Entries by Joe Imperato, Sr.

5 Biggest Mistakes Business Owners Make With Their Network

Introduction: We’ve been helping Small-to-Medium Size Businesses (SMBs) keep their systems healthy since 1999. Many times, we receive panic calls from business owners whose systems suddenly went down, are acting up intermittently, or have dramatically slowed down. We can usually trace many of these issues to one or all of five (5) mistakes business owners […]

Use The Cloud To Bolster Disaster Recovery Communications

A 2012 Forrester Research and Disaster Recovery Journal joint survey revealed that 60% of organizations queried said that communications was extremely important during a crisis. In fact, the report showed that respondents ranked the underestimating of the importance of communications during a disaster among their top three lessons learned. Email is one of the most […]

Test Your Disaster Recovery Plan

In previous articles, we discussed disaster planning and the fact that ALL businesses should have a comprehensive Backup/Disaster Recovery Plan (BDR). To fully protect your business, it needs a comprehensive Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) that encompasses both Operations and Computer Systems (IT). Data and systems are important, but people are more important. A full DRP […]

Business Lessons From Hurricane Sandy

Hurricane Sandy was a storm of epic proportions, wreaking havoc upon the entire northeast. As long as I live, I’ll never forget the devastation I saw firsthand in my own Rockland County, NY as well as the pictures and stories on TV showing widespread destruction in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Property can eventually […]

Google Power Tips For Business Research

XSolutions Consulting Services’ recent article educates business owners on how to conduct Google power searches to find information on the internet.  Most people know about Google, but few know how to use it to find detailed business information.

Google Power Tips For Business Research

Many people know about Google, but few know how to use that seemingly simple search box to find exactly what they want. Using Google effectively is a skill few business owners and corporate executives can afford to ignore. There is much more to searching the web using Google than just entering a few key words. […]

Joe Imperato Jr. Appointed to Executive Board of the Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey (CIANJ)

XSolutions Consulting Services LLC, a full service IT Consulting Firm located in Rockland County, New York, specializing in Managed IT Services, Web Design, and Custom Software Development, is pleased to announce the appointment of co-founder and partner, Joseph Imperato Jr. to the Executive Board of the Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey (CIANJ).

Establish An Emergency Operations Center

During the past few months, we’ve been harping on emergency preparedness, and with good reason. Recent events have taught us that companies that are prepared for disasters survive; unprepared ones go out of business. In November 2011, we wrote about IT Backup and Disaster Planning, April 2012’s article spoke about IT Security, and May 2012’s Newsletter discussed Records […]