Feb
23
2012

What makes us stand out from other IT companies?

There are a lot of companies out there that provide the same products or services as each other, whether in IT or any other area of business. How do you decide? So when your company needs a product or service, how do you choose which company to use?  You could start by asking the company …

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Feb
23
2012

Security: Is your digital front door secure?

First of all, what and where is your digital front door? Most companies today have high speed Internet access delivered from their Internet Service Provider (ISP) via a T1, T3, DSL, Cable, MPLS, Metro Area Ethernet, etc. These Internet connections usually come into your building and then connect to a router, network switch or similar …

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Feb
23
2012

Remote Desktop Services: How it can save your company money

What is Microsoft Terminal Services (Remote Desktop Services)? It is not a stretch to say that Microsoft Terminal Services (now known as Microsoft Remote Desktop Services) is one of the best advances in desktop computer technology. With proper implementation Remote Desktop Services will save money in hardware costs and greatly reduce costs associated with IT maintenance …

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Feb
23
2012

Updating Your Website: Excuses why companies do not update their website

Have you thought to yourself, “yeah, we really should update our website” or “our company should probably have a website”, but then thought of a reason (excuse) why not to do it now or worse yet – why you think you don’t need to do it at all? If so, please read this brief article …

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Feb
23
2012

Terminal Services & Remote Desktop Services: The Many Benefits

Microsoft Terminal Services (now known as Microsoft Remote Desktop Services) results in a highly cost effective management of your company’s end-user desktop infrastructure at a much lower cost than the alternative of using individual dedicated PCs. The following areas and benefits are covered in this article: Implementation process & cost Application software management Cost of …

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Jan
13
2012

IPv6: How it Affects Your Business and Why You Should be Concerned

On Feb 3, 2011 the last remaining blocks of Internet IP (IPv4) Addresses were handed out by IANA (the global authority overseeing all IP address allocation) to the 5 regional organizations designated for maintaining IP addresses in various regions throughout the world.  There are no more IPv4 address blocks. Quick Refresher (for the non-technical): An …

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Dec
12
2011

E-mail: Should it be in-house or a cloud service?

In our article on “Cloud Computing: Should your business use it?” e-mail was given as an example of a cloud service.  This article focuses on a few of the pros and cons of using e-mail as a cloud service versus maintaining an in-house e-mail server such as Microsoft Exchange Server.  It is not meant to …

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Dec
12
2011

Cloud Computing: Should your business use it?

What is Cloud Computing? When you hear people and businesses talk about the “cloud”, “cloud computing” or “cloud services” do you ever wonder what it really is? In a nutshell, the cloud simply represents access to information technology and services provided by a third-party, without having to have the in-house IT infrastructure to support that …

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