Optimal Insights

Plain-English answers to your questions about technology best practices.

Windows 10: What You Need to Know

  There is no shortage of literature out there about what Windows 10 has to offer, what its shortcomings are, and what silly things Cortana will do if you ask her the right question.   When you look at the new operating system from a business perspective, though, what are

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The Best Anti-Virus Solution for Business (Reviews/Ratings)

So we’ve talked about the different kinds of malware, and we’ve talked about the different ways to identify a dangerous, infected email. What we haven’t yet explored are the specific technology solutions that can help keep your machines and network protected in the event that you do come across malicious

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How to Identify a Dangerous/Malicious Email

Between Trojans, spyware, and ransomware, your data and your operations can be severely and irreparably affected by just one successful cyberattack. How can you lessen your chances of falling victim to these different kinds of malicious software? There is, of course, a technical piece here: having updated anti-virus, robust firewalls,

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Practical Take-Away from the Ashley Madison Hack

We’ve all heard about it by now–hackers released personal information (including email addresses and credit card information) on Ashley Madison’s 32 million registered users.   Besides the obvious lesson (perhaps to not hand over all of your Personally Identifiable Information (PII) to a site dedicated to cheating on your spouse, or

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