The Next Big Thing?
I don’t know if this is the next ‘Big’ thing but it’s likely to start generating lots of news and interest over the upcoming months. I’m talking about Windows 8 here, the planned next release of the Windows family.
Continue Reading →Am I Surprised? No. Worried? Yes.
So I came across this article today. Short version: Symantec, the makers of the Norton Anti-Virus line of products, had some of its software cracked recently. It was older software, and it was their business line, not the consumer line, that was affected. And the chance of it affecting a large number of people or [...]
Continue Reading →Nearly $2000 Given Away
This time of year, many companies will send their clients a gift basket, a box of chocolates, or something else as a token of their appreciation for continued business. CPG Systems doesn’t do that. A large part of CPG’s corporate ethic is based on social awareness. So instead of sending gift basket, we made a [...]
Continue Reading →Windows 7 Readiness Redux
The search term that brought most people to our website is ‘windows 7 readiness tool’ which tells me that there are a lot of people still unsure about making the switch away from Windows XP. Which is understandable… XP is a known quantity, it’s been around for about 10 years, and is generally considered to [...]
Continue Reading →IT For Small Business: Priority 1
I received a call from someone yesterday, who asked me about something I’ve heard pretty often. Stop me if you’ve heard this one before.. “My computer has crashed. I took it to a shop, and they said it’d be $300 just to look at it. What do I do?” You might be surprised at how [...]
Continue Reading →IT For Small Business: Email Addresses
Let’s be honest; virtually everyone has an email address, especially business people. But is your email address hurting your business? Ask any marketing professional, and they will tell you that image is everything. So what kind of message does it send if your business email address is through hotmail or gmail? While these are both [...]
Continue Reading →IT For Small Business: DIY
When small businesses have IT problems, would you rather do it yourself? How do you know when it’s time to call the experts?
Continue Reading →IT For Small Business: Break-Fix vs. Managed Services
One of the problem with many computer-tech types is that they love to use lots of buzzwords, catch-phrases and jargon. Not all of them, but many of them. Unfortunately business management books often don’t include a dictionary. This leaves you to guess on how to translate what the geeks are saying, and to understand the [...]
Continue Reading →The Ups and Downs of Technology
Back in the 1980’s or 1990’s, some smart business person decided to leave his mobile phone on one night, and ended up answering a work call. Maybe they were working late anyway, maybe they weren’t; who knows. However that simple act has since changed the way we expect to be able to serve our clients [...]
Continue Reading →Trusting Your Outsourced IT
Did you ever think Twitter could be used as an analogy for tech support people? Some of you may know that I’m a fairly big hockey fan. Not just one team, but the sport itself. Sure I have my favourites, but I read a fair amount of news about different teams, and am happy watching [...]
Continue Reading →
