[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”no-divider” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] South Florida— You likely are not currently pondering any commonality between mixed martial arts and the recent government security breach of federal worker records. But if you are someone concerned about the security and storage of important data–especially on ‘the cloud—‘ then you’ll almost certainly be interested in…
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] Facebook. Twitter. YouTube. Netflix. LinkedIn. Pandora. WordPress. Amazon.com They all have something in common: they are all able to gather and assimilate a tremendous amount of information in seconds, from an immense number of sources, and turn it into revenue. Facebook and LinkedIn assemble data on their users…
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] A definition of executive: Someone who has the power to put plans, actions, or laws into effect A person with senior managerial responsibility in a business organization Or, according to Forbes ASAP: Someone who wastes 150 hours per year—almost an entire month—searching for lost information. Let’s…
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] The chance of an individual being audited by the IRS is at the lowest rate in a decade, with less than 1% of returns audited: about 1.2 million returns in 2014, a drop of nearly 330,000 from 2010. Reasons cited are cuts to funding for the IRS and…
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] As Google races to become the first company ever to reach market capitalization of a trillion dollars, a question worth considering becomes: why, exactly is Google worth so much money? It could easily be argued that selling advertising is the reason. Certainly the purchase of YouTube was a terrific business decision, with millions of…
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] The concept of the paperless office feels like it has been around for forever. That’s because it actually has been around nearly forever– or at least, ever since the advent of the personal computer. A 1975 Business Week article entitled “The Office of the Future” first predicted the…
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] Arthur Schopenhauer, the German philosopher best known for his work The World as Will and Representation, said, succinctly: “One should use common words to say uncommon things.” Sounds easy enough, doesn’t it? Using everyday words–clear, concise language–to describe something important. But consider the following sentence: The amazing…
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] You thought Office Space was as bad as it gets? The Thoughtful Boss The company decided to fire a married couple. They had just bought a house and were expecting their first child. The wife’s name came up to be let go and upper management decided that the…
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] Change in routine can be scary, but it usually comes with some benefits. Myth #1: Paperless documents are not as secure as filed hard copies How hard is it to access your paper files? And who accesses them? If your answer is the secretary, you know just how…
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] Applications. Gadgets. Software. Appliances. Systems. Thousands upon thousands of things over the years, all calling for our attention, and all of them promising to “save time.” This has been seen world-round— recently the BBC published an article succinctly summarizing that “Technology is largely a succession of time-saving devices.”…