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Why Rust for safe systems programming

Posted on Monday July 22, 2019

In this series, we have explored the need for proactive measures to eliminate a class of vulnerabilities and walked through some examples of memory safety issues we've found in Microsoft code that could have been avoided with a different language. Now we'll peek at why we think that Rust represents the best alternative to C...

Improve communication by dealing with VoIP issues

Posted on Monday July 22, 2019

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone systems are cheaper and more efficient than regular phones and businesses are jumping on board. However, transitioning without a plan can cause a range of issues that many business owners never expected. Here are a few you should keep in mind.

What Office Delve does for Office 365 users

Posted on Friday July 19, 2019

Office 365 is a cloud-based productivity suite that is popular with small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). It's offered in a wide variety of subscription plans, making it even more popular among businesses. To deal with users' concerns with storing/accessing data within Office 365, Microsoft has released Office Delve.

We Need a Safer Systems Programming Language

Posted on Thursday July 18, 2019

In our first post in this series, we discussed the need for proactively addressing memory safety issues. Tools and guidance are demonstrably not preventing this class of vulnerabilities; memory safety issues have represented almost the same proportion of vulnerabilities assigned a CVE for over a decade. We feel that using memory-safe languages will mitigate this...

What is a web host?

Posted on Thursday July 18, 2019

Businesses need to have an online presence these days, and that usually starts with having a website. But to access your website on the internet, you need to partner with a web host. This blog post breaks down the basics of a web host and the two most common types of hosting.

Analytics are critical for effective data backups

Posted on Wednesday July 17, 2019

Collecting data is vital for keeping records, tracking performance, and delighting customers. With so much on the line, it's never been more important to have backups of all your files. If your data is growing at a rate that's hard to keep up with, analytics tools are an awesome way to figure out which backups matter most and how to prioritize them.