Kim Mays

Global Study Finds Social Media Drives Content Discovery with Millennials Although it hasn’t stated that this is the case, it appears that Google has noticed Facebook’s attempts at simplifying its use for small to midsize businesses (SMBs). Today, Google announced a consolidated platform of tools for small businesses called Google My Business. A lot like […]

Digital forensics has become one of the most important aspects of data security in that studying digital evidence after an attack is how we learn to prevent further attacks and mitigate damages. Within digital forensics, mobile device forensics is becoming even more important. The inundation of mobile devices upon the workplace has overwhelmed IT security. […]

Top Issues Affecting SMB Employees Today In a recent blog, I reported on the findings of a survey from Boston Consulting Group, which found a substantial correlation between SMBs’ revenue and job growth and their adoption of newer technologies. These results have spurred Microsoft to support the America’s Small Business Development Centers (SBDC) in its […]

Top Issues Affecting SMB Employees Today It seems that Facebook has found a way to woo small businesses away from Google. The company announced that it now has 30 million active small business accounts using the social media platform. And though it’s had some recent issues with those small business accounts reaching fewer numbers of […]

In a recent blog, I discussed the results of a report by Brother on how small businesses believed that investing in new technology provided a better ROI than investing in new employees. Another statistic from that report showed that 64 percent of the respondents felt “overwhelmed” by new technology. This response isn’t surprising if you […]

Despite the strict regulations on data that are placed on the health care market, many hospitals and doctors are finding efficiencies with the use of wireless technologies. The latest in cloud-based systems and new Wi-Fi standards is helping even complex hospital environments improve upon patient care and staff work flows. Wireless RFID tags help track […]

Six Key Steps to Build a Successful Digital Business Many consumers today already believe that paper checks are a thing of the past; however, many small to midsize businesses (SMBs) still use the antiquated system to make their own payments and transfers with other businesses via banks. A survey from the Dwolla payment network involving […]

Successful, fast-paced businesses have more than speed in common. Often in addition to expeditious work, there is a propensity toward leading-edge innovation, a constant drive toward success, and engaged employees who are determined to execute the business strategy. One book has determined a set of components that businesses must achieve to reach such a successful […]

Top Issues Affecting SMB Employees Today In light of a recent study that shows how customers prefer free Wi-Fi to free treats, the latest news from Google may just be what small to midsize businesses (SMBs) need to keep shoppers happy.  ZDNet reports that Google plans to soon offer subsidized, commercial-class Wi-Fi software and hardware […]

Six Tips to Help Small Businesses Drive Loyalty Like most companies, small to midsize businesses (SMBs) are on the lookout to save money and simplify complexities of day-to-day tasks. Many SMBs already have a small (or non-existent) IT staff, so creating efficiencies in workflows and access to information for employees is often not top of […]

When developing software, ideally its performance is what matters to the users. But how can IT reliably measure an application’s performance? Each software creation may be vastly different, as are the computer systems used to run the application, which furthers the complexity of setting proper benchmarks and metrics. To help bring awareness to this problem […]

Five Apps to Boost Worker Efficiency Years ago, a friend turned me on to using screen capture software to document errors and bugs when on-screen testing a recently created software program. It helped convey visual blips and issues that would otherwise be difficult to explain to the developer. Recently, I learned that many businesses use […]