In last week’s edition of the DatCom Business Briefing, we explained how the tech skills gap is one of the greatest cybersecurity threats. If a business lacks people who understand the technology they use, it makes your business more susceptible to malware attacks and data breaches. This week, we will discuss the high costs of technology complexity in operating a... Read More
- Written by Tom Baum
- Published: 02 Feb 2018

If there is one thing you know about technology, it’s that it meets its demand. No matter if you are talking about the millions of Internet of Things products being created today, video games and entertainment, or business tech, demand drives the technology market.
- Written by Tom Baum
- Published: 31 Jan 2018

The Internet of Things has become one of the central parts of connectivity in a tech-centric world. Despite the incredible convenience that these devices offer to users, they come with considerable security risks that absolutely need to be kept in mind. We’re going to discuss some of the ways you can keep the IoT from
- Written by Tom Baum
- Published: 29 Jan 2018

Every so often, it’s nice to hear about when the good guys win and cybercriminals get their comeuppance. Three such cybercriminals have entered guilty pleas to charges related to major cybersecurity events.
- Written by Tom Baum
- Published: 26 Jan 2018

Take a moment to look around you and take in the amount of technology surrounding you. How often do you think this technology is replaced, and what do you think happens to the old tech? There needs to be more thought and effort put into its disposal than just throwing out a hard drive that
- Written by Tom Baum
- Published: 26 Jan 2018

January 28th marks Data Privacy Day, a day intended to raise awareness of the importance of data privacy and educate users and business owners of its benefits. Spearheaded by the National Cyber Security Alliance, there are plenty of lessons the NCSA has to share with businesses as this day puts their, and their clients’, privacy
- Written by Tom Baum
- Published: 24 Jan 2018

Gmail is an excellent tool for business use, even more than many business owners may realize. Did you know that it even has the capability to keep itself organized? For today’s tip, we’ll go over how to use filters and labels to keep your Gmail inbox organized and easy to use.
- Written by Tom Baum
- Published: 22 Jan 2018

Utilizing the data that you have acquired is a process that is referred to as business intelligence. Regardless of your business’ size, business intelligence solutions can deliver definite benefits. We’ll review a few of these benefits here.
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Tagged Big data, Business Inteligence, Business management
- Written by Tom Baum
- Published: 19 Jan 2018

Businesses exist to make money. Regardless of what that money is intended for, be it to sustain someone’s lifestyle or to bankroll a cause, a business will cease to be without an incoming cash flow. Unfortunately, unpaid invoices can make that cash flow stutter and slow to a trickle, and many businesses experience this problem
- Written by Tom Baum
- Published: 17 Jan 2018

Password security is one of the most important parts of using an online account. It seems that the average user runs into the paradox of password security by using either complex, hard-to-remember passwords, or simple and less-secure passwords that put their accounts at risk. Even if the user is aware of the benefits that come
- Written by Tom Baum
- Published: 15 Jan 2018

Just a few months after finding themselves in a firmware fiasco, Intel is making news for all the wrong reasons. This issue had the potential to affect the CPU of a device, causing a severe dip in the performance of the device.