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July 26, 2014 by Vertical Axion
Sooner or later it will happen to you, no matter how careful you try to be. You, or someone using your computer, will wind up deleting that uber-important file you’ve just got to have. The good news is, there’s at least a chance to get your badly needed data back. Here’s how. First, Is It […]
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July 25, 2014 by Vertical Axion
If you hear the phrase ‘Two-Step Verification’ and roll your eyes, thinking to yourself that someone has just figured out yet another way to waste your time and make it harder than ever to get into your accounts, think again. There are some really good reasons for adopting that approach to account security. It’s not […]
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July 23, 2014 by Vertical Axion
Social media has become such a big, important aspect of our daily digital lives that people are inclined to panic when they get locked out of one of their cherished accounts. Twitter’s policy is to lock your account after too many failed password attempts, and if you’re a business owner, this can mean bad things […]
July 22, 2014 by Vertical Axion
Identity theft is the second fastest growing crime in the nation, behind only smartphone theft. In recent months, we have seen some high profile cases of hacking making the news, most recently at Target, which lost control of literally millions of customer account numbers, precipitating a full on panic in the world of online retail. […]
July 21, 2014 by Vertical Axion
If you need to bulk up your staff during the summer months and are looking for outstanding summer hires, then you’ve got to go where the people who have your desired expertise will be hanging out in significant number. The talent you want isn’t likely to magically show up at a jobs fair, you’ve actually […]
July 19, 2014 by Vertical Axion
With all the news from the NSA in recent months, and all the reports of that agency spying on pretty much everyone, friend and foe alike, concern for privacy has become more pronounced than ever. It’s always been important, of course, it’s just that these days, there’s a very real, tangible reason to take it […]
July 18, 2014 by Vertical Axion
Study after study has shown that people who outsource their IT functions offshore don’t generally wind up saving either money or time. There is a huge expense involved in making such a move to begin with. Of course, there is more time and expense involved in marrying two very different business cultures, language barriers to […]
July 17, 2014 by Vertical Axion
With Google Reader closing their doors and a blizzard of headlines to sift through every day, you might be feeling a bit overwhelmed. If you are, no worries, help is on the way. Here are five great ways to help make sense of the world’s events, and have them served up to you in manageable […]
July 16, 2014 by Vertical Axion
Going on overseas trips for business or pleasure can be fun, but how do you stay connected on your cell phone while you’re away? Is your bill from trying to stay in touch going to make you pass out when you receive it for the two weeks you were abroad? How do you stay connected […]
July 15, 2014 by Vertical Axion
There’s nothing quite like striking out on your own. There’s enormous satisfaction is forging your own path by creating a business that you own and control. It’s a truly great feeling, especially in that first year when you’re generally fairly flush with cash, having poured every resource you could get your hands on into the […]
July 14, 2014 by Vertical Axion
Is your laptop looking less than its best? Maybe even a bit, well, grubby? Here are some suggestions for the proper care of one of your most hardworking and useful possessions. The Safest Cleaning Tools and Products for Your Laptop The materials you will need for cleaning your laptop are a fifty percent solution of Isopropyl […]
July 12, 2014 by Vertical Axion
Establishing, growing, and maintaining your brand on Facebook isn’t hard work, but it can be surprisingly difficult. Still, technological innovations aside, good branding on social media is, at the root, no different from good branding in other marketing channels. Below then, are the essential steps you need to take in order to be a success, […]
July 11, 2014 by Vertical Axion
Speed is everything in the world of computers. When you first purchased yours, however long ago that might have been, it probably dazzled you with its speed and performance. Even the biggest, hairiest applications could be opened with ease. You could surf the web with ten, fifteen, twenty or more tabs open at the same […]
July 10, 2014 by Vertical Axion
We’ve got mice and pointers and hand gestures and swipes. The keyboard is starting to look and feel a little old school. Because of that, and because we spend all our time poking and swiping at our screens these days, we’ve kind of gotten out of touch with our keyboards. Below are some fantastically useful […]
July 9, 2014 by Vertical Axion
The unfortunate truth is that there are some fairly bad guys out there, lurking in the corners of cyber space. They spend all their free time trying to dream up new ways of getting you to give them access to your banking or credit card information so they can rip you off. Fortunately, many of […]
July 8, 2014 by Vertical Axion
There are really only two choices when looking to set up a cloud based infrastructure for your company. You can go the direct route, find a cloud provider, add someone or a small team to your IT staff that can learn the ins and outs of your cloud vendor’s API, begin tweaking it to best […]
July 7, 2014 by Vertical Axion
No matter whether your business is a start-up or has been in the industry for years, everyone can benefit from having a good mentor. As we become more experienced business owners, we may feel that we don’t need mentors any more; what we fail to realize however is that there will most probably always be […]
July 5, 2014 by Vertical Axion
Disaster recovery isn’t one of those things you usually spend a lot of time thinking about. In fact, for more business owners than would probably admit it, about the first time you gave serious thought to the notion of disaster recovery was the time you actually needed to recover from a disaster, and of course, […]
July 3, 2014 by Vertical Axion
You already know that the internet is a fantastic platform for customer outreach and brand building, but have you stopped to really consider the most powerful messages you could be sending? If you think about those, and clearly identify the messages you want to send, then you become much more effective. Your various efforts, be […]
July 2, 2014 by Vertical Axion
Finding and choosing the right name for your new product can be a daunting task. You don’t want it to be something forgettable, but on the other hand, you also don’t want it to be something so bizarre that people will shy away from it simply because of its name. Striking the right balance is […]
July 1, 2014 by Vertical Axion
You might be looking at the title of this piece and raising a curious eyebrow. There’s only one way to hold a meeting after all, right? Get all participants in the room, say what you came to say, maybe open it up for a little Q&A and call it done. Lunch if it’s a marathon. […]
June 30, 2014 by Vertical Axion
There are two pieces of technology currently converging that will allow outsourcing to take on new shapes and forms in the decades ahead. We’re already seeing it in practice in its primitive form. Those trends will continue as the technology continues to advance and improve. The two technologies in particular in this case are high […]
June 28, 2014 by Vertical Axion
You want to expand and grow your business. Who wouldn’t? Sadly, there’s something standing in your way, and that is the banks. Post-recession, they’ve been reluctant to get back into the game, which is strange, since lending to business wasn’t what caused the recession to begin with. Still, having been burned, they’re suddenly quite shy […]
June 27, 2014 by Vertical Axion
You know you’ve got a fantastic place to work, and your employees agree. The problem? It’s a little in the middle of nowhere-ish, and nobody really knows where you are. But don’t worry, there are few different, absolutely fantastic ways to fix that, technologically driven, of course, and below, I’ll introduce you to them. Directories […]
