- Written by Allison Woolbert
Backing up your computer is one of the most important tasks in today’s technology era. We keep everything from family pictures to super sensitive information (correspondence, passwords, financial and legal documents, etc.) on our computers that if lost could be devastating. It is important to recognize that at any point a hard drive can be damaged, or for that matter, just quit without warning. Also consider malware attacks, especially ransomware, where data can be stolen, locked or destroyed Just as data is important for your life, it is crucial and time sensitive when it comes to your business. Loss of client information and records, financial transactions and documentation, planning resources can cripple your progress.. So let’s take just a few minutes to look at some important factors when working out what you need to backup, why you need to backup and a path to start a plan to backup your information.
BIG HUGE ‘GINORMOUS’ RISK FACTORS: Newer ‘Hard Drives’ – SSD / M.2
Most of today’s laptop computers have a different technology than the old spinning drives. Once, we had hard drives with platters that if something happened, you could possibly send the drive out and gain back some data if not all. However, many of today’s computers and laptops don’t rely on hard drives with platters. Instead, they are a series of chips that have a high storage capability such as 512GB to 2 TB. These types of drives are not as easily recovered if severely damaged. These drives also do not have the longevity of hardware that the older drive technology has.
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There is a glut of articles on social media out there today. Some talk about the evils and some the gifts of being on social media. Others have listed Social Media as a taboo subject and quickly exit the room when it’s discussed. When we talk about social media, most folks see this as an interaction between people. The comments that go back and forth are often passionate pleas, educational discussions or even just bitter arguments. I’ll leave the psychology of social media posting to experts in that field. However, from a data perspective, social media is the largest collector of private data in the world and in history. From the ads you click-on to the posts you read, each element of your personal data helps to build an immense data structure that stores each and every nuance of what you do and then either sells it to individuals, studies it in labs, exports it to buyers or gives access to slice and dice for political or corporate use.
Clean Bandwidth is critical to a successful web video conference: 
Getting ready to start your computer equipment at work after the long hiatus can be a challenge for anyone. Here are a 8 tips that can help you avoid damaging your equipment and having a very successful restart with your technology.
You have managed to survive the pandemic so far and you FINALLY have been given the okay to return to work!!!! WOOT! So now it's time to prep on how you are going to SAFELY get your computer files back into your work system.
As a custom computer software developer and partner in a computer software development firm, the recent reports from Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on the current cyber-war are quite a concern for those of us doing business on the internet. If you have a website or have any dealings over the internet that is important to your work, your family or your friends, this article is for you.
America at War- Part 1: Most people think that to be in a war we need to have soldiers on the ground, firing at an enemy across some line where we trade missiles, bombs, rockets, mortars and gun fire in the hopes of forcing the other side to either surrender or die in the attempt. That is not the way this war works. We don’t have any footage of a missile going into a bunker, or a truck being blown up on a bridge. We don’t have reporters embedded with units traveling with them as bullets ring past their positions. That doesn’t mean that we aren’t in a war. It just means most people are completely unaware of the battlefield and how it personally affects their everyday lives.
Yesterday’s repeal of the FCC landmark Internet privacy protections law has opened a chasm that will now expose the privacy of every person on the web. As the article in the Washington Post stated today –[The removal of the law] “freed Internet service providers such as Verizon, AT&T and Comcast of protections approved just last year that had sought to limit what companies could do with information such as customer browsing habits, app usage history, location data and Social Security numbers. The rules also had required providers to strengthen safeguards for customer data against hackers and thieves.” 
As the holiday season has ramped up, so has the online hacking/phishing of accounts that are connected to your bank accounts, credit cards and debit cards. Reports of the latest phishing for Amazon and Paypal are just two of the ongoing attempts that are used to steal money from your account. Here are a few tips on how to avoid these phishing scams that you get in an email or text message.
