Author: William Thompson
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What is HIPAA Compliance?
HIPAA stands for the Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. This specifies laws for the protection and use of Personal (or Protected) Health Information (PHI) – essentially, your medical record. HIPAA sets the standard for protecting sensitive patient data. The Administrative Simplification provisions of the Act (HIPAA, Title II) require the U.S. Department […]
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2014 Security Threats & the Impact of Cybercrime
The cost of cybercrime, mobile threats on the rise, Zero Day threats…what every business needs to know.
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CIFS Monitoring & Industrial PC Security
CIFS – How to Protect Legacy Industrial PCs (IPCs) Before the popularity of cloud began to take over, the only choice that companies large and small had with regard to IT infrastructure, was to build their own network. This of course consisted of servers, web servers and workstations, all connected together for the purposes of […]
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Top Technology Trends of 2014, Pt. 2
…continued from Top Technology Trends for 2014 (trends 1-4) #5: The end of Windows XP With support for windows XP expiring after 8 April, it could be interesting to see how many companies, who still revere and use the product, will be left unprepared for its demise, and may therefore be taken by surprise and […]
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8 Technology Trends for 2014
With the New Year already underway, there’s a lot of speculation around as to what the most popular trends are going to be in the technology community. So here are 7 tips as to what we might expect to see. For a change, we thought we’d throw in a little more consumer than usual … […]
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The Best Windows Server Back-up Software
Historically, businesses have taken a somewhat lackadaisical approach to backing-up data. These days, while the cloud has allowed for an easier transition into data protection, sadly, many businesses still fail when it comes to backing up daily. In fact, a survey carried out this year found that a huge 53% of SMEs fail to carry […]
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Is your Network Being Monitored by the NSA?
This year has proved to be something of an embarrassment for the US and UK governments, both having been caught red-handing spying on their own, and other country’s, citizens by whistle-blower Edward Snowden. Of course, it’s not the government themselves so to speak, but the agencies the US National Security Association (NSA) and UK Government […]
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3 Signs that Your Server Needs Upgrading
A company server failing can be disastrous, especially if it’s a web server and one that generates sales for the company, but it’s equally damaging if it’s an intranet server, as the cost to the business could prove to be massive. Server failure can lead to downtime for the entire business; if employees can’t access […]
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Why Choose a Data Center to Host your Servers? Part 2
Code Project Cont’d from Why Choose a Data Center to Host your Servers? Quality of Service Companies do not often upgrade their server hardware and this means that most businesses are seldom running the latest equipment, or utilizing cutting edge technology. DCs must use current, quality hardware in order to stay competitive. So a virtual […]
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Why Choose a Data Center to Host your Servers?
More businesses than ever before are now deciding to use Data Centers (DCs) to host their servers. Servers are crucial pieces of equipment. They are the heart of any business’s computer network, often loaded with unique, custom software and programs, and holding sensitive and critical data that a business needs in order to operate. So […]