2014 – Page 5

How Your Business Technology Can Become Lean, Clean and Green

Posted on August 18, 2014 by

In an effort to improve productivity and more efficient business operations, many organizations have adopted lean manufacturing or lean service principles. As these principles have been more widely implemented, business owners should consider exploring the concepts as it applies to technology. The concept of Lean IT can help companies not only improve the efficiency of

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TechRec – Mobile Apps Series: Kitestring, Circle of 6 & Red Panic Button

Posted on August 8, 2014 by

Smartphone applications have revolutionized how we do business, track our fitness, connect with our colleagues and friends, create, share and consume content, and manage our day to day lives. Until recently, applications related to personal safety seemed to be an afterthought. If you are like me, you dial 911 and hover your finger over the

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11 Signs You’ve Been Hacked – and How to Fight Back Reposted from InfoWorld

Posted on July 30, 2014 by

InfoWorld recently released an article along with a handy PDF with tips and advice on how you can push back and protect yourself in the event you are hacked. We thought we would share it with our readers. In today’s threatscape, antivirus software provides little piece of mind, and anti-malware scanners on the whole are

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The Six Truths of Shadow IT & How You Can Take Control

Posted on July 17, 2014 by

Shadow IT really isn’t a new phenomenon. Employees have been using resources without the IT manager’s approval for years. Shadow IT today is much different in the past, largely due to easily aquired cloud services and apps employees are using on smart devices for work purposes. Shadow IT spending represents upward of 30% of total

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How File Sharing Apps are Helping Businesses Work Smarter, Not Harder

Posted on July 14, 2014 by

In the early days of file sync and storage in the cloud for consumers, there was Dropbox. Business users took note of the convenience and flexibility of the application and started storing and sharing business data for easy access while on the move. Soon, file repository services for businesses of every size joined the marketplace,

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