You may have noticed lately that there is a huge trend towards onshoring software development back to the United States. For some years, companies were taking their software projects overseas after hearing stories of how programmers could be acquired for a fraction of the cost of US developers. This was especially appealing for full blown… Read More >
5 Best Practices In Building Applications
Making the choice to build a custom application can seem like a daunting task. There are seemingly endless possibilities with what you can do, and figuring out where to start is often confusing. All you know is that you want your idea to become reality. Before you jump into the process of building an application,… Read More >
It’s Time to Make That Mobile App a Reality
Some days, it seems as though every person I run into has an idea for a mobile app. Some are really good and some probably wouldn’t fly, but I think this illustrates the need (or at least desire) for more useful mobile apps. This also illustrates that your customers (or vendors, or employees) are probably… Read More >
Gone Phishing
I’ve been a little alarmed lately at the increasing number AND sophistication of the phishing schemes that I’ve seen. As a result, I thought I would document some of those here, to help protect our clients.Let’s start with the basics, so we’re all on the same page. As the term indicates, phishing schemes are attempts… Read More >
All Your Eggs in One Basket
With Easter just around the corner, our thoughts turn to Spring, getting outside and protecting our basket of eggs. What am I talking about? Let me explain… Now is a good time to check to see if all of your eggs ARE in one basket OR if all of your similar eggs are in one… Read More >
Anyone Seen the Backup Tape?
How about that for a question you never want to hear when disaster strikes? Disasters can take on many forms… from a critical hard drive failure to a server cabinet fire to a tornado… even an Earthquake. Each type of disaster poses its own risks and requires that an appropriate Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) be… Read More >
Improving Business Security Doesn’t Have to be Difficult
This next post is a follow up to our previous post about Mobile Security. Improving the security of your business doesn’t have to be hard. Taking some basic steps can significantly improve your current security status…First, there are the big three of security… Firewalls, Antivirus and Updates. These three form the basis of all business… Read More >
The Economic Outlook for 2013
I’m going to take a slight segue from IT this post to talk about the US economy in 2013…I had the unique opportunity in January to attend financial forecasts from 3 industry leading analysts… The first with Fidelity Funds, the second with Wells Fargo and the third with ITR Economics.As a business owner or key… Read More >
Improving Mobile Security Doesn’t Have to be Difficult
Happy New Year everyone! I hope you all had a safe and wonderful holiday season! I co-presented the other day with a Senior VP of Fidelity Funds. He gave an excellent presentation on the economy and how we can watch for recovery signs such as a decrease in unemployment rates, a rise in manufacturing in… Read More >
The Risk of 1
So your IT person or vendor knows all of your systems like the back of their hand. You’ve had them take over every aspect of the software and day-to-day operations and things are finally moving forward. They have become the sole keeper of the kingdom. So what happens if they win the lottery? Worse yet,… Read More >