Businesses should understand the different methods of security attacks and different areas of vulnerabilities within their organization. When we hear about these attacks that have compromised user accounts on cloud services and SaaS (Software as a Service) providers, we want…

Big Data has been buzzed about around the business world quite a bit. Big and small organizations are betting this will help their organizations to understand their business areas and customers better. The definition of Big Data is still diverse;…

Disaster Recovery with the Hybrid Cloud One of the benefits of the hybrid cloud is disaster recovery.  Organizations can run their workload in both on-premises data centers and third party data centers. Cloud service providers are helping the organizations to…

Virtualization and Cloud Today, many organizations are migrating their enterprise application loads to the cloud. The cloud is nothing but a remote data center of a cloud service provider. Customers rent the resources for Computer Storage and Networking from the…

Amid Severe Budget Cuts, Improved IT Efficiency Preserves Education Funding The Tyler Independent School District was caught in the financial vice of having thousands of old computers in desperate need of replacement, while losing significant state education funding. Teachers and…

Last weekend a fire broke out in my Boston apartment building (below). Of course it was the middle of the night. And of course it was cold and rainy outside when we had to evacuate. When the alarm went off…