What is the Cloud?

What is the Cloud? There are a lot of “cloud” companies out there, each with their own definition of what the cloud is and what it means to you. I am proud to say that I worked for a company that had one of the first true cloud products.  The company was...

Gmail – unsecure or the most secure?

Gmail – unsecure or the most secure? The recent revelations of Internet security have probably caused you to reconsider how safe your data is in the cloud. We all get heartburn over this (and doctors, attorneys, and financial professionals have double the...

5 Free Online Security Tools

5 Free Online Security Tools I’ve always told my clients that the Internet is a dirt road. By now we are all aware of the dangers of the Internet. I tire of the daily reports of large Internet sites being hacked and passwords or credit card numbers stolen. Those...

How much disk storage do I need?

How much disk storage do I need? These days most traditional computers – laptops and desktops – come with 1 TB (terabyte) hard drives. But do you need this much space? By my own experience, no. Unless you’ve amassed a fair amount of purchased music, or unless...