IT’s Time to Grow Up

The owners of growing businesses face a very real challenge where their technology infrastructure is concerned.  As your business grows, the IT solutions that once worked so well for you may no longer make sense.  Maybe you put a fantastic inventory management system in place that did everything you needed it to do, but that was when YOU had to take care of the inventory.

Where the Wild Things Are

Have you ever gotten so frustrated trying to locate a file or email that you, like the young boy Max in the famous book, “Where the Wild Things Are,” transform into a wild and malicious beast and wreak havoc on your computer? Ok, so maybe that’s a bit exaggerated, but most experienced computer users have felt the frustration messy file and email storage can create.

Cleaning Out Our IT Habitats (Part III)

Enhancing the security of your online accounts is important for staying safe online.

Turn on two-factor authentication on critical accounts like email, banking and social media.
Secure your router by making sure it has a strong password and does not broadcast who you are through its name (e.g., “the Jones Family” or “123 Elm Street”).
Make better passwords by combining upper and lower case letters with numbers and symbols.

What’s Your Firewall Against Extinction?

Like it or not, the world’s biodiversity is diminishing.  Fortunately, zoos are playing a greater role in preventing the extinction of species in nature—in effect, they have become firewalls against extinction.  Zoos provide naturalistic habitats for animals that give the illusion of open access, but both the animals and the visitors are protected.