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How many IT professionals should you have?

by Mike Foster | Feb 4, 2009 | Best Practices, Save time

If you have “X number” of computers, how many IT professionals should you have? CEO’s, CFO’s, Owners and other executives are always asking me that question. Wouldn’t it be nice if there was some simple formula like, “you need one...

When to update and when to upgrade

by Mike Foster | Jan 28, 2009 | Best Practices, Cybersecurity, Technology

“Mike, you said to stay current with updates, so should I be using Vista?” In IT, we often use terminology that is confusing outside the IT world – and that may be the understatement of the year.  This may help you clarify: Updates refer to your...

When firing an employee – involve your IT department

by Mike Foster | Jan 14, 2009 | Best Practices, Cybersecurity

Be sure to involve your IT department when terminating an employee. You trust your employees to access the organization’s data, and along with that access comes the ability for them to harm your organization. Other companies have experienced problems such as:...

When will people learn to scramble laptop data?

by Mike Foster | Jan 7, 2009 | Best Practices, Cybersecurity

Once again, I have met a new client that suffered a data breach because they lost a laptop. The news is filled with examples of this information. First of all, why are customer names, Social Security numbers, addresses, and phone numbers allowed to be stored on...
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