Kim Mays

The Best Social Media Management Software It’s National Small Business Week, a time for everyone to celebrate the local mom-and-pops and startups that are integral to both the local and nationwide economy. Most of these tiny powerhouses of economic development have jumped on the technology bandwagon to market products and services and get their names […]

The latest version of the Sophos Cloud platform is aimed at providing small to midsize businesses (SMBs) with a virtually effortless, cloud-based system for IT security. Even better, the service is the only one available that allows for single-console management of mobile devices and both Windows- and Mac OS-based computers. Sophos presented supporting data from […]

Enterprises need a single source to lead their Web-based technologies. Someone who is skilled with programs that help create interactive Web media, internal software, and mobile and social media apps. This person should have a broad knowledge of technologies that facilitate such interactivity, but also understand that the common core company message should remain consistent […]

Debunking the Top Data Center Myths When small to midsize businesses (SMBs) think of data centers and co-location, most likely business leaders envision a huge, cold building filled with racks of servers for large, enterprise customers with deep pockets and lengthy contracts. One company is trying to change that reality and bring a simpler, more […]

Top Issues Affecting SMB Employees Today As a company that provides online tools for small to midsize businesses (SMBs), GoDaddy had a curiosity about what consumers expected of these businesses technology-wise and also how SMBs used current technologies to respond to customers. The results of two GoDaddy surveys provide an eye-opening picture about the gap […]

Seven Ways “As a Service” Can Benefit You Though it seems like we hear a lot of fears about how technological advances are making some jobs obsolete, we can finally hear some good news on the jobs front. A report from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) “shows a strong correlation between the adoption of advanced […]

Enterprises today are still choosing to outsource many IT functions despite the sometimes negative views of the practice. For many businesses, the only way to affordably provide skilled IT services is to sign on with an outsourcing company. If your company is considering the option of outsourcing some of its IT processes, management should create […]

Top Issues Affecting SMB Employees Today For a small business or startup, nothing is more frustrating than sitting down at the beginning of a new week, trying to figure out if you have enough money in the business account to cover bills and payroll. Often, small business owners are too busy to get ahead of […]

Five Digitally Vulnerable Areas Your Business May be Overlooking Suppose you’re a small to midsize business (SMB). Your IT department is likely quite minimal and on a small budget—and for some small businesses, IT may be on a contract-only basis. Suddenly, this new Heartbleed bug is in the news. IT patches the company website, no […]

Top Five Reasons Big Data Is Advancing Personalized Medicine Due to the complexities of making products, most manufacturers are used to having large influxes of data from machines, processes, shipping, etc. What may be new to these companies, though, is having tools to retrieve actionable information from these piles of Big Data. LNS Research and […]

Five Digitally Vulnerable Areas Your Business May be Overlooking For many small to midsize businesses (SMBs), log reports and security information and event management (SIEM) may be foreign terms. But for those SMBs that must comply with government-mandated compliance and audit policies, having the proper technology in place to gather, hold, and report on log […]

For many companies, governance and compliance rank among the top duties for the IT organization. To ensure that the company stays on top of all regulations and risks, IT may employ an IT auditor or an IT auditing department. Often, a senior information technology auditor role is key to leading the organization in meeting all […]