December is known around the world as a family time of celebration honoring cultures, religions and tradi-tions that have been with humanity for hundreds of years. See below for a mix of the weird and wonderful facts about this magical month! An almanac prediction states that if snow falls on Christmas Day, Easter will be […]

Last Wednesday morning, our security system detected that a new hire had downloaded a pirated version of Adobe software. The software came with a “cracker” to use the software for free. The cracker was a trojan horse carrying 15 different banking viruses. By 10 am, I was on the phone with the CFO and the […]

Going forward, as we surf the edge of chaos and embrace disruptive technologies while relishing the management of paradox and ambiguity in our adaptive enterprises, my intention is to wish you a Merry Christmas and/or Happy Chanukah and/or Happy Kwanzaa. You may not know that Christmas and/or Channukah and/or Kwanzaa are approaching, so I wanted […]

Windows Server 2003 expires on July 14, 2015. Failure to upgrade your operating system dramatically increases any company’s cyber-security risks. With server migrations taking on average 200 days from planning to completion (industry average), if you still have a server running this software active on your network, now is the time to start planning. End […]

Good Advice A lady pulled into a crowded parking lot and rolled down the car windows to make sure her golden retriever had fresh air. The dog was stretched out on the back seat, and she wanted to make sure the dog stayed there. She walked backward toward the store, pointing her finger at the […]

The short answer is yes, if you are properly prepared. Let’s review a case whereby a computer system was infected with the CryptoLocker or CryptoWall ( a common file-encrypting ransomware program). This type of infection has reportedly infected over 800,000 computers in the last 10 months resulting in over 6 billion ‘hostaged’ files and millions […]

When we talk to business owners about disasters, they usually imagine Hurricane Sandy in October of 2012. Clearly, that qualifies as a disaster. However, there are plenty of disasters that don’t involve Mother Nature. Disaster can be as simple as theft or disaster can be a corrupted database without a backup. Most data disasters can […]

It’s been 2 years since Sandy ravaged NYC. What have we learned? Disasters happen. They always have, and they always will. Some disasters are natural (Sandy, snowstorms, Ebola), others are man-made – Target, Fazio Mechanical, Patco, TEC, etc. You need to be prepared. To Prepare for Natural Disasters Ensure you have a written disaster recovery […]

Brainlink International was featured in the Crain’s NY Business article entitled “Firms That Thrive By Staying Lean.” “Some local firms are turning to automation to expand their capacity. At Brainlink International, a five-person IT consulting firm in Long Island City, Queens, with revenue of $750,000 in 2013, founder and CEO Raj Goel said the company […]

Sick of being a corporate expense? Tired of the same salary regardless of how hard you work? Bored of the same mundane IT work every day? Looking to work on a variety of networks and servers? Like working in a fast paced environment with new challenges every day? Do you have positive attitude and like […]