• Small Business,  Synology

    Add Antivirus To Your Synology

    It’s not likely that your Synology is going to get infected with a virus of some kind. It’s also not likely that, if you’re switching to Synology from a macOS Server, that most of your clients will get infected or be using infected files. But you probably have that one Windows accounting machine in the back of the office. So you should scan your Synology routinely. To do so, Synology provides a clamav bundle, much like what I usually told people to use on macOS file servers. To install antivirus on your Synology, open Package Center and search for antivirus. Click on Antivirus Essential and then click on Install.  Once…

  • Network Infrastructure,  Small Business,  Synology

    Update Packages on Synology

    Services that run on a Synology are constantly being updated. Software updates for the binaries and other artifacts can quickly and easily be updated. To do so, open the Synology web interface and then open Package Center. From Package Center, click Update for each or Update All to upgrade all services at once, as seen below.You will then be prompted to verify that you want to run the update. Any services that are being updated will restart and so end users might find those services unresponsive or have to log back in after the service comes back online.

  • Articles and Books,  Small Business

    6 Ways to Win Friends and Influence People as a New Manager

    My latest piece on Inc.com was 6 Ways to Win Friends and Influence People as a New Manager It starts a bit like: Call it the New Sheriff in Town Syndrome. You’re a new manager at an established company or your own startup. You think of yourself as a fixer, so you quickly set out to implement changes or new processes, often bringing in ideas from your old company. Whoops. While making improvements should be the goal of any manager, you need to be careful. It’s easy to come across as over-aggressive and disruptive, and you could end up alienating many of your colleagues. To read more…

  • Apple Configurator,  Business,  iPhone,  Mac OS X,  Mac OS X Server,  Small Business

    Securing Patient Data on End User Computing Devices (AMA)

    The increase in the use and complexity of technological assets in the healthcare sector has been on the rise in the recent past. Healthcare practitioners have moved from recording data manually to keeping Electronic Health Records. This eases the accessibility and the availability of data to the health practitioners. Further, electronically stored data makes it possible for patients to receive high quality and error-free care, improve decision making process because medical history is available and also makes it possible to provide safer and more reliable information for medication. Despite, the numerous advantages that the use of technology in healthcare has, there is also a threat of patients data leakage that…

  • Articles and Books,  Interviewing,  Mass Deployment,  Product Management,  public speaking,  Small Business

    Article on Content Strategy on Huffington Post

    I’ve been thinking a lot about content strategy and the why and when of how articles are posted. I’ll keep writing whatever I want, whenever, often times based on what I happen to be working on at that moment. In other words, I actually have no content strategy for krypted, and I don’t feel the need to implement one. But at least I explored it, thought about it, and got a few notes down for friends who do want one, or are thinking about it. That article went up on Huffington Post yesterday at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/charles-edge/the-importance-of-having-_2_b_9563304.html. A snippet of the article: Search engine optimization (SEO) involves strategies and techniques that, when used properly,…

  • Articles and Books,  Small Business

    10 IT Considerations For Your Small Business

    I wrote an article for CBSPulse called “10 IT Resolutions To Consider For Your Small Business”: Every company at some point needs to harness its technology. These days, a good Internet connection and some smart choices will have any company humming along with tools that help the business. But it’s also important to reevaluate your strategy from time to time to ensure that you are making the most from your processes and investments. As 2016 continues to speed along, now is great time to step back to identify what’s working and what can be done better. The following are ten resolutions for small businesses to consider as you look for…

  • Articles and Books,  Bushel,  cloud,  Small Business

    My Predictions For How The Cloud Is Leveraged By Small Businesses In 2016

    I published an article with VMblog.com with my (and Bushel’s) predictions for how small businesses will leverage the cloud in 2016. In today’s increasingly mobile world, more and more small businesses are taking advantage of the cloud, as 72 percent indicate they use mobile apps in their business, with roughly 38 percent reporting they could not survive – or it would be a major challenge to survive- without mobile apps, says a recent survey report. Given this trend, here’s a look at what cloud-connected small and medium-sized businesses can expect in the year ahead: Read the predictions here…