In the 80's, Bonnie Tyler’s hit song said, “I need a hero. I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night.” While we may not be super heroes at IT Radix, over the years we’ve had the honor of helping out our clients when disaster strikes.

Case in point: September 17, 2012. It started out as a regular Monday morning until we received the call that a potential client had a server down.

Words of wisdom from Marybeth Smith, COO.

In today’s IT environment, most business managers understand just how critical their business data is and are smart enough to put a computer backup in place in their organization. However, as we connect with small and medium businesses, the most common “fumble” we see is the decision to set up a backup and forget it.

Sony, Home Depot, Target.    All are big companies with huge market value, large customer databases, strong brand names and plenty of budget to spend on data security.  The same cannot be said for organizations in the small business community.   But are there lessons from these breaches that can provide learning to the owner or manager of a small business?  Yes, there certainly are.

IT Radix is pleased to welcome Windsor Strategy Partners to its growing list of happy and satisfied clients.   This unique company provides a range of actuarial analysis and consulting as well as software products and services with a focus in the healthcare cost management arena.

We got a call yesterday from a prospective client, a mid-sized organization with a number of computers. We had spoken with them previously three months prior.

The reason for the call was that their entire network had been hit and crippled by the Crypto Locker virus and they were looking for our help.

3-d Communications is a Ridgewood NJ based full scale marketing firm that specializes in developing, designing and producing marketing materials for a host of organizations.  Logo and identity design, brochure design and printing, direct mail campaigns, advertisements and web design are all areas of expertise.

Fair warning – this post is somewhat lengthy but important in order to protect you from a potentially damaging new virus threat.

A new type of ransomware virus is on the loose. This type of threat encrypts your files so that you cannot access them.

“Be prepared” is the boy scout motto.  However, Hurricane Sandy is upon us and perhaps you’re not as ready as you’d like. Here are 4 simple things you can do today to prepare your computer network for the upcoming storm.

Verify your Backups are Working Properly
If you’re a managed service client, IT Radix does this for you on a regular basis and we’ll be doing an extra special check this weekend.

This time last year, we were all recovering from the effects of Hurricane Irene.  Fortunately, Hurricane Isaac didn’t have the same impact.  Winter storms are ahead of us.  September is National Disaster Preparedness Month.  The threat of fire, flood, severe storms, water damage from office sprinklers—and even theft—is very real.