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The Downtime Formula Every Business Owner Needs to Know

The Downtime Formula Every Business Owner Needs to Know

When we talk about IT security or business continuity, the conversation often gets lost in technical jargon like encryption layers or redundancy. For a business owner, these can often feel like abstract costs rather than strategic investments. Downtime, however, is one number that you don’t want to feel abstract, and it shouldn’t be treated as […]

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The Cloud is Just Someone Else's Computer (And That’s a Good Thing)

The Cloud is Just Someone Else’s Computer (And That’s a Good Thing)

If you ask ten different IT guys to define “the cloud,” you’ll probably get twelve different answers involving scalability, elasticity, and other buzzwords that don’t actually help you run your business on a Wednesday morning. Let’s strip away the jargon. The cloud isn’t some magical, invisible ether. It’s essentially just entrusting someone else—usually a massive

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LexisNexis Breach — Lessons in Small Business Patching

LexisNexis Breach — Lessons in Small Business Patching

In late February, data analytics company LexisNexis Legal & Professional suffered a data breach in which the threat actor responsible used an unpatched application to access the company’s Amazon Web Services infrastructure. While LexisNexis L&P claims the data leaked was minimal, this breach still serves as an important reminder of a critical security principle: If

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Why the Cloud is the Smarter Choice for SMBs Seeking On-Premise Infrastructure

Some businesses find it preferable to host their servers on-site, but they fail to ask themselves if the server is a reliable asset or a financial drain. For years, the argument was in favor of on-premise hardware due to control and a one-time purchase price. But the landscape has shifted since, and now business owners

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