Today’s CEOs, presidents, business owners and managers face a tough challenge in today’s economic times. The cost of doing business is increasing, while customers are demanding lower prices, not to mention the opening up of borders have made it difficult for domestic companies to compete with cheap labor abroad. These are hard times ahead, and navigating these waters will require a varying set of skills, and more importantly, innate qualities that will help these leaders and their companies survive.

For all businesses, network security is always an issue. Data can sometimes be worth much more than money, especially when it comes to confidential documents, and so it’s no wonder that companies spend a lot of resources securing such assets. Perhaps that’s why many companies are hesitant to move part, or all of their data into the cloud. Despite the fact that cloud computing services from companies like Amazon and Google are gaining ground, the thought of sending your data off-site still sends a shiver down everyone’s spines. How concerned should we be about cloud computing? With so much information (often conflicting) circulating about cloud computing security, what should we believe? Here’s the lowdown on cloud computing security.

Many practitioners in the medical industry believe that pen and paper are out, and digital is in. Studies over the years have proven that electronic medical records could prevent hundreds, and even thousands of lives, not to mention dollars. Prescription errors, for example, cause deaths of about 7,000 patients per year. Of course, electronic records are only one of the ways the medical field could go digital.