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What Happens When Small Businesses Experience Data Loss “Despite the major investment protecting data, 50% of organizations are not fully confident that they can recover systems/data today from all platforms.”  – http://bsf.co.za/the-global-cost-of-data-loss/ For small businesses, success is often tied to what you know and who you know. Intellectual property and knowledge needs to be at…

Password Management Tools The importance of passwords today can’t be understated. However, because we are faced with so many places to login it’s nearly impossible (and insecure) to keep passwords in your head. Well, unless you have an incredible memory to remember 50+ complex long passwords with a mix of letters, numbers and symbols. A…

A question I often get from small business owners is “what does a Managed Service Provider (MSP) do?”. The short answer is that we help ensure your systems run smoothly, stay secure and up-to-date, and deal with the day-to-day technical issues so that you can remain focused and productive on your core business. The long…

It’s that time of year when students head back to school! While most preparation and promotions will be targeted to student supplies, dorm decor, and textbooks, it’s a good reminder for businesses and nonprofits to take stock of what they need to be successful in the upcoming year and ensure their IT plans and budget…

Summer is the time for beaches, mountain hikes and relaxing, but it is also a popular time for cyberattacks as hackers take advantage of employees who log in remotely using public WiFi and fewer IT staff in the office to respond quickly to threats. Here are some of the examples of major hacks that have…

Are your business’s computers running sluggish? Can they run the latest versions of software your company needs to be productive? Are they running supported, patched versions of operating systems and software? Are you still running Windows 7?  If you’re not sure, now is the time to audit your computers, determine your business needs, and plan…

arielMIS works with customers to select the best backup service plan to ensure their data is protected and recoverable, which allows their business to overcome disasters, cyber attacks and other interruptions. Backup service plan pricing is generally based on the quantity of data and systems, number of backups and sites, and restore time. We are…

The costs of a data security breach can cause a small business to go out of business, and hackers do not seem to be slowing down.  People, specifically your employees, can unintentionally be the weakest link in your security system by reusing passwords across systems, selecting weak passwords, or falling prey to phishing scams. Multi-factor…

Small businesses can realize incredible benefits through the evaluation and adoption of cloud-based applications. Office 365 is often presented as a cloud-based version of Microsoft Office. What are some of the benefits of Office and Office 365 that help small and medium businesses be more successful?   What About Office 365? At arielMIS, we recommend…

In 2017, the Grinch isn’t stealing Christmas by sneaking down chimneys, he’s modernized with the times and is hacking the holidays before the gifts arrive. During this holiday season, keep your employees and your business safe by watching out for these common threats: With a bit of planning and friendly training reminders for your employees,…

Similar to a fire escape plan and drills, business continuity planning is a process that anticipates and prepares your business for what to do in the event of a disruption — whether that disruption comes from a disaster, cyber attack or system crash. The common approach to business continuity planning is to identify critical systems…