According to a recent study by Shopify on holiday shopping, this year’s sales will peak during Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Industry-wide data shows year-over-year growth across the board: Thanksgiving up 18.3% Black Friday up 16.9% Small Business Saturday up 10.8% Cyber Monday up 16.8% With this impressive surge in sales, your website and apps […]
As we approach another holiday season, it is of utmost importance to get your apps ready. Now’s the time to protect them from software crashes and performance problems such as slow loading pages, broken checkout flows, and outages. The National Retail Federation expects an 11% increase in holiday shopping and even more during Black Friday. […]
Cyber Monday, the online take on Black Friday, takes place the Monday after Thanksgiving with incredible deals going on online. For online retailers, Cyber Monday represents the highest grossing sale day of the year. Having a slow e-commerce site, even for a few minutes, can cost millions of dollars. Not long ago, it took eight […]
An Information Technology (IT) consultant understands everything there is to know about computer networks and systems. They can run a one-person operation or work in-company to advise business executives on how to make the most out of their network systems. As not all projects entail the same tasks, not all networks use the same operating […]
If you’ve worked with databases for a while, you probably have heard of purging, archiving, and deleting data. Although some of the terms are used interchangeably, there are enormous differences between them. Archiving Database archiving is the process of moving historical data from production environments to an archive environment, freeing up IT storage space and […]
Your company has started the move to the cloud, but you’re not yet fully cloud-native. As your business grows and adapts, you’ll discover that there are several processes that will help make that transition easier. If you’re ready to become cloud-native, make sure you’re implementing these key pieces of your plan to ensure that you’ll […]
Can Your Systems Handle Healthcare Open Enrollment Day Traffic? Are you sure your systems are ready for the new and past enrollees, to create new accounts or update old insurance information. Last year Open Enrollment caused many outages for insurance providers the week of the enrollment deadlines. Are your websites, calling centers and your computer […]
The following blog is based on the podcast interview of Jeff Garbus, hosted by HC Biz during the Health IT Expo, which took place in New Orleans from May 30th, 2018 through June 1, 2018. Listen to the full interview here. In this day and age, data is everything. Trade secrets, legal pleadings, tax returns, […]
Even though automation is transforming the business industry, human interaction is still critical when the buyer-supplier relationship and the procurement department are involved. Imagine a multinational organization working with tens of thousands of suppliers, having to keep personal and business relationships with each, without proper database management in place. How can a company with handle […]
The following is an excerpt from Chapter 8 of the book Mining New Gold – Managing Your Business Data by Penny, Jeffrey and Gillian Garbus which can be purchased here. On previous blogs, we’ve discussed the importance of determining the order of priority of your data and establishing processes for storage, maintenance, and backup. But […]