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Office 365 – Is it right for you?
Microsoft is getting closer to releasing its new and improved online productivity suite called Office 365, which is in beta right now. (Rumor is beginning of July). Office 365 will include email, collaboration, presence/communications (IM and audio/video calls and conferencing), both Office Web Apps edition and in the enterprise edition, it comes with Office 2010 [...]
Read moreWhat should you do if your cell phone is lost or stolen?
I had a scare the other day when I could not find my iPhone. It wasn’t where I usually put it when I get home. I called it and could not hear it, I checked the entire house and still no luck. I checked my car and called the office to see if someone could [...]
Read moreServer Virtualization
One of the services we provide is network audits. We do these to see if client’s networks are running as efficiently as they could be. One of the first questions we ask is “how many servers do you have? Often they will tell me they have 16 or so servers and when we get to [...]
Read more3-2-1 Backup Rule
There is a backup rule out there known as 3-2-1 Backup. This rule applies to any user that has important files that they do not want to lose. It is an easy rule to remember and applies to both home and business users. 3) Have three copies of any important files: the file you use [...]
Read moreAlways Connected
How many ways are you connected to your office? Do you receive company emails on your cell phone? Do you access your work computer from home or use your home computer to VPN into the office? Do you access your company’s SharePoint site outside of the office? With today’s technology, remote access to your company [...]
Read more5 Tips to Help Secure Your Computer
Recently I attended a luncheon where the speakers were from the Department of Justice, US Attorney General, Secret Service and Microsoft. They spoke about “viruses” and what happens when your computer gets compromised. Now I am using the word “virus” in the broad term as software that gets installed on your computer that will harm [...]
Read moreBuy Computers in 2010, Write Off An Additional 50%
Buy in 2010, write off an additional 50% I thought this might be interesting in this as it pertains to future purchases. While I cannot provide our customers tax advice, making you aware of tax benefits never hurt. The House approved a bill last week, which President Obama signed, approving a 50% “Bonus” depreciation on [...]
Read moreWhat Is The True Cost Of Backups?
Why do we do backups? Most people understand that backups are important but I don’t think they really understand the true cost of backing up. Don’t get me wrong, they understand that if they have a disaster and they don’t have a good backup, things will be very bad for them. But what I would [...]
Read moreTwo Monitors Increase Efficiency of Computer Network Users
When talking about worker productivity, two monitors are better than one. People using the 24-inch screen completed the tasks 52% faster than people who used the 18-inch monitor; people who used the two 20-inch monitors were 44% faster than those with the 18-inch ones.
Read moreThinking the Unthinkable!
There have been times when I was close to completing that super important project, and without warning my computer crashed before I was able to save my work; this make for a frustrating day, to say the least! Let’s take a moment and think what it would feel like to lose all of our important [...]
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