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 →Is Fix-It A Security Threat?
In troubleshooting a problem today, I was directed to use the Microsoft Fix-It tool. This is a little program that you download from Microsoft, and it’s tailored to automatically repair certain Windows problems for you. In many cases, it works. But is the solution worse than the problem?
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 →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: 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 →Why Better Business
CPG Systems recently went through the process of getting accredited by the Better Business Bureau here in the BC Lower Mainland. We’re really quite happy to have been accepted. And even though many see BBB as a cakewalk to get into, I was actually a bit surprised at the thoroughness of their process. Let me [...]
Continue Reading →Openness in IT
One thing I’ve come across a number of times in the last little while is a bit of disillusionment about IT companies and their practices. It’s a trend that somewhat worries me to be quite frank, because every time I come across this particular trend, I often find that I have to end up challenging [...]
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, [...]
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