A Revelation that Leads to a Revolution

This morning on the way to the office I was listening to Bill Handel’s broadcast on KFI640 AM.  This morning he did another one of his Success from Scratch segments that feature somebody that created success from nearly nothing.  They are always good stories.

This morning’s story was an exception beyond compare.  I don’t normally share stories that I find touching and inspiring as I feel like they are just “feel good” stories that while interesting it is not necessarily worthy of the time of others.  But this morning was different.

The story is of Richard Montanez, the son of a

A Revelation that Leads to a Revolution2019-04-09T00:23:44-07:00

Are You at Risk with the Government for Sloppy Cybersecurity?

Court: FTC can bring down the hammer on companies with sloppy cybersecurity Hotel chain Wyndham had challenged the FTC's authority to mandate cybersecurity standards The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has the authority to take action against companies that fail to [...]

Are You at Risk with the Government for Sloppy Cybersecurity?2024-03-14T00:22:26-07:00

Interview with Oli on Effective IT Management

Our CEO, Oli Thordarson, shares how we provide effective Managed IT services here at Alvaka and explains the different tools that we use to keep our client's operations in check good running condition.

Interview with Oli on Effective IT Management2017-06-29T20:50:50-07:00

Future Posts

Follow Kevin's future blogging at www.noloki.com

Future Posts2024-03-14T00:19:35-07:00

CryptoLocker Critical Security Alert

Critical Security Alert   Please be advised that Alvaka Networks is notifying it's clients and partners of a particularly malicious and destructive form of malware or “Ransomware” referred to as CryptoLocker.  Whereas the vast majority of malware is written [...]

CryptoLocker Critical Security Alert2023-08-10T23:32:03-07:00

Are You Hip To HIPAA 3.0 HITECH And The Omnibus Rule?

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) released a new rule on Jan. 17 to protect patient privacy and secure health information established under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and run by The [...]

Are You Hip To HIPAA 3.0 HITECH And The Omnibus Rule?2020-04-08T23:18:43-07:00

Honest VARs and MSPs face problems with cloud storage services

If you’ve been in the IT industry for awhile, you’ve no doubt noticed that it goes through one hype cycle after another.  Many of us witnessed the dot-com explosion, implosion and subsequent MSP market conversion. Watching the cloud hype cycle of the past few years is a little disturbing -- not because I lack excitement about the massive possibilities of distributed computing, utility billing, virtualization advancements and economies of scale; they are large parts of my company’s business model. What bothers me is the extent to which companies will go to make a claim about the cloud. The exaggerations and omissions -- stemming from either ignorance, lack of risk aversion or outright dishonesty -- being used to sell cloud computing and cloud storage services are just nauseating. As an officer of a company competing in this environment, it’s especially hard for me to ignore these problems with cloud storage.

Honest VARs and MSPs face problems with cloud storage services2020-04-08T23:19:39-07:00

How to Protect Your Company’s Data

As a computer systems network manager and member of the nonprofit High Tech Crime Consortium, Kevin McDonald has seen all manner of data disasters: the medical company whose patient treatment records were lost in a warehouse fire; the police department whose website host vanished overnight; even the careless employee whose leaky liter of Coke ruined a computer server. “If you are a small business and you have a catastrophic loss of data, more likely than not you will never recover,” says McDonald, executive vice president at Alvaka Networks in Irvine, Calif. “Data storage is so cheap now, if you can’t afford it you should shut your business down and do something else.”

How to Protect Your Company’s Data2017-06-29T20:47:43-07:00