The Channel Compay's CRN.com has named C Spire Business (formerly TekLinks) to its 2018 Tech Elite 250 list.

This annual list honors an exclusive group of North American IT solution providers that have earned the highest number of advanced technical certifications from leading technology suppliers.

Republished with permission of the BHMbiz.com

The IT challenges you face can seriously undermine the success of your business. When you take a step back and look at your organization, it is easy to see the challenges and complications that a deficient IT practice can create.

C Spire Business is ranked among the world's top 10 cloud services providers, according to the Channel Futures seventh-annual Talkin’ Cloud 100 report. This year's list ranked TekLinks No. 9, which is a climb from No. 13 in 2016.

Outsourcing is a concept that is familiar for many people. In your personal life, you might outsource your laundry or your grocery shopping. In a professional setting, businesses commonly outsource accounting or web development.  

An employee receives an email from his company’s CEO, or at least he thinks it’s the CEO. He clicks the email’s attachment, unknowingly downloading malicious software. Within minutes, the damaging code has locked the business’ system, rendering it useless until a ransom is paid to unlock it. This sounds like the makings of a TV crime show, but it's not. Ransomware attacks happen every day.

A new industry report says one-third of targeted attempts to breach corporations' cyber defenses succeed.