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Tech Lovers: Enter to Win Great Prizes through the Super Cubed Giveaway!
Here on the TechInsurance blog, we devote a lot of space to updating you on the latest in Cyber Risk Insurance, data breach information, and tips for growing your IT business.Today, we've got something...
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IT Firms: Benefit from the Back-to-School Rush
As students, teachers, and parents prepare for another school year, owners of small technology and IT businesses have a tremendous opportunity to bring in new revenue. Sure, it's easy to see how large...
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Survey: Most IT Privacy Policy Templates Woefully Insufficient
A survey published this month by DataGuidance, a global provider of data compliance resources, shows a dismal state of IT privacy policies for online companies. In fact, the survey found that 23...
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Want More Clients? It May Be Time to Incorporate
An article on the legal resource webpage Nolo.com suggests that independent contractors should consider incorporating (founding a legal corporation) in order to get more clients. It argues that clients...
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Why Comcast-Style Customer Service Would Be Death to Small IT Contractors
If you have eight minutes to spare and you enjoy listening to grueling customer service phone calls, we strongly recommend this piece of undercover journalism by techie journalist Ryan Block.In the...
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Netflix: Use Our Hack-Scanning Software
Though it might be most famous its binge-watch streaming service, Netflix has produced open source tools that can protect businesses from data breaches and DDoS attacks.According to The Register,...
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Malvertising: A New Headache for IT Consultants
According to Threatpost, more than 10,000 users have been affected by a growing "malvertising" ring, which posts fake ads that contain malware. The astonishing thing about this network of malvertisers...
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Survey: Most Companies Still Counting Too Much on Antivirus Software
Kaspersky Labs released a report on IT risk management, and the numbers are alarming enough to strike fear into the hearts of IT professionals. Or, at the very least, the report will certainly leave...
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Adobe Update Part 1: Something to Talk About (With Clients)
According to ThreatPost, Adobe was all set to roll out a new version of Reader when software testing revealed the update was full of flaws and security holes that would have exposed millions of users...
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How IT Freelancers Can Avoid Tax-Season Nightmares
This is a guest post written by Tristan Zier, a former CPA and founder of Zen99, a website designed to help independent contractors manage their tax obligations throughout the year to avoid last-minute...
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3 IT Sales Tips to Help You Avoid Becoming a Free Consultant
The following is a guest post from Kevin Hallenbeck, founder of New Hampshire’s Sandler Training Center. For more than 20 years, Kevin and his team have implemented award-winning techniques to help IT...
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How to Plan for Retirement (Unless You Like the Taste of Cat Food)
This is a guest post by David Dedman, President and Wealth Advisor of Lexington Wealth Management and author of Six Keys to Maximizing Wealth for Small Business Owners. In addition to offering...
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5 Bookkeeping Mistakes to Avoid in Your Small IT Businesses
This is a guest post written by Andrew Poulos, an Enrolled Agent admitted by the Department of Treasury to practice before the Internal Revenue Service and Principal of Poulos Accounting &...
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The Free Security Tool Your Clients Probably Aren't Using
As IT security blogger Brian Krebs reports, last week saw a wave of critical security updates to Microsoft Windows, Java, and two Adobe programs.Your clients might not realize that by delaying an...
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Don’t Call it Marketing (Call it Relationship Building)
This is a guest post by Andy Singer, principal and cofounder of Ignyte Marketing Group, which applies problem-solving and marketing principles to help businesses of all sizes expand into new markets,...
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Big Data for Small IT Businesses: Track Your Time
These days, “big data” is a big buzzword. Like any buzzword, it means different things to different people – and it gets thrown around more than some data analysts would like. For a sole proprietor,...
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Netflix: Use Our Hack-Scanning Software
Though it might be most famous its binge-watch streaming service, Netflix has produced open source tools that can protect businesses from data breaches and DDoS attacks.According to The Register,...
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Big Data for Small IT Businesses: Track Your Time
These days, “big data” is a big buzzword. Like any buzzword, it means different things to different people – and it gets thrown around more than some data analysts would like. For a sole proprietor,...
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Introducing TIMI, the TechInsurance Market Index
Insuring small IT businesses and tech contractors is our specialty at TechInsurance, but we're always looking to better understand our clients and the risks they face. That's why we're introducing the...
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IT Startups: There Is Such a Thing as Too Much Retirement Savings (For Now,...
This is a guest post by Leonard Raskin, a Registered Representative and Financial Advisor of Park Avenue Securities, LLC (PAS). He is the principal of Raskin Global, a wealth management and financial...
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