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Recently there has been no shortage of IT security stories impacting small business globally. Evernote, Twitter and others are now forcing business owners to take a second look at their security and what the risks are to their business. As a trusted team of IT consultants to many businesses across the region, we run across...
Savvy Australian business owners have always understood the importance of outsourcing services. From successful small businesses to large corporations, business continues to outsource IT services. Outsourcing IT services affords a small to large company a mechanism to have resources at their disposal without the hefty price tag associated with employing a full time resource. Smaller...
If you are like most business owners across Australia you have the overwhelming feeling that you must do everything and have your hands in every part of your business. This is especially common amongst small businesses and many struggle to delegate tasks or even trust others. This is common across the country and especially with business...
Recently Google, the online search powerhouse announced that it was shutting down their Google Reader program, a popular online RSS reader. Now, this cloud service shutdown may not impact your business directly but it is a reminder about how fragile cloud services can be. Angered and loyal Google Reader users took to online services such...
A carefully crafted and highly targeted email phishing scam penetrated computers at the Reserve Bank of Australia in November 2011. Lia Timson, a journalist with SMH shared the story in her recent column on March 11, 2013. This attack that took place in November 2011 was a targeted, malicious email sent to several staff on...
We are not surprised to hear that the debate rages on amongst Australian business owners on if cloud services and cloud computing saves business money. One thing is true about the cost debate of cloud services, not all cloud services can be counted as equal. It is not a straight apples to apples comparison, it...
Businesses are continuing to look for new ways to reduce expenses, cut operating costs and maximize existing budgets. While some departments or areas of your business can afford to have budgets cut, key areas of your business like marketing investments must never be reduced. Besides marketing, information technology is another key area that must never...
Businesses are continuing to look for new ways to reduce expenses, cut operating costs and maximize existing budgets. While some departments or areas of your business can afford to have budgets cut, key areas of your business like marketing investments must never be reduced. Besides marketing, information technology is another key area that must never...
Is your business concerned? Another popular online service has been hit by hackers and this one could have some serious privacy and even compliance fallout. Online note taking service Evernote has been hit by hackers and all users are being forced to change their passwords. Evernote has over 50 million global users and the forced...
Have you heard of Windows Blue? Does Windows Blue mean anything to your business? ZDNet is one of the top websites for IT information and when we read that the next generation of Windows is said to be close to a public preview state, it caught us a little off guard. Mary Jo Foley covers...
An important deadline is still over a year away for those holding on to Windows XP, however Microsoft has issued a warning to Windows 7 users throughout Australia. Upgrade to Windows 7 Service Pack 1 or say goodbye to your support. On April 9 Microsoft will cease supporting the original release of Windows 7. According...
CompTIA is one of the Information Technology industries leading think tanks and also provides industry certifications ensuring businesses across the country are receiving services from trained and certified professionals. Marking its tenth anniversary is CompTIA’s 10th Annual Information Security Trends study. It comes out at a time of dramatic change in the IT industry, when...
