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If someone you love is over 65 and online, they can be targeted by cybercriminals simply because of their age. People who are less internet-savvy make good victims regardless of their age, and senior citizens are prime targets because they’re more likely to have financial nest eggs. But even internet-savvy seniors get scammed. Here’s what …
Consumers can expect less cash from Equifax than originally stated in its class action settlement — a lot less cash. You probably received the “COURT APPROVED LEGAL NOTICE” email from Equifax that included the new warning. About half of all American adults – more than 145 million people — were affected by the breach and it …
Each year your organization gets a fresh opportunity to improve on last year’s IT budget. To help you succeed in 2020, Leapfrog Services has developed a collection of materials that cover IT budget planning, processes, caveats, and decision-making. Our downloadable IT Budgeting Guide for 2020 is a comprehensive overview. It walks you through what we’ve …
As a managed IT provider, Leapfrog Services is often heavily involved in our clients’ IT budgeting processes. Ideally, we conduct an IT business Strategic Alignment Session before the budget is complete to discuss how IT can help meet planned goals and help determine the costs involved. In this final post of our series on IT …
Like all organizations, yours needs to keep up with new cybersecurity threats. What you did this year isn’t going to be enough to protect your business next year. But where should you focus your IT cybersecurity budget in 2020? In this post, which is part of our series on IT budgeting for 2020, we discuss …
(UPDATED) If you run a business, how do you know if you’re spending the right percentage of your budget on IT operations? Find out what others in your industry are spending is a great place to start. Budget studies by Gartner and others can point you in the right direction for general guidelines. IT budgets …
How well will your IT serve your organization in 2020? The first step is to budget correctly! This post is part of our series on IT Budgeting for 2020 and covers the high-level questions to ask within your organization as you begin the budget season. Other 2020 budgeting posts cover budgeting for cybersecurity and the top …
You know the advice you used to get about creating good passwords? It’s been updated for 2019! But don’t be confused about what the advice really means. The highly circulated news that you no longer have to update your passwords except under certain circumstances has been badly misunderstood. Here are three charts that explain the …
(UPDATED) April 2019: All IT hardware has an expiration date. So when your organization owns computers, servers, switches and any other tangible piece of IT equipment, the conventional wisdom has been to replace it as it reaches the end of its life — of course! But now that software has been eating the world, conventional …
Remember when FitBit was in a class by itself? Wearables aren’t just for tracking steps and heart rates anymore. From watches that take your blood pressure to baby clothes that monitor breathing to yoga pants that help correct your pose, what you wear is also becoming what you know. Take a look at some of …
