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Hidden Hazards of Spam And What You Can Do About Them

Spam has been a big problem ever since the early days of email and other online communication, but it carries more than a simple annoyance. Many people simply view spam as a time-consuming problem to delete out of their inboxes each day. Email filters can help, but they frequently fail to completely squash the problem. Spam emails also now carry plenty of hidden hazards, including spyware, backdoor viruses or adware that attaches itself to the operating system registry and is therefore extremely difficult to remove. Some further information about curbing the spam problem will help you avoid these more serious issues.

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Has your Disaster Recovery Plan been Put to the Test?

Have you tested your disaster recovery plan lately? If not, then how can you be sure that it will work when you need it to? According to a recent article from The Business Journals, you should be testing your planned response to a server failure twice a year, and a catastrophic failure once a year. However, due to worries about the expense and downtime required for testing, many businesses don’t adhere to these recommendations. You can test your plan inexpensively and without major hassles, the article states. With the help of internal or external IT personnel, you can set a

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Graph Analytics: A Big Data Tool for Analyzing Relationships

Graph analytics is used to study relationships between the nodes of a network. Nodes are graphically depicted as points and can represent individual people, objects, computers, or anything capable of interacting with other nodes. An interaction is represented with an arrow that connects two nodes. The arrow points from the node that initiates the interaction to its recipient. The arrows also indicate the strength of the interaction. Strength is sometimes depicted by the arrow’s thickness. What is meant by strength depends on the nature of the interaction. If the interaction is a force between two magnets, then its strength is the magnitude of the

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Google Study Reveals Continued Effectiveness of Email Scams

Despite all the warnings and ubiquitous nature of email scams, it appears far too many people are still being fooled by them. This information comes from a recent study from Google published by Huffington Post. In the report, statistics now show up to 45% of people have given private information to an email scam, primarily because the email looked a little too convincing. While you might think everyone can deduce an email scam based on public knowledge, many of those emails are becoming far too real looking to be seen as suspicious. Why are successful scam instances increasing? What steps

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Getting the Best from Cloud Computing

Cloud computing is the use of a variety of computing concepts to run programs or applications in many connected computers simultaneously. This mainly relies on sharing of resources, which allows companies to save on resources such as time and money to ensure that they focus on the growth, success and expansion of the business. According to Forbes, cloud computing is picking up steam rapidly. This is mainly because cloud computing has become a big deal such that it is changing the face of information technology in many organizations. There are two type of cloud computing, which are the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and the

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Four Tips to Get a Good Value on the Servers Contract for Your Business

Once you have established that you are going with a colocation facility to house the servers for your business, there are several steps that you need to take to make sure you get a contract with good value. Determine How Much Physical Space You Need The amount of space you need should not be something you have to guess. It is important to measure and analyze the hardware you have or the hardware you intend on purchasing to avoid contracting too much physical space, which will unnecessarily increase the contract rate. Also, you should not worry about getting extra space on the

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