ForeSite Insight

Have you become an Excel ninja trying to marry up data from QuickBooks and other business systems you use?  Do you spend countless hours trying to match up hours, expenses, customer info, and sales info?  And have you ever tried to integrate data using the QuickBooks IIF format?  I went through it all.  And while [...]

After an overwhelming response and more questions about our series on Cloud Computing, we decided to wrap it all together and add some extra content in this free eBook.  This eBook contains all of the great information that was in the individual posts in the series but valuable, additional content has been added by our [...]

ForeSite sees many small businesses (and even medium-sized businesses) not taking the time to plan their IT growth. Using “Band-Aids” for common IT issues (without realizing the ramifications to the network) is common practice. And it’s negatively affecting the bottom line.

We’ve identified three common IT issues you can look at to see if you can improve your bottom line.

In today’s IT world, we know all about protecting our perimeter. We have firewalls, antivirus and malware protection, and IDS/IPS.
While all that is necessary and considered best practice, we need to not forget about the inside threats. This post will describe some of these inside threats and what you can do to mitigate risk.
The principle [...]

Have you looked at your LinkedIn homepage recently?
Do you read most of the status updates from your network?
Are you keeping your network alive for business opportunities, by sending messages to a few of your connections each week?
Do you comment or “like” updates on most days?
Or do you ignore status updates because they look like a [...]

If you missed parts one, two and three in our series, you can find them here:
Business Cloud Computing PT 1: A Quick Introduction
Business Cloud Computing PT 2: 3 Problems the Cloud Solves
Business Cloud Computing PT 3: 3 Myths (and Truths)
Cloud computing solves many key challenges facing businesses.
But that doesn’t mean businesses should rush and jump [...]

If you missed parts one and two in our series, you can find them here:
Business Cloud Computing PT 1: A Quick Introduction
Business Cloud Computing PT 2: 3 Problems the Cloud Solves
When it comes to cloud computing for business, there are a few big myths floating around that need to be cleared up.
In this article, we’ll [...]

In part one of our cloud computing series, Business Cloud Computing PT 1: A Quick Introduction, we talked about three types of businesses ripe for cloud computing, the benefits of cloud computing and two main drawbacks of cloud computing.
Now, in part two, we’ll look at three classic problems the cloud solves for many businesses.
Three business [...]

1) Allowing remote desktop from the Internet
When we perform network vulnerability assessments, one of the most glaring security vulnerabilities we  see is open remote desktop access to workstations and servers. This vulnerability makes it possible for a prospective attacker to connect directly to servers and workstations and attempt to log in.
You may think that your [...]

Believe it or not, cloud computing for businesses is not a new invention.
The cloud is simply the Internet. Thus, the cloud has been here since the Internet started becoming popular in the early 1990s.
The cloud allows you to use applications and store data without having physical hardware and software in your office; someone else handles [...]