We all have a number of passwords for the online services we use. You name it: banking, online bill payment, e-mail, social networks, shopping and more. You know it’s incredibly easy to lose track of them all—unless you are committing one of the greatest online security offenses by using one password for everything.
Love it, hate it, or call it the gold at the end of your rainbow, e-mail is here to stay. Over the past two decades, it’s become deeply ingrained in our day-to-day business communication. It’s become a requirement to do business. Despite a number of software advances and expansion in the online communication landscape, e-mail is more important than ever.
For over 25 years, Echols Glass & Mirror has been an industry leader in custom glass fabrication and installation. Echols is a family owned business located in Buford. They take pride in their workmanship, customer service and their ability to bring new and innovative products and designs to their customers.
If your business hasn’t been the target of malicious intruders or cybercriminals, consider yourself lucky. Hackers are a relentless bunch and they want your gold: information and access they can use to exploit weaknesses in your business Internet security.
Flowers, candy, red hearts and romance…that’s what Valentine’s Day is all about, right? Well, not exactly.
The origin of this holiday for the expression of love really isn’t romantic at all, at least not in the traditional sense. Valentine was a Roman Catholic priest during the time when Emperor Claudius persecuted the church.
The past couple of years have been a rough ride for many who rely on a credit card to make purchases. Data breaches have plagued retail stores in the U.S. and Canada. Credit card providers are now starting to roll out new, more secure credit cards to consumers, catching up to Europe and much of Asia in terms of credit card security.
A study of computer programmers at Bell Laboratories showed that the star performers outperformed moderate performers by a margin of 8 to 1. If that holds true in your organization, the conversion of five of your moderate performers into star performers would be the equivalent of adding 35 moderate performers to your workforce.
Last month I had the privilege of working with the Missionaries of the Poor in Kingston, Jamaica. Joining me were my youngest daughter, Rachel, my two sons-in-law, Drew and Ben, and Jason Poole’s cousin, Izzy. We spent five days caring for the many residents who live in the MOP shelters in Kingston.
While many people buy their significant other a box of decadent chocolates, a dozen red roses or an oversized teddy bear for Valentine’s Day, there are a few people who are going to go home with broken heart as their personal information is stolen right from under them.
New social media marketing tools seem to pop up every day, so here’s some help sorting the best from the rest:
MENTION: Google Alerts for the social web. MENTION helps you monitor your brand’s presence on social networks, forums, blogs and more.