering what the latest chatter from the WWDC means for the much…
Owners ‘n’ managers of small- to mid-size accounting firms often feel as though they are at a competitive disadvantage with their larger counterparts. Though you can swing the balance of power in your favor by recruiting “rainmakers” ‘n’…
Whatever you call them — USB, thumb or flash drives — they hold a ton of data. (For the purposes of this discussion, we will refer to them as “USB drives.”) Their storage capacity has surpassed multi-gigabytes to…
The cloud has become ubiquitous in the past decade. Just about every business taps into the cloud’s storage power. Even students, teachers and everyday individuals rely on the cloud. Yet there is one particular group that has not…
David Ferris
Wednesday June 29, 2016 