The holidays herald an uptick in traffic, and not just on the highways and in the airport. With more and more people avoiding Black Friday crowds and electing to do their holiday shopping from the comfort of home, many e-commerce sites are being bombarded by traffic from Thanksgiving to New Year’s. If your site suffers […]
Continue ReadingIT and cyber security are growing fields for one main reason: the prevalence of data breaches. Even large companies aren’t immune – you need only look at mega-corporations like Sony and Target, health insurance providers like Anthem Blue Cross, and even the U.S. government to see that data security is a universal issue. For small […]
Continue ReadingYou don’t have to look far to find statistics related to the effects of website downtime – many claim that businesses lose tens of billions of dollars annually due to websites being unreachable. On a company-by-company basis, the numbers will differ, with larger businesses that suffer downtime having greater potential for loss. Unfortunately, downtime cannot […]
Continue ReadingIt’s practically impossible to run a business these days without a website. The time when people found you via the Yellow Pages is long gone. Nowadays, the first interaction customers have with businesses is in the online arena, and if they can’t find you online, chances are they’ll find your competitors. Your website acts as […]
Continue ReadingMeasuring success and productivity within a business organization used to rely on end results. These days there is software to monitor everything from keystrokes to the amount of time a computer has been idle in order to generate reports for employers to gauge how much their employees really accomplish in a day. While small businesses […]
Continue ReadingAs I learned with my personal blog, your site doesn’t have to be big and important in order to be a target of hackers. In fact, small business sites and personal blogs make great targets because they don’t normally have someone on staff to secure it. Thankfully, I had a backup and I wasn’t counting […]
Continue ReadingThe only thing more annoying than your site going down at 2:00 in the morning is having to get out of bed to send an email to your web host and then stay up and play middle-man until the issue is resolved. One way to get a little more sleep is to just CC your […]
Continue ReadingIf your website struggles with server lags or occasional downtime issues, it can hinder your biz. But if your site becomes inaccessible without your knowledge, you may end up facing a much harsher set of consequences: lost revenue, disappearing data, angry customers – or worse. Moreover, nothing gives a website a bad rep in an […]
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