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by Edy Dava
In the past few years, data breaches into small businesses by malicious hackers have climbed to an all-time high. According to data compiled by the Identity Theft Resource Center, at least 1,093 data breaches occurred in 2016, 40% more than the previous year. And this trend shows no sign of slowing down. In response to…
by Edy Dava
Don’t Be Silly with Passwords Passwords like your birthday, “12345”, or “Password1” are no good. The Wall Street Journal recently published a list of the most used passwords – and it is scary. If you have a password that is on this list, change it. The hackers and bad guys are going to try this first. And,…
by Edy Dava
Several events are changing the landscape for Internet access. There are more options and changing price structures you can take advantage of right now. What’s Changing… SD-WAN (Software Defined Wide Area Networks) which increase availability and can increase traffic throughput for business-critical applications. New options such as better satellite delivered Internet access. Satellite was…
by Edy Dava
Many small-business owners struggle with staying up-to-date on technological trends. Statistically, your company is probably behind the times. Studies show that only about a third of small businesses even have a website, and those that do haven’t optimized them for mobile devices — an absolute must in the contemporary marketplace. The same goes…
by Edy Dava
AdBlock Plus While you surf the world wide web, there are certain things that track your information and compile it into a database. These “things” are better known as scripts. Scripts are invisible to the visitor’s eye, but their availability within the code of a website defines how the website behaves in response to…
by Edy Dava
1 Amazon Echo, Second Generation For any techies on your list who somehow don’t already own a smart speaker, this is a good time to rectify the issue. Amazon recently came out with this second-generation model of the Echo—the speaker powered by the Alexa virtual assistant—and it’s now both less expensive and more compact in design. Alexa…
by Edy Dava
Lotus Management Services has resold other providers voice-over-IP (VoIP) telephone service for several years such as RingCentral, 8 X 8, etc. We were never able to find the perfect product that fit our client’s needs. We tried to bring the short comings to attention of these providers, but they couldn’t or wouldn’t create…
by Edy Dava
Any good salesperson, marketer, or client communication specialist worth their salt spends a lot of time carefully constructing e-mails, from the perfect subject line to the ideal sign-off. But even the most savvy senders often overlook one of the most important parts of the process: the time of day you send your e-mails out….
by Edy Dava
You may have heard this common quote in business before: “If you can’t change the people, change the people.” As a business coach, I’m accustomed to helping leaders and executives work through all sorts of issues. And the ones dealing with specific team members are the most common. Often, I find that even though a…
by Edy Dava
What is the Cloud? The cloud is virtual and therefore does not require any hardware of your own to deliver a service. Cloud technology can deliver that service to you, without having to install anything or have it on a server at your business. This is something that you can access remotely, or via the Internet…
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