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3 Things We Can All Learn from the Google Docs Phishing Scam
It was hard to miss the news about the Google Docs phishing scam last week. A hacker was able to gain full access to over a million Gmail accounts in under an hour without even needing the victims’ credentials. All they had to do was create a fake program they conveniently named “Google Docs”, send out an email to some people claiming they wanted to share a document with them, and hope the user…
5 Key Benefits in “De-Multitasking”
When I started at SUCCESS in 2013 our ability to deliver projects for our clients on-time and on-budget was stymied simply because we had project engineers that weren’t able to dedicate their time to their main function of delivering projects.
One of the first changes I insisted on as President was to eliminate multitasking wherever possible throughout the company, but especially within the project team.
Here is a list of the 5…
HIPAA Audits—Don’t Panic, Be Prepared
For many of you out there working in Healthcare or within the Healthcare IT industries, the thought of a HIPAA audit may make you cringe. Dealing with governmental regulations, like those enforced by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), tend to be a complex process. However, it’s the responsibility of any business working within the confines of HIPAA to adhere to these regulations and strong preparation tactics can help overcome…
Moving your Business to the Cloud
Everywhere you look these days you see the term Cloud. My goal in this article is to demystify the cloud a bit and to define some guidelines around how you can evaluate if a cloud solution is right for your business. To say the landscape of technology is changing would be an understatement but in the world of cloud computing its changing at an even faster pace. For now, it seems…
How Office 365™ has Changed the way I Work
Office 365™ as a gateway to mobility
Nothing is more intriguing to me right now in our industry than the concept of mobility (and to some extent, BYOD). I am an avid fan and believer: I think that Office 365™ has, more than any other product, delivered on the promises of cloud and mobile technologies, and I believe that this enables us to better achieve “work/life balance” with our…