iOS updates for iPhone happen on a regular basis. And while you may be in the habit of updating without giving a second thought, there are benefits to being patient and prepared. By doing so, you may end up saving yourself from unnecessary headaches that come along with a premature iOS update.
Make no mistake, healthcare costs are rising. For business owners who are generous enough to offer their employees insurance, this is undoubtedly a cause for concern. And you may wonder, is there any way to protect your employees and not go bankrupt in the process? Wearable technologies may be the answer.
Sleep is vital to your business. It enables you to focus, make smart decisions, communicate with colleagues and vendors, and accomplish tasks for business growth. And while your Android tablet may be a useful tool to help you accomplish some of these tasks, it may also be disrupting your sleep.
Nowadays, people have dozens of tabs open in their web browsers to access services that help them with work or catch up on social media. The problem is, it’s easy to lose track of all these opened windows and apps just to get to the information you need.
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10TH ANNUAL GROWTH STRATEGIES SURVEY RESULTS
April 1, 2016
Survey Population
300 Businesses in the Greater Philadelphia Area
Over 90 Survey Respondents
Annual Sales of up to $400 Million
Sole-proprietorships to 1,250 employee base
Privately-held, Employee-held, and Publicly-held companies
For-profit and not-for-profit companies
Revenue Breakdown of Respondents
10% - Less than $1 Million
27% - Between $1 Million and $5 Million
22% - Between $5 Million and $10 Million
32% - Between $10 Million and $50 Million
9% - $50 Million or greater
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
Predictions are more conservative …
Year-over-year predictions for overall economic conditions:
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
Contraction
50%
10%
2%
4%
12%
4%
0%
12%
Expansion
29%
45%
81%
66%
59%
62%
69%
56%
No Change
21%
45%
17%
31%
29%
34%
31%
32%
The 2015 economic conditions (for the second year in a row) allowed business owners to find increased opportunities for growth, increase business development efforts, make improvements to business models and strategies, explore new revenue streams, and hire some great people.
When purchasing new technology, how often do you consider its return on investment? For many business owners, calculating ROI is a tricky task that is sometimes skipped altogether. It shouldn’t be because if IT isn’t saving you money, it’s costing you.
More patients are turning to a self-service approach when it comes to healthcare. Now this doesn’t mean they’ve taken to operating on themselves, but they are checking into hospitals without the help of medical administrators. Similar to portal technology, self-service kiosks can help streamline administrative tasks like hospital registration and payment.
While virtualization security is not often talked about, it is nevertheless important. Like all technology, securing your virtualized infrastructure is vital to the success of your business. So what are some of the security risks posed by virtualization? And how can you mitigate them? Here are some answers you should consider.
As companies go to the Internet to conduct their business, their IT security becomes more vulnerable to many hackers and viruses. That’s why it’s even more important to recognize whether or not your systems are under threat from malicious software to swiftly fend off the infection.
Ad blocking is here to stay. Safari, Google Chrome, and Firefox all have extensions that make it possible, and now Opera has added an ad blocking feature directly into the browser. Should your business be concerned? Well it all depends on how much money you spend on online ads.