As the coronavirus continues to spread across Minnesota and the United States, its impact on individuals and businesses has become increasingly pronounced. With employees working from home, retail stores launching online shops, and small businesses finding creative ways to make ends meet, IT systems and network environments need the ability

For many businesses, hosting the company website and/or data storage in-house is the best option, both financially and logistically. But then, things begin to change. The business grows, new services are added, budgets are reprioritized or staffing changes are made. Or, in a worst case scenario, the business falls victim

There are many reasons that a company might experience unanticipated downtime. Whether caused by a storm or flood, a cyberattack or hack, a network outage or power failure, or simple human error, downtime that is unexpected and unplanned can throw even the most organized business into chaos. Luckily, companies can

Edge computing has come a long way. Initially conceived as a way to address bandwidth issues for data traveling long distances, edge computing systems now focus largely on powering and processing Internet of Things (IoT) devices and applications. The continued explosion of IoT has contributed to the growth of edge

Here in Minnesota and throughout the Midwest, winter weather is becoming more unpredictable. Blizzards and snow are still a major concern, but in recent years we’ve seen record cold temperatures, long cold snaps, and late-season storms. These increasingly-common weather events are often dangerous, and can cause power outages and physical

The number of organizations affected by ransomware has gone down by more than 40 percent in recent years. Good news, right? Not completely: the total amount demanded in ransomware attacks has gone up by nearly 90 percent. So while the total number of attacks has gone down, experts believe that