As companies move to the cloud, or at least seriously consider it, data security is the most pressing issue. Since it’s likely that every company works with another company that has cloud security measures in place, it’s important to know what other businesses are doing in the space. Recent service outages and denial of service [...]
Tech Companies and Customer Service
Tech companies and customer service go together like pickles and… chocolate cake. Yeah, it can be that bad. We’ve all been there. The hours-long computer voice menus that lead you around in circles and then tell you all their lines are busy, please try another time. The dropped calls. The less than polite customer service [...]
Are You an eHoarder? Signs and Solutions
Are you so scared of losing data that you religiously save and re-save? Are you so worried that the email about the company picnic 10 months ago may in some way be important that you can’t bear to delete it? If either of these two questions describes you, you may be an eHoarder. To determine whether [...]
More Commerce in Your e-Commerce Website
Online marketing is essential for online businesses as well as brick and mortar stores. Your website is the most important online marketing took, especially for online retailers that most perform virtually all customer outreach and marketing from their website. There are lots of ways you can make the website experience pleasant for customers, which helps [...]
Animating Education with Technology: Top 5 Ways Learning Comes to Life with Digital Tools
Contrary to popular belief, education technology is not a means for replacing traditional learning mediums, but for enhancing them. Textual learning alone often won’t accommodate students who tend to learn best through visual explanations and hands-on experiences to allow the information to truly sink in. On top of enhancing the educational experience within the classroom, [...]
Employers Pushing Envelope with Facebook Passwords
While so much focus has bounced around recently in regards to privacy in cloud computing, the issues with social media like Facebook and big companies have taken position on the back of the stage. Privacy issues are just as much a problem with corporations and individuals who work for them and Facebook as they are [...]
How Does a vCloud Connector Work?
Like many IT professionals, managing multiple virtual machines is both a daily reality and a major headache. VMware, a trusted leader in virtualization software since 1998, unveiled a new plugin called, vCloud Connector in late 2011. Prior to that the plugin was in a limited beta testing phase for a very select group of users [...]
Disaster Recovery in the Cloud
The cloud is no longer a mere curiosity. Businesses, working professionals and average web users rely on cloud services to access and share data on a daily basis. But what happens if your cloud data is no longer secure, or if a server crashes on all of your data is lost? Can you recover lost [...]
Growing with Google: How Today’s Students are Gaining a More Fruitful Education Through Google Apps
The average modern college student spends his or her class time with one eye on the lecturer and one eye on their laptop. Unless the laptop screen is filled with Facebook updates, the combination of classroom instruction and online learning tools is a great way for students to get more involved in the material and [...]
