It’s been said that a company’s data is its most important resource. If this is true, then is it possible to assign a monetary value to your files? If you attempted to do so, you may come to the conclusion that your company’s data is more valuable...
Many businesses are migrating their computing needs over to the cloud. In a worldwide survey, Gartner found that 60% of businesses have increased their budgets for cloud services through 2014. Yet, cloud computing may not be right for every business. For companies...
Redundancy is great. It has a special meaning in computing. In everyday speech it means ‘no longer useful’ or ‘surplus to requirements’. In IT, it means having extra memory for backup copies of your data, so it can all be restored if your hard drive crashes or other...
Just as there are two sides to every issue, there are two sides to every IT department. Today’s IT departments are expected to maintain IT infrastructures and implement new money-making solutions. IT can be compared to a road with two lanes – a fast lane and a...
Looking for a way to protect sensitive files on your PC? For Windows users, one easy safeguard is encryption. You Hold the Key Encryption is pretty ironclad. If a hacker accesses an encrypted file, all they’ll see is a bunch of random numbers, letters, and...
