Vtiger Tips and Tricks – File Uploads for File Names with Spaces

We received this support question from a client who hosts vtiger on Linux (if you host on Windows, you won’t have this issue) and was having a problem with uploading docs that had spaces in the file name.  Earlier versions of Vtiger would lose the file completely.  More current versions insert underscores for the spaces as part of the upload/doc creation process.  If you need

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Vtiger Customization – Vtiger Integration with Hubspot

All sales teams face the challenge of following up on many leads at a time. Some days, a single sales representative could have over 100. They waste tons of time calling all of those leads, even though only a handful are actually interested in moving forward with your company. But when sales teams use powerful tools like Hubspot, representatives are able to follow up with

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Vtiger Security – Beware of Ransomware

Imagine owning a toy company around the holiday season — sales sky rocket and workloads double. Now, imagine owning a toy company around the holiday season, logging onto your company database, and realizing that you’ve just become the victim of a cyber attack. Unfortunately, for a small California toy company, this situation became a harsh reality last year. According to a January 2016 New York Times

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Vtiger Security – Beware of Spear Phishing

As a frequent email user, you constantly face the dangers of phishing attacks. As the primary method of attack for cyber hackers, they craft their emails to make it seem like they work with a credible, familiar company. They use scare tactics by loading the emails with urgent requests and emotional words to lure the victim to respond with login credentials or other personal data. With regular

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Vtiger Security – Cyber Hackers and their Targeted Victims

Ever wonder why some small businesses become victims of cyber attacks that are operated from thousands of miles away? The sobering truth is that cyber hackers can attack hundreds of businesses at a time, targeting the most vulnerable ones with the weakest servers. And unfortunately, as technology grows, so does cyber hacking intelligence, making it easier and easier for hackers to break into any business’ server. That’s why

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Vtiger Tips and Tricks – Change Calendar Mini Widget Starting Day of the Week

Our Boru team is always on the lookout for quick tips and tricks to share with our audience. This quick tip will focus on how to change the starting day of the week in the mini calendar widget to better fit your schedule. By default, the Vtiger mini calendar widget is set to start every week on Sunday. Many of our clients would rather have the week

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Vtiger Security – Cyber Hackers Use Small Businesses to Steal from other Companies

If you’ve been following our security blog post series, or have heard of our new Vtiger security assessment, you know that cyber hackers have stolen over $740 million from small businesses since 2013. But did you know that cyber hackers could also use your business as a shielded portal to steal other businesses’ data and money? The New York Times recently published an article from

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Vtiger Security – Hackers Rake in over $740 Million from Small Businesses since 2013

As a small business owner in an industry that has massive, popular competitors, it’s easy to assume that hackers will overlook your company. But cyber attacks against small businesses are rapidly becoming more common at an alarming rate. Since last year, 43 percent of cyber-attacks across the world were against small business with less than 250 employees, according to Symantec, a cyber-security firm. Since 2013, small

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