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The Three E’s Of Security
Educate. Encourage. Enforce. It’s all about security. That’s today’s job for a small business IT consultant. There’s been a consistent curve to technology adoption over the years: enterprises build their businesses around giant-sized technology-based processes, then...
Poisoned Web Sites
Almost all malware now is installed by poisoned web sites. If you haven’t installed the latest updates for Windows / Office / Internet Explorer / Firefox / Java / Flash / Acrobat...
Reconsidering Firefox
or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Google Chrome I am conservative about installing software. I don’t want programs on my computers unless I intend to use them. The...
Annoying Checkboxes
This week’s installment of Annoying Checkboxes is sponsored by Microsoft, which has already brought you the annoying checkbox to install the “Bing Toolbar” – the one that has to...
Details About Microsoft Online Services
Previously: Fear of Exchange Moving Mail Online With Microsoft Online Services Small businesses should strongly consider having their Outlook mailboxes hosted on Exchange Servers...
Weak Passwords
Previously: Passwords: computer login Passwords: e-mail Passwords: Google Accounts & Windows Live ID Passwords: password managers Passwords: online passwords and LastPass...
Moving Mail Online With Microsoft Online Services
It feels as if the smartphone revolution has happened overnight. I am simply astonished at the number of business people and lawyers getting iPhones from AT&T and Android...
Warren Berls
I’ll be taking a personal day on Wednesday, August 25, to help my dad celebrate his 90th birthday. My dad taught me to solder. Remember soldering irons? We’d use them to build...
Bruceb Consulting – Now With New Improved Monitoring
I am pleased to announced a new service for my loyal clients: real-time server and networking monitoring. This is the culmination of months of evaluation and testing. It...
Fear Of Exchange
I’m strongly urging my clients running Small Business Server to move their mailboxes to online hosted Exchange servers. I’ll give you a bit of background and tell you an anecdote...
Notebook Shopping With Bamboo
Here’s a nice notebook at a nice price: the Asus U43Jc, a 14” laptop that can be purchased from Amazon until September 5 for $999 – with a $150 Amazon gift card thrown in,...
Everything You Want To Know About Cloud Computing
Previously: The Sad State Of Law Office Software Law Office Case Management In The Cloud Advologix Practice Management Postscript On Cloud Computing Larry Port, founding partner...
Free Screen Sharing With Join.Me
In June I wrote an article about LogMeIn Express, a free and extremely easy to use service being tested by LogMeIn for quickly sharing a screen with one person or a small group...
Say Goodbye To Six Year Old Computers
Small businesses bought a lot of computers in 2004 and 2005. Windows XP had been on the market for three years and early compatibility problems had been resolved. Small...
Postscript On Cloud Computing
Previously: The Sad State Of Law Office Software Law Office Case Management In The Cloud Advologix Practice Management Take a step back and look at the technology in your...
Google Translate
If I’d thought about it, I would have realized that Google Translate had to exist. It does exactly what you’d expect from an online translator: type in a phrase and it can be...