June 2015: Net neutrality is the law of the land. Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and mobile carriers must now treat all traffic sources equally. While this is good news for most, in the short term it could impact your business, especially if you rely heavily on cloud services. But didn’t the tech industry see this …
April 2015: If your company is looking to manage costs, improve productivity, expand its talent pool and reduce absences and attrition, here’s a way to make your employees happy, and at the same time, let them work from home. At least some of them and for some of the time. With the right IT infrastructure, …
February 2014: If your business has computers that are running Windows XP — 29% of all Windows computers still do — then your company will soon be what us frogs call “Up Disruption Creek.” Microsoft will officially stop supporting XP after April 8, 2014. No patches, no updates, no troubleshooting. Just specific anti-malware support. So …
December 2013: If you’re a CEO, CFO, CTO, nonprofit director, part of IT leadership or just want to leverage your technology to grow your business, you’re in luck! Each month we publish concise, useful advice about top IT issues. Here’s a bullet-point sampling. Are there IT areas you need to know more about so you …
July 2013: Normal traffic on your company’s network means smooth hopping ahead. But what about when something unusual happens? Should your IT team ignore it? No way! Your network communicates with a few locations regularly — like local servers, mail servers, Google, cloud apps and others — so detecting something different is critical. Anomalies may …
MARCH 2013: People love their smartphones and tablets so much — including all the touch conveniences, apps and Angry Birds that come with them — they want to use them all the time, including on the job. So they do. Four out of five employees use their personal devices for work, which make them happy …
AUGUST 2012: No business wants anything to go wrong with its IT system — hopping along at a continuous, productive and profitable pace is definitely the way to go! But our world is imperfect. The power goes out. The Internet goes down. Things break. Storms roll in. Not to mention it’s a frog-eat-frog world out …
JULY 2012: There’s a growing trend called Shadow IT — it sounds ominous, and it can be for some companies. Gartner, the top IT research and advisory firm, warns about companies neglecting to change with the times, and some IT security experts are deeply concerned about slippery slopes and points of no return. Should your …
Now that there are cloud solutions for every size business, communication tools that eliminate the need for desk phones (and even desks) and collaboration tools that let teams work together virtually, tethering employees to an office could actually be slow-tracking your business. In fact, studies prove that teleworking (also called telecommuting) can give you …
If you’re like most businesses in this economy, you’ve probably been hunkering down and putting off buying new technology equipment. Maybe you’re into your fourth or fifth year on equipment that’s usually replaced in three. Is this a good idea? Sometimes, yes. Leapfrog thinks extending your technology’s life cycle can be a great idea. Other …