Hurricane season has officially begun, and forecasters with the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration are predicting “above normal” activity with up to 17 named storms developing in the Atlantic through November. No matter how many storms actually develop, it only takes one to significantly — and perhaps permanently — disrupt your business operations.
Business Continuity Tips for Weathering Hurricane Season
Why Ongoing Firewall Management Is Essential to Network Security
IT security tools continue to advance at a rapid pace, as the industry races to stem the tide of cyberattacks. A new class of threat detection solutions uses real-time data analytics to spot malware and suspicious behavior older systems might miss. There are emerging tools with artificial intelligence capabilities that can automatically detect and respond to security threats.
The Benefits and Risks of Server Consolidation and Virtualization
For years, businesses have discussed moving workloads and applications to the cloud, and many surveys have seemingly supported this trend. However, a recent study from the Uptime Institute found that only about one-third of workloads are in the cloud – about the same as in 2014. In other words, 65 percent of workloads remain in the corporate data center.
Protecting Sensitive Data
Data encryption is the key to minimizing the risk of embarrassing and costly security breaches.
A seemingly endless list of high-profile data breaches has organizations worried about the threats posed by hackers. The ongoing adoption of cloud applications and storage brings concerns about the security of data on third-party systems.
Most Organizations Are Adopting Multiple Clouds
It seems almost quaint that organizations once wondered whether they should move to the cloud. Today, virtually every organization is using some form of cloud, with the vast majority adopting a multi-cloud strategy.
As the name implies, a multi-cloud model involves the use of more than one cloud service.
Staying Up to Date
Verteks helps the Marion County Property Appraiser with cost-effective upgrades for its servers, security, backup and phone system.
As the pace of technology change continues to accelerate, organizations in virtually every industry are struggling to keep up.
Messaging on the Rise, but Email Remains Relevant
In a 2011 survey of more than 1,400 CIOs, more than half said they believed real-time communication technologies such as instant messaging and text messaging would overtake classic email within five years. That hasn’t happened, and may actually be even less likely today than it was back then.
How Managed Services Can Boost the Top and Bottom Line
Most people think of managed services in terms of the technology value they provide. The managed services provider (MSP) monitors and maintains the IT infrastructure to ensure optimum performance and reduce the risk of downtime or a security breach. When a problem does arise, the MSP is there to resolve it — often before end-users are even aware there’s an issue.
Making the Move to Office 365
As applications, services and infrastructure have become increasingly available in the cloud, organizations of all sizes have begun to seriously contemplate a “cloud-first” strategy. The idea is to reduce IT costs by utilizing shared resources through the cloud whenever possible.
WannaCry Illustrates Need for Windows 10 Migration
If you’ve been putting off a migration to the Windows 10 operating system, you got a wakeup call on May 12. That’s the day hackers exploited known vulnerabilities in older versions of Windows to launch the largest cyber extortion attack ever.
The WannaCry ransomware attack was astonishing in both scale and speed, striking hundreds of thousands of computers in more than 200 countries within a span of 48 hours.
