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Entries from July 2010

5 Business Uses for a Digital Frame

July 14th, 2010 · No Comments

Inc.com posted five business uses for your digital frame, including using it as a presentation tool at tradeshows or as an ice breaker before a meeting. Read more.

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Tags: Network Solutions · Uncategorized

ShoreTel Awarded 2010 Unified Communications TMC Labs Innovation Award ShoreTel for IBM Foundations Recognized for Exceptional Innovation

July 13th, 2010 · No Comments

SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 28, 2010 –ShoreTel® (NASDAQ: SHOR), the leading provider of brilliantly simple IP phone systems with fully integrated unified communications (UC), is pleased to announce that Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC), a global, integrated media company, named ShoreTel for IBM Foundations as a 2010 TMC Labs Innovation Award winner presented by its publication Unified [...]

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Tags: Network Solutions · ShoreTel · VoIP

Hackers Employing Sophisticated Techniques to Trick Users

July 10th, 2010 · No Comments

Hackers are employing increasingly sophisticated techniques to scam users into downloading malicious software. For instance, today’s hackers and malware authors have begun using so-called “doorway pages” – web pages optimized to rank highly in results for common search engine queries.
These pages often feature trending or hot topics to show up favorably in search results, and [...]

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Tags: Managed IT Services · Network Solutions · Security

Personal IT in the Workplace: Bad for Your Business?

July 9th, 2010 · No Comments

Consider this:  according to research by technology analyst group Gartner, beyond 2010 end users, not the IT department, will be responsible for 50 percent of business IT procurement decisions—ultimately bringing and running their own systems on company networks. Meanwhile, according to management consultants Accenture, around one-third of today’s new generation of workers (a group they call [...]

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Tags: Managed IT Services · Network Solutions

How Proactive Updates and Patching Help you Stay on Top of the Game

July 8th, 2010 · No Comments

Viruses and other forms of malware can wreak untold havoc in your computer systems, which causes productivity loss and problems that affect the service you deliver to your customers. This is why subscribing to a service that maintains and prevents the spread of viruses in your system and network can go a long way in [...]

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Tags: Managed IT Services · Network Solutions

Get Enterprise-Level IT for Less with Managed Services

July 7th, 2010 · No Comments

If you’re like most businesses, you’ve become increasingly dependent on IT—and you want your IT to provide the functionality and security.
But cost is an issue. The expense required to design, deploy, and maintain such an environment is often too great for some organizations.
Today, however, you don’t have to choose between the best IT and the [...]

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Tags: Managed IT Services · Network Solutions

Why You Can’t Survive Without a Disaster Recovery Plan

July 6th, 2010 · No Comments

It’s simple: Businesses that suffer data losses usually fail as a result.
That’s according to a study by the Department for Trade and Industry, which found that 70 percent of small businesses suffering a major data loss are out of business within 18 months.
What this means is most businesses have failed to protect themselves from a [...]

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Tags: Managed IT Services · Network Solutions

Why Investing in Technology Can Actually Save You Money

July 5th, 2010 · No Comments

Money is tight and hard to come by, and a lot of companies are looking to cut costs and sacrifice the non-essentials. For many, taking off a chunk out of the IT budget is one of the ways to try to save money.
However, when it comes to IT services, chances are a bit more investment [...]

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Tags: Managed Hosting · Managed IT Services · Network Solutions · Video Conferencing

Add the Quick Launch Bar to the Taskbar in Windows 7

July 2nd, 2010 · No Comments

The new Windows 7 taskbar allows you to dock items to the taskbar, combining the features of both the normal taskbar as well as Quick Launch. But what if you want to bring back the Quick Launch Bar to the Taskbar in Windows 7?  Please contact us with any questions.
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Tags: Network Solutions

ShoreTel 10.1 Features

July 1st, 2010 · No Comments

ShoreTel announced that version 10.1 is now in GA (Generally Available).
Here are a few snapshots of some of the new features.
Operating System:
ShoreWare 10.1 client software is supported on the following operating systems:
Windows Client Operating System
Windows XP Professional, 32-bit, SP3
Windows Vista Business, 32-bit, SP2
Windows Vista Business, 64-bit, SP2
Windows Vista Enterprise, 32-bit SP2
Windows Vista Enterprise, 64-bit SP2
Unicode [...]

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Tags: Network Solutions · ShoreTel · VoIP