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  • The Cost of a Security Breach

    • October 18 2016, 9:56 am

    • by Wes Sovis

    • General

    IBM recently released a study on the cost of a data breach for businesses, and it certainly makes for some interesting reading. Well, interesting might not be the correct word. Frightening is perhaps more applicable, giventhe severity of the fiscal impact a data breach can have on a business's bottom line initially, as well the consequences down the road.

    We put together a

  • A Swell Community: The Norte Bike Mas Finale!

    • October 11 2016, 12:58 pm

    • by Wes Sovis

    • General

    Every Monday for the past month, I've had the good fortune to ride bikes with five of the coolest fifth graders around. As part of the Bike Mas project through Norte, we were able to get five kids off the couch, on bikes, and rolling through their community. But Bike Mas is a program that is much more than a babysitting service on wheels. The kids got to work on ...

  • Forget About Keywords - How's Your Sitemap?

    • October 6 2016, 2:31 pm

    • by Wes Sovis

    • General

    In the world of website development, content is extremely important. But in focusing on content alone, many companies forget how important it is to structure your content in a way that makes indexing your site as easy as possible for search engines. As guest blogger and SEO-aficionado Tyler Tafelsky can

  • A Swell Community: Week Three with Norte!

    • October 5 2016, 8:04 am

    • by Wes Sovis

    • General

    On week three of the Bike Mas program with the Norte! kids at Eastern Elementary, we took a little time before our ride to work on a skill that is one of the most important that any cyclist can learn. The ability to change lanes on the street is crucial to navigating one's way across the city, but involves looking behind you as you ride. More importantly, cyclists need to ...

  • A Swell Community: A Bit About SowHope

    • October 3 2016, 11:01 am

    • by Wes Sovis

    • General

    We've been having a ball riding in the Bike Mas project with Norte! in Traverse City, but company owner Chris Clark is also really excited about a group he and his family have been supporting in Grand Rapids. Part of our mission at Swell is to have a positiveimpact on the communities where we live and work. By supporting