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Date: 05/15/2019

How to Measure Success of an AI Project

Recently, an artificial intelligence (AI) program learned to make puns and bad jokes. How bad? When the program tried to come up with a pun, it told researchers, “the greyhound stopped to get a hare cut.”

Clearly,...

Topics: Managed IT, General Business Technology, IBM Watson

Author: Mark Flesch

Date: 04/30/2019

Developing a Disaster Recovery Plan — 5 Essential Elements

Whether it’s hurricanes hitting coastal regions or wildfires scorching the West, those in the path of these devastating events were unable to escape damage. In some cases, they lost everything.

Natural disasters...

Topics: Managed IT, Cybersecurity

Author: Jeff Dotzler

Date: 04/24/2019

Will You Get Sued if Your Business is Hacked?

Last year, a Chicago-based medical records company called Allscripts was the victim of a malware attack. Hackers were able to break into the company’s computer systems and encrypt files, making it impossible to read...

Topics: Managed IT, Cybersecurity

Author: Nick Bambulas

Date: 04/16/2019

Password Best Practices — Why Your Password Isn’t Good Enough

Co-authored by: Nick Bambulas and David Eichkorn

How many passwords do you use? Are you recycling the same password over and over with slight variations? Is there a word or phrase in your password to help you...

Topics: Managed IT, Cybersecurity

Author: Patrick Flesch

Date: 03/19/2019

You’ve Been Hacked — A Look at Cybersecurity’s 20 Year History

Co-written by Jason Krause and David Eichkorn

Jason Krause has been writing about technology since around 1995, starting with the now-defunct BYTE magazine. He remembers covering such great, forgotten controversies...

Topics: Managed IT, Cybersecurity

Author: Nick Bambulas

Date: 03/05/2019

5 Affordable IT Strategies Every Small Business Needs

If you own or operate a small business, chances are your eyes glaze over every time a new technology breakthrough comes on the scene. All those innovations sound great, but are often reserved for big enterprises with...

Topics: Managed IT

Author: Steven Freitag

Date: 01/22/2019

Beware of These 5 Most Common Cyberattacks!

Hackers will try every deceptive tactic they can find to steal data, disrupt businesses and hold systems hostage. But truth be told, some cyber criminals don’t have to try very hard. Unfortunately, many businesses...

Topics: Managed IT, Cybersecurity

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How to Measure Success of an AI Project

Developing a Disaster Recovery Plan — 5 Essential Elements

Will You Get Sued if Your Business is Hacked?

Password Best Practices — Why Your Password Isn’t Good Enough

Top 3 Business Antivirus Software Solutions for 2019

You’ve Been Hacked — A Look at Cybersecurity’s 20 Year History

5 Affordable IT Strategies Every Small Business Needs

Beware of These 5 Most Common Cyberattacks!

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