Business Tech
As the number of SMBs rise in Australia, so too does the risk of exposure to online threats. Fortunately, there are few simple ways to ensure your business is protected against online criminals.
Accounting software with a cloud component enables data to be stored securely offsite – usually on servers managed by a cloud provider – and accessed remotely anywhere and anytime via the internet. Here are three more good reasons SMBs should embrace the technology.
Online security is no longer a simple matter of patching software and keeping your anti-virus solution up-to-date. To put an effective IT security solution in place and secure your business data, you need to have a basic understanding of the six stages of today’s malicious cyber attacks.
Cloud computing isn’t new. What’s new is that improved broadband and new applications make it a real option for businesses to manage their IT needs without having to buy hardware and software that rapidly outdates.
Any business that loses customer records, financial data or even a day’s worth of orders will experience some degree of productivity loss and may also face potential non-compliance penalties, missed sales opportunities, damage to reputation, and weakened customer confidence. Here’s how to protect your business.
You can’t afford to let complacency be the hallmark of your security strategy, and you can’t think you’re invisible to the bad guys. For SMBs that use Macs to fuel their businesses, taking the appropriate steps to protect their information is now a necessity.
In today’s competitive business world, selling involves much more than a price war. Technology could be the thing to give your business an added edge over its competitors.
Cloud technology offers a wealth of benefits to small businesses, but a few questions need to be asked of a service provider to ensure the relationship is a lasting one.
We’ve come a long way since the shared calendar; more and more businesses are finding that sharing information, connecting, communicating and collaborating in secure online environments can be very profitable.
Implementing some basic systems will allow you to run your business more effectively, and help you stay on top of the game. Here’s a look at a few of the best tools available to small business owners.
Virtualisation is the paradigm of the moment. From cloud computing to communications solutions and virtual offices, it’s delivering a wide array of benefits – including lower costs, improved flexibility and an increasing ability to expand.
In a four-part article series, we look at the role data plays in improving your understanding of your business, customers, marketing and interaction strategy. In the fourth and final instalment, we look at the pros and cons of using predictive analytics.
If you don’t want to risk having your sensitive business data leaked, you need to take a serious look at how your company disposes of old PC’s, hard drives, servers and other storage devices.
In the web’s early days, you hosted a site and all its applications on your own infrastructure, which you fully controlled. Today’s online businesses are increasingly comprised of several outside sources that your company depends on 24/7 – and just one poor performer can cause an entire application to slow down.
Do you know what determines the success of a software implementation? According to the experts, you need to know what you want, which provider you want it from and how to stay focused on the solution you have in mind.
In a four-part article series, we look at the role data plays in improving your understanding of your business, customers, marketing and interaction strategy. Part three looks at using data to replicate ideal customers in your prospect pool.
In a four-part article series, we’ll look at the role data plays in improving your understanding of your business, customers, marketing and interaction strategy. Think of it like a first date with your data; you may learn something new or it may be revisiting existing knowledge, but without a first date you won’t get a second.
Whether or not your company embraces the bring-your-own-device approach, don’t ignore the data integrity and retention implications of all the personal smartphones and tablets showing up in the workplace.
When cloud applications first arrived, it was mainly through small scrappy software companies. Over time, established vendors have responded which means in any software application category you’ll have a good cloud option, making “why not the cloud?” a valid question.
There are many easy and cost effective ways to store and access data from multiple devices in public and private storage clouds, but small businesses still need to remain diligent and follow basic data backup practices if they want to keep their data safe and accessible.
