Success is wonderful… until you need to scale. Scaling your business is an exciting time - since growth is a positive thing. During all this excitement however, there are a number of concerns, including accountability, relationship management, software licensing, server load balancing and migrations, and security concerns.

"Virtualization" has become a buzzword… and like most buzzwords, very few actually know what it means, like "think outside the box". While the word "virtualization" itself drums up Jetson-like images of the business world, the practical application is, well… just that - a little To help you cut through the buzz around virtualization and understand the possibilities for your environment and network security, here’s 9 things you can do with small business virtualization.

Cyber crime attacks are up across the board - attacking small and large companies alike. While the numbers are bloating across both spaces there are similarities and differences in their data security concerns.

You’ve probably virtualized your environment and enjoy benefits such as high-availability, physical and operational efficiency, and greater time-to-market for application deployment. Virtualization, or abstraction really, is clearly the foundation of the modern software-defined-data-center (SDDC). Whether you have a couple hosts or thousands, ask yourself: are you giving due care to ensuring the security of your host/guest systems and information?

Data breaches are serious business that are increasing in frequency year after year. Every month there’s a new large-scale data breach of a major corporation, showing us that they affect companies of all sizes. The best defense begins with proper education on the dangers and costs - because a little knowledge could just be the catalyst for change that you’ve needed.

Your data network security is like a chain - it’s only as strong as its weakest link. If you’ve poured ample effort into protecting one aspect, like password protection, but lacked in other data security areas, then your security front may not be as strong as you think.

Before you move your businesses’ data into the cloud, you likely want to gain a better understanding of where it will be stored, get a sense of how it will be protected, and find out what extra measures you can take to be absolutely sure it's secure.

Security and privacy are both issues of contention as businesses start to accept the idea of using the cloud and Office 365. Though it is quite possible to experience a security breach from within, many businesses worry about security when they hear that their content will be stored somewhere other than their own servers. Microsoft offers regular backups to ensure your data stays within your region, and they enforce the use of strong passwords, helping you to stay protected. Putting your data in "the cloud" sounds haphazard; however, it is quite reliable, so what does Office 365 data protection offer for both security and privacy to help appease these concerns?