Houston Business IT Events focused on Microsoft Technologies

Twitter makes the news once again. Another reminder about the vulnerabilities of cloud services and why it is so critically important that businesses maintain sound IT security practices. Late in January, Twitter suffered down time causing users of the popular …

For the second time in January, Twitterholics awoke on January 31 to the famous whale. Twitter was down yet again. When Twitter goes down, it is not life or death. The world will continue to spin on its axis and …

Research in Motion is no more – this announcement hit the Canadian Press this week. Canada’s next Nortel? Not this time, although headlines around the world shouted the words – Research in Motion is gone. It doesn’t mean that the …

Kevin Priddle frequently writes articles for the “IT in Canada” website.  Kevin is a respected leader in the Canadian IT landscape. This week when we stumbled upon Kevin’s interview with Kaspersky Lab’s VP Canadian Sales, Kevin Krempulec, we paid attention …

US Homeland Security is issuing another IT security warning for business and home computer users on January 29, 2013 urging computer users to disable a common networking technology feature. Researchers have warned Homeland Security that hackers have the potential to …

Did you hear about this? A software developer thought that he would outsource his own job to China allowing him time to surf the web and shop online. While workers in China were taking on his duties for about one …

As of January 17, 2013, new enhanced protection mechanisms have been finalized and put into place, protecting US citizens and their health records. This new baseline comes into play for anyone or any organization who handles healthcare information. The new …

Medical practitioners around the region are eagerly waiting, maybe a bit anxiety-laden, for the new set of regulations in healthcare. On Thursday, January 17, 2013, the HHS issued their modifications to the HIPAA privacy, security, enforcement and breach notification rules. …

The cloud continues to gain momentum with businesses across the country and many are reviewing how cloud services help lower operating costs, increase efficiencies and enhance corporate communications. The right cloud technologies will help a business achieve a decrease in …

57,000 patient records belonging to the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital in Palo Alto, CA are the latest statics in the rash of HIPAA potential breaches to be reported across the United States. On January 9, 2013 an unencrypted laptop was …