Data Breach at LastPass, How Safe is Your Information? On December 22nd, 2022, while millions of people were preparing to celebrate and ring in the new year, cybercriminals were hard at work laying plans to breach the popular password manager, LastPass’s cloud server leaving...
Deploying Servers in a Virtualized Environment The term “virtualization” can seem a little perplexing. It’s something that the business world is going crazy over, but something you’ve never entirely understood. Currently valued at between 40 and 60...
Top Data Center Management Issues The backbone of every successful network is the data center. Without it, emails would not be delivered, data would not be stored, and hosting multiple sites would not be possible. Spending on data center systems is anticipated to reach 212...
What Is a Managed Data Center Service? When it comes to data center services, managed services are becoming more and more popular. Many people don’t understand what a managed data center service does or how it can help them. It’s understandable why some people might feel this...
Reflections on 2022: What We Learned and What We Accomplished One thing is certain as we reflect on the year 2022: the Protected Harbor team has grown as individuals and as a company. We have faced the challenges of a global pandemic, economic downturn, and social unrest with...
Data as a Service – Everything You Need to Know As the volume of data that businesses encounter increases, so does the necessity for efficient data governance. For data management, many enterprises are turning to cloud service providers. In this environment, Data as a Service,...
Best Data Center Managed Services 2022 Data centers are no longer isolated and individual units but have become part of integrated, collaborative, and, more importantly, digital infrastructure. It has experienced exponential growth in the last decade and continues to grow at an...
What is Scalable Infrastructure and Why is it Important? While business owners and leaders often focus on the immediate aspects of their business, it is also essential to work on the company’s long-term viability. One of the most critical components of this is the scalable IT...
The Cybersecurity Minute: How to Prevent a Cyber-attack As technology becomes increasingly intertwined with our lives, the need for cybersecurity becomes ever more essential. Cyber-attacks are becoming increasingly common, with hackers and other...
Core Components of Data Center Infrastructure and Facilities The data center is a critical part of any IT infrastructure. Data center infrastructure services include computing, networking, and storage resources necessary to support an organization’s virtualized applications and...
Protected Harbor Named Best IT Company of 2022 by Best of Small Business Awards! Protected Harbor, a family-owned Managed IT Service Partner in New York, was named the Best IT Company of 2022 by the Best of Small Business Awards. The Best of Small Business Awards is an annual...
5 Benefits of Hiring a Managed Services Provider Today’s businesses are faced with myriad challenges. The growth of digital technologies, the Internet of Things, managed services, and other connected devices have exposed organizations to new threats and accelerated the pace of change....