3 IT Metrics to Pay Attention To
Any business can benefit from data and use it to improve its operations. This is especially the case where information technology is involved. By collecting the right metrics, you can better evaluate your business IT’s performance and identify areas for improvement. Let’s review what some of these metrics should be.
Artificial Intelligence is Only as Unbiased as Its Data
Over the past few years, artificial intelligence has become a bona fide buzzword amongst businesses of all sizes, with 97% of respondents to a Forbes survey seeing a potential benefit in some way, shape, or form. However, with it being integrated everywhere in our modern lives, it is important that we remember that AI is […]
The Problems that Cybercrime Can Pose for Business
Unfortunately for small businesses, cyberthreats aren’t limited to large corporations and enterprises. Even small businesses and local shops face the constant risk of cyberattacks. Let’s take a look into some concerning statistics regarding one of the fastest-growing cyberthreats.
What We Can All Learn From the VirusTotal Data Leak
In 2004, a service called VirusTotal was launched and swiftly became a popular antivirus and malware scanner to help detect threats in various files and URLs. It became popular enough that it was officially acquired by Google in 2012 and ultimately assimilated into Chronicle, a cloud-based security operations suite for enterprise businesses. Despite this impressive […]
Tip of the Week: Putting Google Alerts to Work for You
There are many ways that Google can be a hugely valuable resource for a business of any size. One way that you may not have thought of before: an automated insights collector. Let’s talk about how you could be using Google Alerts to keep yourself up to speed on basically whatever you want.
Why Your IT Team Should Have Its Own Mission Statement
You’re probably familiar with the concept of a mission statement, particularly in terms of your business as a whole. Did you know, however, that you don’t need to stop there? You can—and we’d argue, should—establish more specific organizational missions for your different departments. Let’s consider how you can benefit from creating a mission for your […]
Does Your IT Staff Have These Important Certifications?
Information technology is a constantly changing industry, with practices shifting all the time. As a result, anyone you have working on your company’s IT should be actively seeking out various certifications to confirm that they are keeping up on modern trends and standards. To help you accomplish this, we’ve put together a brief list of […]