This post also appeared in The Tennessean, where Concept Technology has a bi-weekly feature in the Business section. Business continuity and disaster recovery planning is hard work, so it’s not surprising that many organizations put off doing both. To start, many people don’t understand the difference between the two terms. Business continuity defines the assets, threats […]

This post also appeared in The Tennessean, where Concept Technology has a bi-weekly feature in the Business section. Though it’s commonly associated with free storage providers, like Dropbox, or online word processors, like Google Docs, cloud computing can involve more advanced areas of technology, too. That’s part of the reason that talking about “the cloud” can […]

Have you heard? Antivirus is dead. Kaput. No longer relevant in today’s computer security world, where 315,000 new malicious files are detected every day. When Brian Dye, senior vice president of information security for Symantec — the company that invented commercial antivirus software 25 years ago — told The Wall Street Journal a couple of […]

This post also appeared in The Tennessean, where Concept Technology has a bi-weekly feature in the Business section. “Let’s talk health care.” That short sentence has sparked some of the most engaging social, economic, ethical and political conversations over the past few years, and the conversations keep on coming. You’d be hard pressed to find someone […]

This post also appeared in The Tennessean, where Concept Technology has a bi-weekly feature in the Business section. As a business handling data, if you collect it, you have to protect it. And when you don’t, the results can be extremely damaging. Never was this more apparent than with the November 2013 breach of Target’s point-of-sale […]

When you ask Tom Stewart, principal at Partners Healthcare Group, what his organization does, he’ll tell you that Partners helps its clients make wise business decisions that are clinically sound and financially responsible. To meet a wide range of client-specific needs, the action-oriented Partners team builds inventories, creates medical equipment plans, reconciles asset files and […]

This post also appeared in The Tennessean, where Concept Technology has a bi-weekly feature in the Business section. At the start of any new year, it’s helpful to take stock of recent best practices and make sure your company has considered and implemented them. To help, here are five technology practices your business should consider in 2014. […]

An investment firm for health and technology startups, Mountain Group Capital is more than just an investor. The company is also a builder, partner and operator. Business Builders: Mountain Group Capital doesn’t just make great investments; it builds great companies. The firm believes that its role is to provide the capital as well as the […]

This post also appeared in The Tennessean, where Concept Technology has a bi-weekly feature in the Business section. President Woodrow Wilson once said, “If you want to make enemies, try to change something.” Change can be especially terrifying when you don’t fully understand how it will affect you. Perhaps the biggest information technology change facing businesses […]

This post also appeared in The Tennessean, where Concept Technology has a bi-weekly feature in the Business section. Many employers make hasty decisions when hiring technology professionals. Here are six tips to keep your technology recruiting in tip-top shape. 1. Test for technical knowledge. There’s nothing worse than hiring a technology professional who doesn’t understand […]