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What is the chief online discovery tool of the Internet Age? In an online article for SMBs appearing June 1, 2016, the eMarketer said, “Most Small Businesses [are] Discovered Online First.” That is the new preeminent discovery tool of your potential customer. More specifically the article stated, “More than one-third of US internet users said they first…
New Microsoft Starbucks app is good news There’s one in the grocery store. Next to the gas station. There’s the drive through. The mall. And the big one on the corner. Lots of Starbucks. Very convenient. But Starbucks is working with Microsoft to make it even more convenient. How about putting Starbucks in your Microsoft Outlook? An…
Deciphering the IT “aaS” code What is FWaaS? There are many acronyms in the internet technology industry ending “aaS.” SaaS, HaaS, and FWaaS are three. The “aaS” ending means as a service. So SaaS is software as a service, while HaaS is hardware as a service. And FWaaS is firewall as a service. FWaaS includes all…
Looking for “sleek solutions.” The unexpectedness of this technology is not so much the place as it is the sleekness of the solution. And there’s a medical synergy to each of these. More or less. So come inspect a medical mule in Rwanda, FB enabling the blind to see and artificial skin that sweats. Not…
Ransomware criminals seem to Recent Ransomware criminals decided they should voluntarily (although secretly) provide the encryption key FREE for everyone affected by the TeslaCrypt version of Ransomware. Amazing! And… (gasp) they apologized! “Who was that masked rider?” you ask. No one knows. But the fuzzy cloud around them has lifted. Just a little bit.
We have not heard the last of the Panama Papers Two assumptions form a necessary beginning: 1) the leak did not happen by itself but was encourged by human intervention; and 2) the person managing the leak decides what to do with the data. What does he want to do with the data? He alluded…
To Cloud or not to Cloud – the SMB question. Does it seem that everyone is moving to the cloud? It is an undeniable general direction which the Internet world seems to be taking users and businesses. What can be done? Jump on the bandwagon? Resist to the final outdated computer or software? Is it really…
There’s an abundance of Technology in Unexpected Places (TUP) out there on the Internet. It is just amazing. For April 2016 we present three more TUP’s for your amazement and amusement. Three unexpected places for technology to show up. National Literary Prize Giant Beetles Wood Unlikely group? I should hope so! These small drops of…
When HP asks the question, “Where are you on the risk meter?” Alliant answers! How should you choose the “most stable technology partner?” That is a significant question. We’re glad you asked! Because Alliant has good answers. Is there a “risk meter?” Should you be concerned with the implication that your loyalty to Alliant might be…