Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, has been an iconic chief executive and has truly changed the way that the world consumes media. Steve Jobs was truly a “man of business.”
There is much to be learned from Jobs about business, especially if you are a CEO. Read more »
The new iPhone 4S includes new features such as: the dual-core A5 chip, which delivers even more power, the 8MP camera with all-new optics that shoots 1080p HD video, and Siri. The iPhone 4S does what you ask.
According to Apple, the processing power of iPhone 4S is twice as fast as its predecessor, and the graphics performance on iPhone 4S is 7 times faster than iPhone 4.
Here are the big differences you will notice: Read more »
Small businesses are the most vulnerable and most targeted by hackers. As previously reported in the WSJ, hackers are expanding their sights beyond multinationals to include any business that stores data in electronic form. In fact, since many small businesses have made the leap to computerized systems, they have become the main target of hackers.
According to the Wall Street Journal, employees are sometimes responsible for network security breaches. This could be the result of hackers being clever at breaking into companies by misusing kind-hearted employees.
The good news is that small-business owners and their employees may be able to prevent cyber attacks by learning and avoiding the top 5 network security mistakes: Read more »
If you run a company, you are probably used to your IT Support telling you what to do and when to do it. This brings up the question of how to know when it is really something that makes sense and will add value to the organization or not. There may even be a point where the you, the CEO, or business owner will have to make that decision to find what is key to planning and what will add value when it comes to working with your IT Company.
Here are 3 keys every executive needs to know to ensure IT is doing their job in planning:
Tablets are one of the hottest products in the technology world. Tablet devices help you perform many tasks, such as, searching the internet, reading, email, playing games, or watching a movie, but are solely for purposes of entertainment and not for replacing PC’s. Because tablets are becoming very popular, they can become more vulnerable to hackers and identity thieves.
Here are 7 ways to help keep your tablet secure:
With the economic downturn, many businesses have struggled in their growth. We continue to hear about many who are still suffering as a result. But, despite the volatile stock market and well founded fears about the national debt, there is hope.
According to Alan Beaulieu at ITR, the economy is actually on track for modest growth through 2012.
What does that mean for your business?
Do not miss out on this opportunity to invest in your business! If you do, you may let your competition overtake you!
According to Beaulieu, here are three actions every executive needs to consider: Read more »
Many companies are looking to go green. Why are companies looking to be more green? For many companies it is more economical and can help increase profit. For some companies it is something they value.
One way that slashBlue is staying green, is by having employees work from home two days per week. Employee’s of slashBlue save, on average, one hour per day of travel time. This not only saves time, but uses less gas, and saves money.
For each of our staff, each year, that saves:
All of this just by working remotely.
Here are 3 ways to save your company money on utilities and IT services.
The popularity of Android tablets is rising as well as the variety of tablets out there. Many well-known companies like Samsung, Dell, LG, and Cisco are unveiling their plans for tablets and almost all of them are choosing Android. Since there is a lot of competition between these top companies, it may be hard to decide on the best technology for executives, and which tablet fits for your business.
Here are a few criteria to look for when selecting an Android tablet for business:
Here is what Engadget has to say about a few of the latest tablets and how they rate against each other:
While it seems almost impossible to predict an email scam, many scams can be recognized with the proper knowledge of how to avoid them. The FTC estimates that as many as 9 million Americans have their identities stolen each year.
What does a phishing email message look like?
Figure 1- http://www.microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/phishing-symptoms.aspx
Here are 6 ways to identify an email scam:
As Macs become more popular in the United States, virus and malware writers are stepping up development of malicious programs to take advantage of Macs.
Apple products are thought of as virus free, but the reality is they have not been targeted as much as Windows systems, until now.
According to a 2010 Google study of search poisoning, 14 percent of all the compromised sites they saw included drive-by download attempts to which OS X computers, or Macintosh computers, could get a trojan, and even more malware or viruses.
If a Mac user visits this type of page on a system and they do not have all recent security updates for OS X and their browser, they could be extremely vulnerable.
Here are some tips on keeping your Mac protected from security threats:
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