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Entries from February 2010

10 GbE Throughput with iSCSI SAN? Wow!

February 25th, 2010 · No Comments

An exciting new product to check out is the Dell™ EqualLogic™ PS6510 series of EqualLogic iSCSI SAN storage with supporting 10GbE technology.  As stated by a recent article from Dell™, the products versions PS6510E and PS6510X integrate “intelligence and automation with fault tolerance to provide simplified administration, rapid deployment, enterprise performance and reliability, and seamless [...]

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Tags: Backup and Storage · Managed IT Services · Network Solutions · Virtualization

Shoretel Announces Successful UC Integration

February 22nd, 2010 · No Comments

ORLANDO, FL, January 18, 2010 – ShoreTel, Inc., (NASDAQ: SHOR), the leading provider of brilliantly simple IP phone systems with fully integrated Unified Communications (UC), is showcasing its industry-leading integration with IBM Lotus Foundations Reach at IBM Lotusphere opening in Orlando today.
The ShoreTel offering leverages IBM’s Lotus Foundations Reach, an appliance designed for SMBs that [...]

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Protect Your Systems from Organized Crime Networks

February 19th, 2010 · No Comments

While software companies have made significant progress in protecting customers from malicious online threats, these threats continue to evolve, and now a new player has entered the game: organized crime.
Malware, short for “malicious software,” is designed to infiltrate a computer system without the owner’s consent. It includes viruses, worms, trojan horses, spyware, and even adware.
The [...]

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Tags: Managed IT Services · Microsoft · Network Solutions

Is Your Business Ready for Tablet Computing?

February 19th, 2010 · No Comments

Much has been said about the launch of Apple’s long awaited, new mobile device. Called the Apple iPad, the device promises to boost sales of a new category of computing devices called tablets.
What are tablets?
Tablets or tablet PCs are not new, and the concept itself has been around for 30 years. Although it’s had some [...]

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Tags: Network Solutions

Small Businesses Struggling with IT Security

February 17th, 2010 · No Comments

New research suggests that small and midsized businesses are struggling to keep up with securing their IT applications and infrastructure.
The IT Effectiveness Index report, or ITEI, provides business owners and IT executives at small and midsized businesses with a free online benchmarking tool to help them compare the effectiveness of their IT systems with companies [...]

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Tags: Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery · Managed IT Services · Network Solutions · Security

4 Keys to Avoiding Malware

February 15th, 2010 · No Comments

From annoying to destructive, malware is a bane to any computer system and the person who uses it. The benevolent Wikipedia defines malware (short for malicious software) as: “software designed to infiltrate or damage a computer system without the owner’s informed consent.”
The good news though, is that there are simply ways to avoid getting infected [...]

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Tags: Managed IT Services · Network Solutions

Collaboration Technologies to the Rescue

February 11th, 2010 · No Comments

Reading this article will give you an overview of tools and technologies that will help you and your teams collaborate effectively and productively.
Collaboration and teamwork can make or break a company. Long gone are the days when your employees could work independent of each other. In today’s market, if you want to stay competitive you [...]

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Tags: Managed IT Services · Network Solutions

Why You Need an IT Consultant

February 9th, 2010 · No Comments

Reading this article will help you understand the pros and cons of internal IT Staff or external IT Consultants.
In today’s world you’d be hard pressed to find a company that does not use computers, the Internet, and other information technology on a daily basis. In fact, there is hardly a company that does not rely [...]

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Tags: Managed Hosting · Managed IT Services · Network Solutions

Lessons About Tech I Wish I Knew Then

February 5th, 2010 · No Comments

“There are some steps that business owners should take today that will help them tomorrow when it comes to understanding and deploying technology. It seems so obvious now. You think, why didn’t I do that then?”

Read the story on Inc Technology

Contact us today for your technology needs!
 
 
Published with permission from TechAdvisory.org. Source.

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Tags: Managed IT Services · Network Solutions

Fake Security Software Could be Compromising Your Security

February 4th, 2010 · No Comments

A new report by PandaLabs, Panda Security’s malware analysis and detection laboratory, examines the proliferation of so-called “rogueware” – malicious software that attempts to convince people that their computers are infected with malware in order to trick them into buying their “security software”.
Rogueware misleads users in that it tells them that it is protecting them [...]

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