Small businesses are up against some big fish, and I’m not talking about competition, I’m talking about cybercriminals. Cybercriminals are now specifically targeting small businesses. There has been a slow increase in the number of small businesses being targeted by hackers as large enterprises up the ante with their IT security.

You may think your small business isn’t on any attacker’s radar. Well you are very wrong! Small businesses are an ideal target for hackers. The lack of resources most businesses have to adequately protect their valuable data and information is making it very easy for hackers to steal that information. Not having a cyber security plan for your business is making it an easy target for attackers. Don’t be a duck sitting in open water! Devise a plan to combat these criminals and protect your information.

Since last June Google has kept Google Compute Engine (GCE), an open Infrastructure-as- a-Service (IaaS), an invitation only service. Starting May 15^th, GCE has gone public. This move makes GCE a direct competitor for Amazon Web Service (AWS), one of the major and more established IaaS providers.

• 89% of worldwide IT departments support some form of BYOD.
• 69% of global IT leaders think the benefits of BYOD are positive.
• 51% of workers use their personal smartphones as their BYOD device, 44% use their laptops or ultra-books, and 31% use tablets.

When I started interning here at NSK, I didn’t know cloud computing from cumulonimbus. Writing each blog entry took loads of detective work. But for this last entry, I was asked to blog about what I already know, and sometimes it's those blog posts that are the hardest ones to write.