Amazon Alexa may be the darling of household technologies at the moment, but the implications for business are no less dramatic. AI is driving text-to-speech and the inverse, as well as image recognition. Cousins to Alexa, Amazon Rekognition and Lex are accelerating development in the AI space and it’s coming to businesses with real-time functionality and an affordable price point.

Disaster planning and recovery is a critical exercise for every company. In addition to the safety of your employees, the protection of your physical space, and technology at the core of most businesses, emergency management and recovery is a crucial, ongoing need.

Does your business have a disaster recovery plan? Well they should. Without a plan, sensitive data and information could be lost forever should something ever happen to your physical files. Could your business survive that? You may think "Oh, that'll never happen to my business." However, it's always best to prepare for the worst and hope for the best. 

 More and more IT, e-commerce, and security conversations seem to mention blockchain. It’s the latest buzzword floating around IT water coolers. It's even been the biggest buzz around our office! So, what is blockchain? 

Back in March, the FTC’s acting chairman spoke at NASDAQ at an event hosted by the National Cyber Security Alliance. What she had to share was alarming. Small and mid-size businesses are becoming more susceptible to data breach incidents. Maureen Ohlhausen said, “we are seeing a huge amount of data breaches that target small businesses, but they don’t have the resources to withstand the impact.”