We’ve written at length about the many benefits that cloud computing can bring to your business, such as lower costs, faster time-to-delivery, improved reliability, improved scalability, etc. However, with all of these benefits come risks that many businesses ignore or don’t even realize are present....

Where does a majority of spam originate? My guess is most readers would put China or Russia at the top of your list. Here is a ranking compiled by Proofpoint, one of the largest security firms in the US that provides spam filtering for many...

The pervasiveness of todays’ information security threats requires constant attention. It is important to your business that it is getting that attention. Many businesses leaders take their chances by ignoring the threat, too busy with other tasks. Others absolve themselves from responsibility by outsourcing the...

Laptop or tablet?  That is a question that we are hearing from customers more frequently as the tablet market matures. In fact, a recent study shows that tablets are the preferred device for folks to use at home. Tablets Favored Device At Home Simply comparing what we...

Let’s talk about summer.  After the long winter season, it is a good thing to think warm, happy thoughts.  As much you may not have enjoyed the cold, computers do not like the heat. The ideal temperature for computer equipment is between 68 and 71...

How do you keep current with technology?  Staying current with technology is not easy with the busy schedules we keep today.  Do you have a trusted source of information? At Colden Company Inc., keeping current is our business.  We do not rely on one individual...

As a business, you must protect your customer’s information from the myriad of threats that exist in today’s digital world.  There are so many more points of attack and methods of attacking available to the hacker today.  It is truly frightening to understand the severity...

LogMeIn has been a standard-bearer for simple remote access to Windows-based PCs and Macs, from just about any device you can imagine, for many years. Users all over the world have benefited from their free remote access tools. On January 21, 2014, LogMeIn announced via...

Happy New Year to everyone from the team at Colden Company! We wish you all a healthy and prosperous 2014. Last year at this time, we wrote a blog posting about how 2013 could be the year of the cloud for many of our customers. ...

With all of the security threats out there in our digital world, it is a never ending challenge to provide adequate security to your data and internal network. The question we are often asked by our customers is “Are we doing enough?”  There is always...