Let’s consider skydiving for a moment. Imagine yourself as a beginner in the adventure sport. Would you jump out of the plane without an instructor, training, and a parachute? If you said yes to the first two and no to the third, good luck to you! The answer to the question is no; you shouldn’t.…
There’s a major difference between outsourcing and offshoring. However, sometimes the two terms get confused to the point where business owners believe they are one in the same. Offshoring is the practice of sending certain aspects of your business to be handled in other countries. Outsourcing involves working with third-party white label managed service providers…
Being HIPAA compliant takes a group effort from every member of your staff. If just one person takes a wrong step, the whole healthcare facility can suffer as a result. HIPAA compliance is something every facility must take seriously. If that means hiring managed security service providers to ensure you remain compliant, then it’s worth…
The only time you really hear about a data breach affecting a large amount of consumers is when it happens to large corporations. However, consumers have their sensitive information compromised every day when smaller companies aren’t up-to-date with their PCI compliance standards. Cyber criminals are attacking small and midsize businesses today more than ever. Those…
Ask anyone in the healthcare industry about HIPAA and they likely won’t have many good things to say about it. HIPAA is designed to protect confidential patient information, and there are some very precise and detailed security rules to be followed as a result. However, being HIPAA compliant can actually be a good thing for…
Since the advent of the Internet and related advancements, businesses have relied on technology in recent decades more than ever before. One of the most widely used functions today is the web conference, which is rapidly replacing in-person conferences due to their flexibility and portability. Thanks to laptops and smartphones, people can now check in…
If you’re a business owner in this day and age, you likely not only have some sort of technological system installed in your office, but tools to help manage it and keep your system up to speed. The type of management tools you use, however, can make all the difference. Some tools, such as cloud…
No matter the size of your business, it’s always helpful to have someone to help with the more complicated aspects of business ownership and management. This is why as our commercial and private lives integrate more with technology, owning and properly managing an IT system becomes increasingly important to maintaining one’s business. You’ve likely either…
