Selecting the right Internet Service Provider (ISP) can be a daunting task for any small business. Where do you start? The dominant players are Comcast and Verizon – but how do you choose between the two? Are there other options? What about download vs. upload speeds? Factors to Consider The first step is to define how much you and your employees rely on the Internet…
It is difficult to remember a time when email was nonexistent or available to the very few tech savvy, beginning in the 80s. Today, email seems to be a part of everyday life for personal and business use, for the very young and the young at heart. So what’s involved in setting up and effectively using email to communicate – especially if you’re using it…
It seems like a new virus or other security threat is being announced every day. Heartbleed. Cryptolocker. And they seem to keep coming back, bigger and badder than before. It’s enough to want some of us to stop using the Internet altogether and to stay offline for good! But that is probably unrealistic for many of us who depend on the Internet for day-to-day communication,…
“The Cloud.” It seems everyone’s talking about it, but what is it? In its simplest form, the cloud is a metaphor for the Internet. Cloud Computing is accessing data, programs, or services via the Internet. Think of a company’s infrastructure: computers on people’s desks accessing shared data on a server, located in a server room. Data is backed up from that server, emails are stored…
"XPocalypse” is almost here. Microsoft Corp. is ending support for the well liked — make that “most loved” — Windows XP operating system and Office 2003 on April 8 when Microsoft releases its final security updates for XP. What does that mean for you as a consumer or as a business? The basic answer is that there will be no more security fixes, software updates…