Author: gnoadmin

What Is “The Cloud?”

What Is “The Cloud?”

“The Cloud.” Do we have it? Do we need it? The nature of “the cloud” is nebulous. The truth is there is no cloud, just other people’s computers. It’s more of a concept than it is a thing. Files “in the cloud” are stored in servers that are distributed all over the world. Cloud computing is […]

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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About a Managed Service Provider but Were Afraid to Ask… well, Almost everything.

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About a Managed Service Provider but Were Afraid to Ask… well, Almost everything.

What is a Managed Service Provider (MSP)? A managed service provider (MSP) is a company that is responsible for the day-to-day tasks or services that it takes to keep your network up and running.  An MSP will traditionally manage and monitor an organization’s computers, servers, router, switches, wireless devices and any other system required for their IT […]

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Will You Be Ready When Ransomware Strikes?

Will You Be Ready When Ransomware Strikes?

Protecting Your Network from Ransomware: Firewall Lets start out by defining a “firewall.” A firewall is hardware or software solution designed to control access to or from a private network.  Any firewall-based protection is only effective against traffic that is actually coming through the firewall. Firewalls will not protect you from an infected USB device plugged into […]

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