Suffolk Computer Consultants, Inc. Blog

Facebook has turned up the volume of your timeline with the most recent update to its app. Now, as you scroll through your feed, videos automatically play sound. Given the unpredictability of what video is going to pop up next, it’s likely that you’ll want to disable this setting, and soon.

Arby’s is at work mending fences with its customers after it was discovered that hundreds of its restaurants had been host to malware that stole data from customer credit and debit cards for an undisclosed amount of time. Reported numbers vary, but through a point-of-sale attack, the cyber criminal(s) responsible managed to extract anywhere from 335,000 to 355,000 debit and credit cards over four months.

Regardless of which industry your business belongs to, chances are that, given time, there will be some element of change involved in your organization’s operations. This is natural, but it can make planning out your IT infrastructure a bit challenging. How can you take the pain out of managing IT when you have so many ever-changing variables to account for?

If you’re looking for a relatively simple way to boost your office’s productive output, look no further than your employees themselves. Are they under the weather? Are they apathetic about their job, and generally down in the dumps? It isn’t hard to understand why this would make for a miserable workplace. Fortunately, fixing the problem can be an easy fix.

When you first opened the doors of your business, you were probably preoccupied with thoughts of running said business. What you probably hadn’t spared much thought to, however, was the prospect of it all going wrong. Fast-forward to now: how prepared are you to deal with an impending crisis that is poised to wipe out all you’ve worked for? This exact scenario is why it is crucial for every business to have a business continuity plan prepared, as well as a data recovery strategy set up and ready.