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 →Now Part Of The BCTIA!
CPG Systems is pleased to announce that we are now a part of the BCTIA! Also we are pleased to provide a special offer just for BCTIA members. For more information, visit the Member Discounts page on the BCTIA website. From the BCTIA website: The BC Technology Industry Association is an industry-funded organization supporting the growth [...]
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 →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 →Another Major Shift
A couple weeks ago I gave a presentation to the Richmond Chamber of Commerce on understanding new technologies. Things like cloud computing, Software As A Service, and explaining what they mean to and for businesses. Then a few days later I received a news item that seemed very timely to that presentation. This one will be [...]
Continue Reading →AVG Free Update Warning
Avg Anti-Virus Free Edition (http://free.avg.com) is one of the internet’s most popular downloads. And why not? For almost every computer (yes, even Apple machines), anti-virus is essential. And what better price for software than… free? The people at AVG seem to follow a pattern though, and it’s almost time for that pattern to come full [...]
Continue Reading →Migrating XP to Windows 7
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 [...]
Continue Reading →Outdated Software – How To Stay Safe
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, [...]
Continue Reading →Social Media for Business
I came across an interesting article this morning. I honestly think that business people should pay close attention to this one. Remember a few years back when the term “cyber-sqautter” came into being? It related to people who registered domain names (like acme.com) even though they had no relationship to the company or person? And [...]
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