Blog These Small Business Cisco Routers Should Be Replaced September 4, 2021 by Vertical Axion Do you own any of the following Cisco UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) routers? RV110W RV130 RV130W Or RV215W If you do then you will want to replace your gear as quickly as possible. The small business VPN routers listed above are nearing their end of life and end of support and the company recently […] Read more » Business & Finance Business Advice General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Older Industrial Technology May Have Security Risks August 18, 2021 by Vertical Axion The vulnerability of Industrial Control Systems has been getting a lot of press in recent months. That’s a good thing because most people don’t spend much time thinking or worrying about such systems. Unfortunately they are among the most vulnerable systems of all. Industrial Control Systems haven’t really changed all that much in the past […] Read more » Business & Finance General Interest Recent News Security Technology Tips
Blog DNS Issue Caused Major Website Outage July 31, 2021 by Vertical Axion The Akamai Corporation reported a major outage on Thursday (7/22/2021) that caused major disruptions on the internet in the United States for a period of several hours. A tweet from the company confirmed that the outage was caused by a software update. The update triggered a bug in the DNS system which caused the outage. […] Read more » Business & Finance General Interest Recent News Technology News
Blog Google Calendar Adds Virtual Meeting For Hybrid Office Workers July 20, 2021 by Vertical Axion The pandemic is slowly fading from the headlines and releasing its grip on the world as the dominant factor in daily life. Now, businesses of all shapes and sizes are beginning to transition away from the pure “work from home” models that most have been employing over the past year. Based on the early, emerging […] Read more » Business & Finance General Interest Google Recent News Technology News
Blog Some TurboTax Accounts Were Hacked Due To Poor Passwords July 2, 2021 by Vertical Axion Hackers around the world have been busy this year, with Intuit being the latest company to fall victim to their attacks. The TurboTax company recently announced that their network was breached following a series of account takeover attacks, and that as a consequence, an undisclosed number of Turbo Tax customers had their personal data compromised. […] Read more » Business & Finance Data Breach General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog End For Skype For Business Is Just Around The Corner May 17, 2021 by Vertical Axion If you’re still using Skype for Business at your firm, be advised that Microsoft recently sent another friendly reminder out to all users of the service. The reminder says that it’s going away as of July 31, 2021, so you’ll need to complete your migration to Microsoft Teams (or an instance of Skype for Business […] Read more » Business & Finance General Interest Recent News Technology News
Blog Recent Study Finds Mobile App Spending Is Up April 26, 2021 by Vertical Axion Since the pandemic began, there has been an enormous boom in app spending, and that trend shows no signs of stopping. In fact, app sales broke a new record in the first quarter of 2021, with the total clocking in at an impressive $32 billion. That’s up $9 billion from just one year ago. Apple […] Read more » Business & Finance General Interest Google Apps Recent News Technology News
Blog Study Shows Working From Home Could Be Here To Stay April 10, 2021 by Vertical Axion It goes without saying that the pandemic has changed a great many things about life, as well as the world we live and work in. One significant change on the work front has, of course, been the dramatic rise in the number of people working from home. We’re reaching a point now where, although we […] Read more » Business & Finance Employees General Interest Recent News
Blog Increasing Remote Workforce Creating Rise In PC Hardware Sales January 26, 2021 by Vertical Axion In December 2019, the covid-19 pandemic began, and it spread across the globe in early 2020. To curb the spread of this deadly virus, lockdown tactics were employed. Companies all over the world responded to this situation by having their employees work from home. This led to a great increase in the remote workforce and […] Read more » Business & Finance General Interest Recent News Technology News
Blog Passwords In 2020 Are Easy To Guess And Not Secure December 2, 2020 by Vertical Axion It’s time once again for a survey of the worst passwords of 2020, brought to you by Norpass and associates. The company has been analyzing passwords retrieved from the Dark Web to study them. They are trying to locate trends and see just how well we’re doing overall, in terms of picking passwords that aren’t […] Read more » Business & Finance General Interest Recent News Security Technology News