Hackers

There has been tons of news lately on hacking, systems getting hacked, and the vulnerability of our networks and systems. I have a huge problem with this and they way things work in this area.

We have to get the financial people out of the IT business. Here is the scenario. Big businesses look at the numbers because that is what matters most, profits.

It is going to cost me a million dollars to secure and protect my network. It will only cost me 500,000 to recover from a data breach. It makes more financial sense to wait until I get hacked and pay the 500,000. It is the cheaper and more cost effective way to do business. Each year we don’t get hacked we make more money. This way of thinking needs to stop.

Whatever happened to caring about your customers, customer is always right and service first? For a while now this mentality has vanished. I as a small business user want to bring it back and will ensure that this is priority number one in my business dealings. Protect your customers from harm and they will continue to do business with you. They will be loyal even more so in this day and age. Once you realize a company is here for you truthfully and honestly then you will come back for more.

The hacking attacks will continue and things will stay pretty much the same. It will take small business leaders to make the changes start from the bottom up.

This is my call to action for all business leaders to get back to doing what is right and not just what makes money. Stop sacrificing your customers because of profits and start figuring out ways to be a part of the community instead of just another drain on it.

Texting While Driving

Well for a technology blog I bet you are not expecting me to talk about killing technology, but I am.

I am so sorry friends but no one drives well when you are focused on a phone call or texting. I just have to ask the question, what is so freakin important? We really need to think about this.

I would like new technology to be created that when a user gets into a car it shuts down their mobile phone. You can not receive any text messages or phone calls while in your car. Remember there was a time when there were no cell phones. People left you messages and you handle those issues when you got the message. While driving down the road and putting peoples lives at risk is not the time to be dealing with anything other than allowing me to share the road with you and know that you are not going to try to kill me in the process.

As soon as I get in the car with my daughter strapped into her car seat I begin to worry. Some moron will get in their car and attempt to text and drive. It is just as dangerous as driving drunk. One thing though. I don’t take my daughter out in the car around 2 am when the bars let out. I know in the middle of the day there are still drunk drivers on the road. But there are less of them. Unfortunately whenever I get in the car now I have to worry about a textdriver.

I just hate that you people are putting me and my family at risk. When you hit me I am going to ask if that conversation you were having was more important than my life.