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If you bought a Samsung Galaxy Note 7, us frogs are sorry for your troubles. Nothing sucker-punches productivity like being told you have to power down your smartphone … forever. Except maybe having it blow up. On the other hand, nothing boosts productivity like knowing your smartphone is super-secure … forever. Here’s how Galaxy Note …
October 2016: There’s no reason an SSAE 16 audit should strike fear into the hearts of those who have to prepare for it — even if you’re running a big part of your business in the cloud. You can set up your policies, procedures, systems and reporting functions so that proving you’re compliant is a …
October 2016: Yes, you require a passcode or fingerprint to unlock your smartphone. Yes, you’ve enabled Find My iPhone or Android Device Manager. And, yes, sadly, your lost or stolen phone can STILL be used to make calls and get some of your personal information until you hit the kill switch. Here’s how you can …
September 2016: No one wants to end up with an IT budget that doesn’t match what your company needs to be successful. That’s why now’s the time to have meetings with your stakeholders and talk with them about what they want to accomplish next year and how IT can help. Doing this now gets everyone …
September 2016: Your favorite apps may be super useful and super fun, but are they also super risky? Some are! And not just the apps that you’d suspect in the first place. Pokémon GO, for example, gave its developers full access to some users’ Google accounts. This included the ability to change, copy and delete …
September 2016: When your spam filter isn’t set high enough, you get a lot of spam. And when it’s set too high, you get important emails that go straight to your junk folder, causing you to check that folder more often than you’d like. It’s the same with the rest of IT — too little …
August 2016: Did you migrate your business to Windows 10 while it was still officially free? If not, it’s time to put it in your budget — there’s a lot more to migrating than just updating machines. You need a strategic plan to get it done right! For great IT in 2017 and beyond, make …
August 2016: You are one in 7.125 billion! Your DNA, fingerprints, retinas, voice, ear shape, vein patterns and the way you walk — all unique. And all can be read! That’s why biometrics authentication is so secure. But it’s also a super timesaver. If your mere presence was enough to log in to devices and …
Sure, you talk to your smartphone. Siri or Cortana (or Google Now) searches the web for you, sends texts or reminds you to do something. But do you talk to your computer? Do you ask it to open apps and find files? To delete this and capitalize that? The fastest way to get your computer …
The University of Calgary paid a $20,000 bitcoin ransom (about $16,000 U.S.) to get its data back from hackers because it had no choice. More than 100 computers were affected by ransomware, which essentially shut down the network. The university wasn’t well-prepared so it was either pay or halt operations. If your company is online, …
