Delval Tech Blog

With the end of fiscal year 2021 rapidly approaching, now is the time that many companies are setting next years budget, evaluating current positions in the market, and looking for ways to decrease headaches and increase their bottom line. Some companies are looking to hire new, talented employees, from salespeople to truck drivers and warehouse workers. Others are looking to find areas in which they can maximize existing assets to drive revenue and growth for their enterprise, and some are...

At Delval Technology Solutions, we know cybersecurity training is an excellent way to teach your employees how to spot a scam. But that doesn’t quite capture the urgency of making sure your team knows how to defend your business. Hackers attack every 39 seconds, according to the University of Maryland. With cybercrimes increasing in frequency and criminals growing increasingly sophisticated with their techniques, training your team is no longer an option; it’s a necessity. With a data breach...

I walked into my local supermarket yesterday and saw a curious poster. It had a police officer blowing his whistle, which is basically crime stoppers 101. That isn’t the interesting part. That would be that this poster existed to warn consumers that if someone is asking them for hundreds of dollars in Google, Apple, or Amazon gift cards, that they are probably getting scammed. With the rise in cyber-attacks ranging from government, to corporations, to private citizens, it is becoming...

We all have our daily routines we do in the name of hygiene. Showers, shaving, brushing our teeth, washing our hair, we do these so we not only look our best, but to avoid issues that come from not doing these things. We want our teeth to be clean, so they don’t fall out and we can smile without reservation. We want our hair at it’s best. Our skin and our clothes, well these are more than just first impression things, they also will help keep people around us, no one wants to be the smelly...

The term “set it and forget it” is one that was popularized by Ron Popeil when he took to the airwaves to push his at home Rotisserie. You could put your chicken in, set the timer, and go on with your day. Now, for those of use who like a good rotisserie chicken, this was the perfect device. However, the “set it and forget it” mindset began to take hold in many things that it shouldn’t. Personal investments, business devices such as contact centers, these are things that cannot just be set and...

Delval Technology Solutions has years of experience countering attacks in the Pennsylvania area that stem from the dark web, and it can create quite the mess for your business. Cybersecurity and dark web protection go hand in hand, with many forms of ransomware, malware and phishing originating from this anonymous online underground. And once you’ve been targeted, it can be hard to recover. Data breaches result in downtime, which can cost a company on average $5,600 per minute. And if you...

Look, we all need a little help sometime. This can come in the form of a loan from the bank, calling AAA if your car breaks down on the side of the road, or a help desk to reach out to in case of emergency with your network. The question we have though, “Are all help desks created equal? What should we look for in a help desk?” There are many factors involved in having a help desk that helps you with what you need, when you need it. Today we are going to look at a few things that let you know...

Cyber-Necessities for your business When we look at our enterprise expenses, oftentimes we tend to separate them between wants, needs, and luxuries. For example, we may want to have a brand-new trucking fleet, however we need to have our existing fleet maintain, and that pool table in the break room, well, that’s a luxury. What about when it comes to our networks? We know the networks themselves are necessities, but what about incidentals. Do we need an in-house IT guy? Must we have a help...

When we think about the things that can stop a business dead in it’s tracks, our minds go to different things. Some may think of a lack of inventory. Recently we have seen problems due to a lack of employees. Others worry about being obsolete in the marketplace, like the milk men and shoe shiners of yesteryear. What about things that can cost a company lots of money? Issues such as not following ever changing laws, not keeping up to date with new technology, or the rising costs of everything...

We don’t have private lives anymore. While to many of us, including this writer, it’s unfortunate, it’s the truth of the modern times we live in. Social media has been with us since the early 2000’s with Myspace, but it has become increasingly prevalent in our lives and society with Facebook, Twitter and Instagram being a part of the average American’s everyday lives. You can reach old friends, let loose with your opinions on the latest music, TV and movies, and show pictures of everything...