Last week F1 Solutions was honored as the winner of the 2014 Huntsville/Madison Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year Winner in the technology category. We are so honored to have received this recognition and thanked all of our wonderful staff, most who were on-hand to share in this magical night.
Healthcare providers and their associates have often been slow to adapt to new technology solutions. Many find themselves struggling with outdated systems that are costly to maintain and fail to satisfy the needs of the modern workforce and the demands of today’s consumers.
Your business data is at risk more than ever. If your password is weak, can easily be guessed, or is the same for multiple websites, hackers can steal your data and sell it to your competitors.
Data is the most valuable resource in the knowledge economy, so everyone from Google to small businesses in Huntsville need to protect their customer data at all costs.
This week we saw mobile apps making headlines. Tinder was used by a potential spy to unsuccessfully bait military secrets out of an airman and Snapchat’s source code was published on Github. The marketing campaign for the PGA championship has hit a speed bump in the form of a ransomware attack and an Australian hospital specializing in maternal health exposed treatments on the web.
Businesses all over the world are investing more into their cybersecurity strategies than ever before. A press release published by Gartner at the end of last year forecast an annual global spend of almost $100 billion by the end of 2018. High-profile data breaches constantly make the headlines, and the evolving threat landscape is driving the need for more spending; a trend that’s showing no signs of slowing down in the foreseeable future.
Most business leaders appreciate the importance of modern technology, but that doesn’t mean they want to spend all their time worrying about it. Small businesses often don’t have internal IT departments of their own either, which is why most turn to managed services providers to whom they can outsource their technology needs.
Microsoft Office has been the industry standard in desktop productivity for more than 20 years, and is the software suite of choice for businesses of all sizes and across all industries. Nonetheless, neither the popularity or quality of Office 365 means you can simply put your compliance efforts on autopilot.
Businesses large and small are implementing new tools and technologies every day to keep up with customer demands, which means IT systems need to be flexibly dynamic, resilient, and reliable. However, no technology is perfect and every business should have a plan in place to avoid crippling downtime costs.
Have you noticed that businesses are frantically reviewing all their data capture and processes now more than ever? Have you experienced a new-found respect for your time and privacy from newsletter publishers and e-marketers asking you whether you’d like to continue receiving their emails?
Then, you can thank the European Union (EU) for its newly enforced General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which went into effect on May 25, 2018 (after two years of preparation and debate). This law gives all citizens in the EU more control over how companies collect and store their data -- even companies outside the EU.
GDPR aims to establish digital privacy as one of the fundamental rights for residents in all 28 EU member states.
Mobile devices, nowadays, are integral to how we work and play. But, with increasing cyberattacks against individuals and businesses, it is no surprise that mobile devices are now considered to be one of the weakest links in the IT infrastructure of most enterprises.
A recent survey conducted by MarketsAndMarkets found that Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policies were in place in nearly 40% of American businesses -- which just shows you that almost everyone now owns a smartphone and uses it for business communication.
