The cloud has become an integral part of how we store and manage data. Its convenience, scalability, and accessibility make it an attractive option for business. However, recent events have highlighted a critical point of failure for cloud storage that cannot be overlooked: redundancy. A recent example is the data loss incident experienced by UniSuper,…
Darren McBride was at Thursday’s presentation, learning how to maximize savings as the country transitions into the new tax era. The owner of Sierra Computer Group says his business will see immediate gains. “The overall, over the next couple of years, lower tax rate puts more money back in the business, which let’s us buy…
1.Price Microsoft has a pretty heavy price tag for the new Office Home and Business 2016, starting out at $229.99 for one product key code. Why pay that for one user when Office 365 plans start at $5 per month? Small businesses can get access to Outlook Email with Calendars, Online conferencing, Skype, file storage…
There’s been lots of discussion regarding cloud versus closet reliability. I recall years ago when Microsoft ran a campaign about five “9”s referring to the reliability of cloud solutions. Despite a few remarkable exceptions, the last few years have quieted these claims by Microsoft, Google and even Apple. The web does fail. And in lots…
Local Server or Cloud? There is a lot of talk lately about “cloud computing” and moving “Line of Business” applications to the cloud. Simply put this means using a web browser to access your applications hosted on a server somewhere on the Internet. There are several advantages for using cloud computing and many disadvantages. The…
More and more technical services and applications are becoming available in the cloud. But which ones are prudent to use for a small or medium size business? Every technical solution has it’s drawbacks. Servers in the closet have to be maintained, backed up and refreshed, but they are physically and logically secure and usually the…
