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How Skipping Our Free Security Training Could Cost You
They always say there’s no such thing as a free lunch, and to some degree, that’s true—but would you turn up your nose at free network security training?
To put a finer point on it: can you afford to have your employees’ lack of security acumen cost your business dearly when it results in expensive, preventable mistakes and lost productivity?
SUCCESS Computer Consulting provides regular security training free-of-charge for our clients (including…
Why January 2020 Doesn’t Need to Be the End of the World
Remember when Microsoft retired Windows XP? Well, it’s happening again.
Windows 7 and Server 2008 are set to go “end-of-life” (EOL) on January 14, 2020. While that sounds ominous, it’s not the apocalypse—especially if you’ve kept up with regular network maintenance.
End-of-life, in this case, simply means that as of a particular date, Windows will stop offering customer service, software updates, and patches for a particular product or operating system.
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Cyber Security: Not a Set It and Forget It Practice
Security is not something you should review every now and then. It should be a regular and ongoing part of your IT planning and review, as well as your business’ strategic plan. The IT industry believes it’s not a matter of if you have a security incident, but when and how damaging it will be. It can seem like there’s just never enough you can do to protect or prevent an event such as…
Join us at Twin Cities TechPulse 2018 for a Deep Dive on Theory of Constraints
Bruce Lach, President of SUCCESS Computer Consulting, will be presenting a series outlining 3 foundational concepts of Theory of Constraints (TOC). Bruce has successfully leveraged TOC with dozens of small enterprises helping these companies achieve significant gains in both revenue growth and profitability. Throughout his 40 years of IT and general business experience, including being CEO or President of multiple SMB's, Bruce demonstrates why TOC is the single most important "book" of business…
Sorry, Wrong Number
We’re busy. We’re distracted. And we’re all just a little bit overwhelmed by all the ways that things can go wrong with technology (yes, even me). So, when you answer your phone and hear that your computer is compromised and you need to act immediately to prevent further damage, the first instinct most of us have is to provide as much information as possible to that very helpful person on the other end…
Twenty-Five Years of SUCCESS
When I started our company, I ran it out of a 10' x 12' spare bedroom in my house and provided a list of services that are mostly obsolete today (anyone remember resolving IRQ conflicts, or installing Office on 30 computers using 25 diskettes, each?).
Technology has surely changed in the 25 years since SUCCESS was founded… and it seems to me that's why our company is around. If you think about…
The Threat is Real
For the past two years, SUCCESS has dedicated people and resources to the development of a security service that is both economical and effective. Today, we're proud to announce Advantage Point Threat Watch, a service that will provide protection to your business network unlike that of traditional services.
It's difficult to read the news today without being bombarded by the constant barrage of hacks that takes place in corporate America and we (small…