Last month we took a look at the dark web and how hostile actors based within this vast, unindexed sector of the internet present a clear danger to businesses of all sizes.

As we noted in that post, even conservative estimates suggest that 85% of businesses with fewer than 1,000 employees have already been hacked.

There are several ways the phrase “technology addiction” can be defined. One is an actual clinical definition provided by the The American Society of Addiction Medicine and one is probably something your friends or family accuse you of while you’re scrolling through Twitter at the dinner table.

Do you remember those Choose Your Own Adventure style books from when you were younger? If you haven’t caught that wave of nostalgia yet, let us explain. These were short chapter books in which the reader could determine the outcome of the story based on his or her decision about what the characters in the book should do next.

Whether or not we’re aware, many of us use cloud networking in some form every single day. Many of our potential clients who seem reluctant to adopt cloud computing into their digital strategy are surprised when we point out just how often cloud networks are leveraged every day, and how much value these technologies bring to users.

Everyone is superstitious to some extent. Baseball players are notoriously superstitious, but there’s probably plenty of quiet superstition floating around in your place of work. If you happen to work in the UK, or have any family members from the area you’re probably aware of the superstition about keeping new shoes off the table.

If your company has been around for a while, you know what a headache technology can sometimes be. In the past, you could look forward to every new version of Windows bringing a new generation of software that required ever more resources. Within only a couple of years, every computer in your office would be obsolete and in need of replacement.

IT security is a battlefield on which you can never rest. Your company may have already eliminated all of the most common IT security weaknesses by taking steps such as installing security software, educating employees about the best security practices and investing in an automatic cloud-based backup solution.

Have you ever had a negative experience when trying to get support for a technical issue? With tech companies around the world doing everything possible to stay lean and mean, outsourcing tech support to third-party providers has become a standard business practice.

What Are Your Company's Digital New Year's Resolutions for 2018?
The year is nearly over. You worked hard to grow your business in 2017, and we hope that your company is now healthier and more profitable than ever. It's likely that you have already begun to plan the things that will help foster further growth in 2018. As you consider your company's resolutions for the new year, we hope that you won't neglect the digital side of your operations.

Would you be surprised about to learn that technology is an incredibly important asset to those in the coffee business? You might consider a small, cozy coffee shop to be in minimal need of a robust technology infrastructure but ask James Freeman, the founder of Blue Bottle Coffee based out of Oakland, California and you’ll get a very different perspective.