It is Heaven! Using the Cloud to Challenge Big Business Has anyone suggested you begin moving your business to the cloud? Cloud data storage or cloud computing? What is this, anyway? And isn't it something for huge companies? In the last post we explained what cloud computing is. Simply put, it is the offsite storage of your data, and perhaps even the software packages you use. The...
Read MoreFor several years now, Worcester Business Journal has asked its readers for the best companies to do business with. And each year, since 2014, the end result is this WBJ Best of Business list. This year, the WBJ had a record number of voters recommending their top companies in at least 10 of the categories. We are proud to announce that Cinch IT, Inc. was...
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Industry Era Magazine has recognized Cinch IT's President and CEO Rick Porter as one of the 10 Best CEO's of 2018. Rick was nominated and selected by Industry Era's annual comprehensive review process. Industry Era's editorial team analyzed approximately 500 CEO's that provide different Technology solutions and are at the forefront of tackling customer challenges. From that list, CEO's were shortlisted and reviewed by a distinguished...
Read MoreYou use the cloud and don't even know it. Do you go to Amazon and create a wishlist? Do you have an email account on Yahoo? That is cloud computing. All your emails are stored on Yahoo servers somewhere. They are on physical servers, of course, but they aren't on your laptop. The advantage is that when you spill your coffee onto the laptop keyboard,...
Read MoreLoss of Data: Causes and Prevention The adoption of technology from the simplest of matters to the most complex problems has rendered us heavily dependent on it. We love paying our bills minutes before they are due. We enjoy seeing loved ones face-to-face on our computer screens. We can access and print our extremely sensitive records from government and financial websites in a matter of minutes...
Read MoreBe Proactive: How to Avoid Potential Network Failures For small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), an IT network failure can be devastating because they don't have the resources of large corporations to bounce back from such disasters. Preparation against such devastation may be the only course for them to avoid failure and survive with the least damage if failure occurs. SMBs must be proactive in recognizing the...
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