Optimal Insights

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

Why Do I Get Viruses When I Have Anti-Virus Software?

So you understand the dangers of viruses infecting your machines (lost time, lost data, all-around bad news). You’ve purchased anti-virus software (either on your own or through your IT provider’s workstation management solution). You’re 100% protected now, right? Unfortunately not. As some of you may know from experience, it is

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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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Physical Servers vs Virtual Servers for Business

Servers: the foundation of your IT systems, and the powerhouse for your mission-critical company data. When it comes to crafting your organization’s infrastructure, there are two main options to compare: a physical server environment, or a virtual server environment. Over and over again our clients have asked which environment would

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