The traditional thinking is that if you are going to migrate in place (on the same computer) from Windows XP to Windows 7, you have 2 choices – you can do a clean install of the operating system, reinstall all your applications and migrate data, OR you can do a two-tiered upgrade, going from XP [...]
Tagged migration, upgrade, Uptime, Windows 7, windows xpMany business owners face tough decisions, often on a daily basis. Global economic woes don’t help the stress levels of your average entrepreneur, which tend to be high enough as it is. We always look for an advantage. Financial, marketing, sales, whatever the subject, small business owners can stress over it.
And over the past 12-18 [...]
There have been a few instances lately of media reports regarding the end of life for certain pieces of software, and other news items about software that is being advised against due to security flaws. A couple examples of this are recent comments by the German government for its citizens to stop using Internet Explorer, [...]
Tagged Business Software, computer support, firefox, internet explorer, tech support, upgrade, Vista, Windows 7, windows xpAs I write this, there are 2 days left until the beginning of that major winter sporting event which tends to be very protective of its’ name. Traffic closures have happened, and with more to come, along with a true crush of visitors and athletes, the worst is yet to happen I think.
So if you’re [...]
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. [...]
As promised in last week’s item, we’re going to take a look today at Software as a Service, commonly referred to as SaaS (pronounced sass or sahz, depending on who you ask). Basically put, SaaS is when you pay someone for a service, where that service mimics a piece of software you can buy.
A good [...]