One corrupt table or misconfigured bucket can stall an entire supply chain run. Fortunately, a clear-headed backup strategy turns that existential threat into a five-minute inconvenience.

Data Loss Reality Check

The numbers behind data loss read like a cautionary thriller. IBM’s 2024 Cost of a Data Breach report pegs the average incident at $4.88 million, including everything from emergency forensics to months of churned customers. Yet budgets alone can’t capture the scale of disruption.

As a small or medium business owner, you are consistently asked to do more with less — less time, less budget and fewer hands on deck. Every decision can impact your bottom line and your bandwidth. One of the biggest choices you will face is building an in-house team or bringing in outside experts.

In-house teams give you closer collaboration and deep brand familiarity. However, outsourcing can offer flexibility, lower costs and quick access to specialized skills without a long-term commitment. Striking the right balance goes beyond cutting costs. It involves making wise decisions that help you grow without burning out.

If you’ve made a recent search in Google, you’ve likely noticed some changes in its interface. In the past, you’d simply be given a long list of websites that closely match the relevancy of your search. However, now Google has introduced AI Overviews that provide summarized results based on how you asked your question.

While this updated interface can be incredibly helpful as a user, as a business, you may have mixed feelings, and for good reason. The reality of AI-powered search is that it presents new challenges when attempting to drive more organic traffic to your website.

White label and private label both let you place your name on a product you did not invent from scratch. The key distinction is control — white-label goods arrive fully baked, while private-label lines give you room to adjust the recipe, specs or story. Picking the right lane shapes your margins, timeline and customer loyalty, so it pays to weigh the trade-offs before you place that first purchase order. 

WOODSTOCK, IL – June 11, 2025 – Other World Computing (OWC®), a trusted leader in high-performance storage, memory, connectivity, software, and accessories that empower creative and business professionals to maximize performance, enhance reliability, and streamline workflows, today announced the latest software release for its acclaimed OWC Jellyfish network-attached storage (NAS) solution.

In today's hyper-connected digital world, application security is more critical than ever. With the increasing number of cyber threats targeting software vulnerabilities, security testing has become a non-negotiable aspect of the software development life cycle (SDLC). Two of the most common and essential types of security testing are Static Application Security Testing (SAST) and Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST). Each has its strengths, limitations, and ideal use cases.

Business professionals are familiar with greenwashing and social washing as ways corporations manipulate customers — whether intentionally or not — with misleading information. Since the advent of widespread artificial intelligence (AI), AI washing has become a trend. Uncover what this entails and how entities can avoid it to maintain customer loyalty.

Analytics systems powered by artificial intelligence (AI) could reshape the e-commerce sector’s traditional inventory management model, streamlining the order life cycle and preventing stockouts. Business leaders can raise their odds of success if they understand which applications are most impactful and how to navigate integration. 

AI’s Popularity in E-Commerce  

Major e-commerce platforms are experimenting with AI, creating novel opportunities for small and medium-sized businesses that cannot dedicate the time or funds to building an intelligent system from the ground up.