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 [...]
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. [...]
So we’ve been talking about Windows 7, and how it can be a game changer for business. And you, realizing that Windows XP is about 8 years old, are considering the change. You skipped Vista because you heard so many not-so-great-things about it, but early reports on Windows 7 have been extremely positive, so you’re [...]
Today we’ll continue talking about Windows 7, this time with a bit of a focus on the transition from Windows XP.
When Vista first came out, there was a lot of fanfare about compatibility problems between XP applications and Vista. Vista was a big enough change from XP that a lot of applications didn’t really work [...]
For a few months now, we have been using the latest iteration of the Windows operating system, called Windows 7. And in all honesty I have to say that in my opinion, this one is a winner.
Does it have all the latest features? No, but it has most of them. It also brings mainstream a [...]
I’m going to continue along the thread of Software as a Service that I started last week, and tell you about a problem that’s developed with one of the more common service offerings. The problem relates to online backup services, sometimes referred to as remote backup.
The basic premise is simple… as a business owner, you [...]