Is commuting to work or driving to a client an essential part of your success in business? Is counting on a functional computer or network of computers an essential part of your success in business? If we did not have the seatbelt law, would you be driving without using one every day? Most of the time? Then why would most small businesses either have no reliable backups, or at best, occasional backups?
A new security threat has poked its ugly head called the Heartbleed Bug. It isn't a virus, but rather a bug in the encryption protocol that network systems use to communicate with each other securely. If exploited (along with enough time), outside threats can acquire passwords and other sensitive information that can compromise your IT infrastructure and security.
Microsoft has made one giant step forward in the cloud computer market with its full throttle promotion and marketing of Azure. It allows businesses to use Microsoft’s IT infrastructure as hosting for their content, allow user friendly interfaces to allow them to configure their infrastructure as needed, and for employees to collaborate on projects in a whole host of different languages.