Data Archives

Dispelling Data Center Security Myths

By Scott Resnick | Sep 2, 2015

Bigfoot. The Loch Ness Monster. Aliens living in Roswell, New Mexico. It’s easy to get sucked into myths like these. If you hear them often enough, you stop questioning whether they make sense. It’s almost as if your critical thinking skills become immunized against them. While they might not be as exciting as Bigfoot and…

Digital Security: Effective Data Protection Tools for Businesses

By SmallBizClub | Aug 25, 2015

Protecting crucial business data has always been important. But in this new world where major companies are hacked on a seemingly weekly basis, businesses have to be more careful than ever before. Only recently Carphone Warehouse became the latest major company to be affected by a data breach. But there are plenty more smaller businesses…

Measuring Outcomes Not Activities

By Dave Brock | Aug 14, 2015

We’re proud of the marketing and sales metrics we have in place. I sit in meeting after meeting with people going through endless charts showing their performance across any number of metrics. Too often, however, we see huge disconnects in what the metrics show and the most important performance metrics: revenue/profitability attainment, growth, share, customer…

12 Top Tips to Protect Your Small Business from Cyber Attack

By BusinessesForSale.com | Aug 12, 2015

Cybercrime makes headlines every day, but while it’s usually the large corporations and government hacks that are noticed, small businesses are also at risk. In fact, companies with smaller security budgets are often targeted specifically for that reason. The first step for any small business is to make cybersecurity a priority. Some of the most…

Essential IT Security Solutions for Your Business

By SmallBizClub | Jul 31, 2015

In the modern world where so much of business is conducted online, thieves no longer have to come in through the front door in order to rob your business blind. In fact, in many cases if the hackers are any good, you may not realize that you’ve been compromised for months. Now is the time…

How to Remove Google Analytics Referral Spam

By SmallBizClub | Jul 9, 2015

Referral spam (also referrer or log spam) is bogus information that can skew analytics data and the reports that come from it. The image below is an example from a low-traffic website where the spikes are easy to see.

How to Avoid a Data Disaster

By SmallBizClub | Jun 25, 2015

Data loss can have a devastating impact on small businesses. In fact, 20% of small to medium businesses will suffer a major disaster causing loss of critical data every 5 years.

4 Tips on Handling Large Amounts of Data

By SmallBizClub | Jun 24, 2015

Handing large amounts of data is now easier than ever. Considering that most of us use laptops and computers for business, it is important to have access to information all the time.

Here’s Why KPIs Are Linked to Your Success

By Mike Harden | Jun 22, 2015

KPIs are tools that organizations use to define, measure, monitor and track its performance over time toward the attainment of its stated organizational goals.

How Data Center Design Affects Your Data Backup Plan

By Scott Resnick | Jun 19, 2015

What’s the most valuable asset your company owns? If you’re like a lot of businesses, it’s your data. What your business is doing today, what it’s done in the past, where it’s going in the future, and how you’re going to get there – that’s all in your data center.