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Another Attack

Clients have been getting a lot of these messages in the past few days:
Dear user of the your_domain_name.com mailing service!
We are informing you that because of the security upgrade of the mailing service your mailbox (you@your_domain_name) settings were changed. In order to apply the new set of settings click on the following link:
(link removed for [...]

Got Security?

I came across a pretty good article this last week, which  bears expanding upon at least a little bit. It’s from the Globe And Mail, and goes into a study done this year on computer security, breaches, and their cost and effect on business.
The short version is that these types of breaches can cripple, or [...]

Cloud Computing for Business

Following up on last week’s post explaining Cloud Computing, I want to spend a few more minutes covering off some of the other business advantages, and why you may wish to consider this for more than just the cost savings. Yes, the cost savings can be significant, and so can the simplicity it brings to [...]

Cloud Computing Explained

A fairly big buzzword in IT circles  for the past while has been “Cloud Computing” or “Cloud Services”. Now, as an IT pro myself, I generally don’t like to use too much tech jargon with my clients. However these terms have gained such common acceptance by IT-types, that it occured to me that many business [...]

How To Save Big On Software

I’ve run a couple posts before about free or low-cost software alternatives and different ways to cut the IT cost your company may be incurring. Nowadays the info in those posts holds as well as ever.
However today I want to point you to a specific resource that was brought to my attention a while ago. [...]

Windows 7 Readiness Tools

So we spoken about some of the features of Windows 7, like the touchscreen support. We’ve discussed the potential pitfalls of the upgrade process. And we also know how Windows 7 can save your business bacon.
So now yoou want to know if it can all work for you. Or if only some of it will [...]