Written by HD Tech - Tom HermstadNovember 21, 2018The horror of hacks to businesses The scariest part of horror movies is the first scene that shows the fiendish slasher is in the same house or even as close as the same room with the hero or heroine. Many times, the perpetrator of the gruesome crimes turns out to be someone the victim knows. Guess what? This is true of
Written by HD Tech - Tom HermstadNovember 13, 2018Backups are the single most important survival habit for your business. Period. Everything runs through your computer system. If that system is down-especially for an extended period, you run the risk of your business failing. Studies show that over 70% of small businesses go out of business within a year if they have a major, unrecoverable data loss. Running a computer backup is one
Written by HD Tech - Tom HermstadDecember 13, 2017The scenario: We all do it, you’re creating a file and just want to save it as quickly as possible so you save it to the desktop! Don’t do it! Resist the urge! Those files that we save to the desktop are often times files we begin to use on a regular basis and because they’re not on the server they
Written by HD Tech - Tom HermstadNovember 8, 2017Maybe Apple can use this for icloud! A Petabyte is the latest size hard disc for servers created by Intel. 1 petabyte (PB) = 1048576 gigabytes (GB). This is great news for your server room as it will greatly reduce the size of the box for business servers . The servers are being called a “Ruler” form factor because of their
Written by HD Tech - Tom HermstadAugust 22, 2017We ran across this interesting article on passwords and it prompted us to write this review on password security for your business. The premise of the article is that a computer program can be created to crack the typical passwords we are all being prompted to create on most websites. You know the ones …. at least 8 characters, 2 of
Written by HD Tech - Tom HermstadJune 29, 2017With all the cyber attacks in the recent media, it is great news that the Girl Scouts are now offering cyber security badges! Encouraging young people at an early age to participate in thwarting cyber criminals will certainly add to a safer future for computing. As cited in the USA today story girl scout computer security badges the requirements for achieving the
Written by HD Tech - Tom HermstadNovember 30, 2015This is an operational update to all my friends in the MSP community but can also be useful to anyone that has small business based office 365 plans. As of December 1, 2015 Microsoft has begun to force all small business plan users to switch to or ‘renew’ into a new 365 plan structure. I won’t talk about the specifics of
Written by HD Tech - Tom HermstadMarch 13, 2015We use office 365 for our clients a lot. It’s a good solution for many reasons.Why office 365? 1) Never worrying about what version of the office you’re on, anyone on 365 always has an up to date Office version. 2) Not worrying about your mail going down when your office internet is down. On premise mail systems provide a single
Written by HD Tech - Tom HermstadFebruary 22, 2015These days many business are looking at VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) Phone Systems. Instead of carrying calls on conventional phone lines, the voice is carried encrypted across the internet. While VOIP is usually the way to go, there are things to be considered. For the purposes of this article I’m going to quickly review the talking points one should consider
Written by HD Tech - Tom HermstadSeptember 23, 2014[separator headline=”h2″ title=”Multidefense technology to secure your network”] Technology poses security risks from within and outside every business. H&D Technologies can provide offsite IT security it security service and protection services along with monitoring and consulting services to eliminate risk. Inside Are you worried about the security risks associated with employees? H&D Technologies provides a secure network environment so you can
