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In today’s modern business environment, almost every single company uses computers and has a network to send and receive information while staying connected around the clock.

Keep Track of Your Financial Statements If You’ve Shopped at Staples Lately!

It seems like every time we read or watch the news, another major company is in the midst of a data breach – from Target to Michaels to Home Depot, and unfortunately, Staples can officially be added to the list! The popular retailer has confirmed that it’s investigating a potential data breach after multiple banks reported point-of-sale breaches across many of the retailer’s locations in the United States, including:

7 stores in Pennsylvania
A minimum of 3 stores in New York
A minimum of 1 store in New Jersey

While this might appear to be relatively minor breach, most breaches start out that way – and as new details surface, we’ll likely discover more and more affected locations.

Your Anti-Virus Software & Firewalls WON’T Protect Your Machines Against this Dangerous Type of Ransomware!

Ransomware has quickly become a huge threat to businesses of all types and sizes. Not sure what ransomware is all about? Allow us to explain: ransomware is a form of malware that infects machines, then encrypts all of the files on the machine; and unless the victim pays a hefty ransom fee, the files remain encrypted, and as a result, unusable and inaccessible forever.

As a business owner, it’s fundamental for you to be familiar with one of the most important tax codes: Section 179. Section 179 of the United States Internal Revenue Code allows taxpayers to deduct the cost of certain types of property, including technology and other equipment, on their income taxes as an expense, instead of requiring the cost to be capitalized and depreciated.

Why is DATA BACKUP such a big deal? It All Boils Down to Peace of Mind: Back Your Data Up to Save Time & Money in the Wake of a Disaster!

If you don't have a robust data backup solution you will be out of business - GUARANTEED!  Believe us or not.

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday updates have been released – a total of nine updates and three of them are rated critical to address various issues in IE and all versions (6 through 11) of Windows. If you haven’t updated your PCs and applied these patches, you’re at risk for becoming victim to serious vulnerabilities that allow hackers to gain remote access to your computers!

So what exactly do the updates address? Well, the first three critical updates fix remote code execution bugs:

One of them addresses bugs in IE and Windows
Two of them address bugs in Windows.

Reports are spreading across the Internet like a wildfire about the latest hacking victim: Dropbox. But there appears to be some controversy. Why? Dropbox is claiming the reports are false.

So was Dropbox hacked? Yes or No. Inquiring minds want to know!

There is a series of posts on the website Pastebin with teasers, each containing hundreds of logins and passwords from hacked Dropbox accounts.

There is nothing more frustrating than being pressed for time and your printer jams. Of course, it always happens when you have a very important deadline looming. Murphy’s Law is cruel, after all. You run over to the printer, clear out the jammed paper, and think you are in the clear.

It’s never easy to let go of an employee, but sometimes, it simply has to be done; whether you’ve fired the employee or the employee decided to move on to another company. So what happens to your sensitive business data when an employee leaves the company? Is it necessary to involve an IT support company while saying goodbye to an employee?

Here’s the simplest answer: it’s absolutely necessary to involve an IT support company! Why? Well, when an employee leaves the company, it’s fundamental to prevent the employee from accessing the company’s network, applications, and data.

Do you remember when the Internet was text only, speeds were fast, and information was easy to get your hands on? A lot has changed in the past 15 or so years. Now graphics and animations are expected, infographics rule our online world, and knowing exactly what every one of your friends is up to and any given time is just standard operating procedure.