Now, About Those Backups …
Many, many hours of grief, pain and financial loss can occur if data backups take a backseat. That’s why Hungate Business Services wants to remind everyone that March 31, 2017, is World Backup Day (WBD). That’s the one day each year when people globally should critically examine just how safe their personal and business data…
What Is Cloud Computing Exactly, and Is It for You?
Generally speaking, when individuals or organizations choose to “work in the cloud,” it means they’ve moved all applications and stored data outside their firewalls onto shared systems that are managed by a cloud provider. Those programs and data are accessible via the internet, instead of through office hard drives, and the provider maintains the network…
Help Avoiding Network Downtimes
Never before have backups and implementing disaster recovery been so important for sustaining businesses and organizations. This need was underscored a few months ago (Oct. 21, 2016), when multiple DDoS attacks took place rendering major Internet platforms and services unavailable to large numbers of users in Europe and North America. The attacks were viewed as…
Avoid Getting “Doxed”: It’s Not Good for You
On the national front, we’ve recently seen some shocking breaches in cyber security. The repeated hackings of Democratic National Committee computers – suspected, no less, to have been accomplished by Russian perpetrators – are all cases in point. Notably, after the DNC’s troubles, Lisa Monaco, the current U.S. homeland security and counter terrorism adviser, issued…
Ransomware Is Growing: Don’t Be a Victim
HBS wants clients and anyone reading this blog to understand the growing seriousness of ransomware in the workplace – particularly for healthcare entities that depend on safeguarded patient data to guide daily, life-and-death decisions. Indeed, the problem is so severe that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and FBI recently (2016) distributed a number of…
Three Steps to Making Your PC Speedier
At Hungate Business Services (HBS), we like to see clients gain a competitive edge by having superior systems operations. It’s exciting to know that Windows 10 provides the fastest operating system yet, but there are still things you can do to “up the ante.” Below are three quick steps you can take yourself to improve…
Phishing and Other Things to Fear on the Internet
Few things are scarier on a busy work day than having your personal or office computer suddenly be “at risk.” We’ve all heard of viruses, worms, Trojans and malware. Each one is different, but all are equally scary. As the term implies, viruses are pieces of programming-code that get attached to data files introduced via…
Steps to Syncing Your Email Accounts and Devices
Ever wish you could coordinate all your e-mail accounts into one – then have that one view visible across all your devices? Although challenging, it’s possible to accomplish this with some coordinating. The following steps provide a general overview of the process. If you need help, contact Hungate Business Services at 276-243-4026, or email our…
