Posts Tagged ‘Data’
Review: EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard for Mac
Data is truly the currency of our generation. It is the oil that keeps the social and commercial wheels of society moving smoothly. And when data goes missing, everyone involved is affected. For example, imagine a company losing valuable client data from their servers and discovering that no recent backups were taken. That could cost…
Read MoreBig Data is Coming to an HR Department Near You
Hiring is mainly affected by information technology. Previously, recruiters relied on printed publications and reviews to fill vacancies. Now, HR personnel can’t post jobs to multiple locations or contact millions of people and prepare new recruits without good information technology. Using electronic recruitment tools, recruiters can publish job openings in one place and track thousands…
Read MoreWatch These 5 Things to Comply with Data Protection Regulations
Compliance with data protection regulations can be a complicated, heavy load to manage, especially for small to mid-sized businesses. For example, Verizon’s 2018 Payment Security Report, shows that, although improving, only 52% of companies meet full compliance with PCI-DSS. In the last few years, we have seen regulations updated to reflect new technologies and ways of…
Read MoreHolistic Security: The Most Effective Strategy for SMBs
The fight against cybercrime is constant—as soon as new security measures are established, hackers are working to counteract them. Whenever a new tool or update is released, it introduces other vulnerabilities that could potentially be exploited. In addition, with attacks costing small businesses an average of $34,000, and as many as 60% having to close…
Read MoreGoogle Ads’ Average Position Metric is Going Away
In February, Google announced they plan to sunset the average position metric. While this change won’t take place until September 2019, it’s still a major announcement that has a lot of search marketers worried. After all, average position is one of the main metrics that advertisers look at when making manual bid adjustments and assessing visibility and…
Read MoreHow Do You Know You’ve Been Hit by Ransomware?
In 2016, a business was attacked by ransomware every 40 seconds. In 2017, we saw a massive global ransomware attack, known as WannaCry, hit businesses of all sizes and across all sectors. Attacks of ransomware also rose by 350% in the same year, according to Dimension Data. And, Kaspersky said that a single ransomware attack…
Read MoreThe Average Website Faces 44 Daily Attacks: Here Are 7 Tips to Protect Yours
The chances of your website being attacked are about 100%. According to Security Week, about 18.5 million websites are infected with Malware at any given time, but the average website is attacked roughly 44 times each day. Over the past several years, some of the major companies that have been hacked include BlueCross, Home Depot, and…
Read More5 Innovative Uses of Blockchain in Your Business
Blockchain isn’t just for cryptocurrencies anymore. As Open Source notes, most people associate blockchain with bitcoin, but the technology is far more than just a basis for cryptocurrency. A blockchain is, as it says on the box, a series of blocks that form a chain. Within each of those blocks is data which is marked…
Read MoreHow to Take a Data-Driven Approach to A/B Testing
While math and design may seem like uncommon partners, our philosophy at Seer is to always use as much data as possible to drive design decisions—especially when it comes to A/B testing. A data driven approach to A/B testing means preparing for success by 1) anticipating potential hurdles and 2) ensuring that you have definitive…
Read MoreDon’t Forget These 4 Essentials for Efficient Cash Flow Forecasting
A businesses cash flow forecast can help businesses to predict the profitability of the business to help pay for outgoings and plan for the future. It’s a vital financial tool that can help to understand business performance and meet costs. Whilst it can be relatively straight forward to put together, cash flow forecasting can also…
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