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Protecting The New Currency: Data

By |2016-12-07T12:47:57-05:00December 7th, 2016|Uncategorized|

Data is the new currency, and in order to stay competitive businesses must protect it. However, data size and volume are increasing at an unprecedented rate, spawning stricter IT regulations and greater downtime costs for businesses. Outdated backup methods simply can’t keep up with today’s business requirements. Image-based backup is the most innovative, reliable method of safeguarding your business by protecting the critical data on your servers.

While traditional solutions only capture data, image-based backup captures a picture of the entire workstation or server and stores it as a unique point in time. If you need to rebuild or virtualize a machine due to damage or disaster, you can quickly restore all of the files, applications and operating systems. Image-based backup offers other benefits that traditional backup methods can’t:

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95% Of Small Businesses Have Reported Recent Encounters With CryptoLocker

By |2016-11-16T10:25:52-05:00November 16th, 2016|Uncategorized|

There are many security risks to worry about when managing or using a business network.  However, one of the biggest threats to a business’ network is CryptoLocker.

What Is Ransomware?
In order to discuss CryptoLocker, first we must have a handle on ransomware. Ransomware is a type of malware that infects computer systems, restricting users’ access to the infected systems. Ransomware variants, such as CryptoLocker, extort money from victims by displaying an on-screen alert stating that the user’s systems have been locked or files have been encrypted. Unless a ransom is paid, access will not be restored.

What Is CryptoLocker?
CryptoLocker is one of the most common strains of ransomware attacking companies around the world every single day. In a recent global survey of over 1,000 IT service providers, 95% reported recent encounters with CryptoLocker infecting small business clients. CryptoLocker renders its victim’s files unreadable using encryption, then demands payment to un-encrypt them. This variant is considered one of the top cybersecurity threats to businesses today.

Typically, CryptoLocker ransom demands are not particularly high—usually in the range of $200 to $500. However, the cost of downtime associated with ransomware can add up quickly, especially if the malware spreads beyond a single computer and onto your company’s network. Recent statistics report that 63% of small-to-midsized businesses have suffered business-threatening downtime as a result of a successful ransomware attack.

How Does CryptoLocker Spread?
CryptoLocker has been shown to spread in 4 different ways:

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Why You Should Use A Managed Services Provider

By |2016-10-13T16:29:42-04:00October 13th, 2016|Uncategorized|

Regardless of your position, at some point you have needed assistance. Managed Services Provider’s outsource on a proactive basis; management responsibilities and functions, and come up with a strategic method for improving operations and cutting expenses. That’s what a Managed Services Provider can bring to your company, the assistance you need at prices you can afford.

Overcoming The Fear Of Outsourcing An MSP:
Many organizations will feel like they are losing valuable control over important aspects of their day-to-day operations should they allow an outside entity access to those components. Many also feel that not having a person on staff to handle the needs of the company can create a problem to their organization’s ability to function. While these are rational fears, many times they can be handled by simply making an intelligent evaluation of the MSP in front of you. A good MSP will insure that clients understand their IT and have the ability to review their infrastructure at any moment. As for lack of response, in today’s technology driven world, a good MSP will have the resources available to insure clients are responded to in timely fashions.

Once an organization can overcome the initial fears of outsourcing, they can begin to focus on the benefits a good MSP can bring to the table. Choosing to work with an MSP means the following:

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How Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Could Save Your Business

By |2016-10-13T16:20:28-04:00October 13th, 2016|Uncategorized|

As a proactive decision maker, you know that implementing a solid Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery plan, also referred to as BCDR, is essential for your business. Here are four critical reasons to how Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery could save your business:

1.) Downtime Is Expensive: If your employees or customers lose access to business-critical applications and data, there will be a direct impact on productivity and revenue. While this sounds obvious, many organizations do not consider the actual costs of downtime. To better understand this cost, consider the following example using E-Tech’s Recovery Time Calculator. Let’s say your business has 100 employees, average hourly revenue is $1,500 and the backup data set amounts to 2 TB. Given these parameters, a full restore from a local backup would take over 8 hours. The associated downtime cost would amount to $34,000 in lost revenue. Some modern BCDR products offer the ability to run applications from backup instances of virtual servers. This allows users to continue operations while primary application servers are restored. Choosing a BCDR solution aimed at reducing downtime makes good business sense.

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Why Cloud Computing is Green Computing

By |2016-08-24T13:33:38-04:00August 24th, 2016|iMIS, Uncategorized|

The market for cloud computing services has expended quickly during the past few years, offering a compelling alternative to traditional data center operations. Cloud computing is becoming increasingly prevalent in the business world that Gartner Inc. is predicting that “no-cloud” policies will become as rare as “no-Internet” policies by 2020.[1]

Nearly all businesses today are going green, and for good reason. Not only are sustainable business practices good for our environment, but they also increase productivity by maximizing resource usage, which in turn reduces operating costs. However, as of yet, relatively little of the industry emphasis has been put on the environmental benefits of cloud computing. Listed below are a few of the reasons that make cloud computing sustainable:

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