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Entries from February 2011

Electronic Fraud Most Likely Inside Jobs According to Study

February 28th, 2011 · No Comments

New research from risk consultancy firm highlights risk from data theft committed by employees.
A poll of over 800 senior executives around the world showed that companies for the first time are losing more from the theft of their electronic assets than from physical assets. This was recently revealed by Kroll, a risk consulting firm.
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Tags: Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery · Managed IT Services · Security

Convert Multiple File Formats for Free Online

February 28th, 2011 · No Comments

If you use Web sites to share your documents, movies, pictures, and music files, you probably know what it means to have to convert files. Good thing there is a Web site that performs file format conversions online. It’s free, helpful, and extremely simple to use.
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Published with permission from TechAdvisory.org. Source.

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Tags: Network Solutions

Why it’s Impossible to Survive Without a Disaster Recovery Plan

February 25th, 2011 · No Comments

Disasters of all kinds could inevitably hit your business at any time. Therefore, in addition to having a backup plan, you should also create and implement a disaster recovery plan to constantly provide you with business security, as well as avoid financial loss and going out of business.
Simply put, organizations that suffer data losses generally [...]

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Tags: Backup and Storage · Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery · Managed Hosting · Managed IT Services

Control How Pop-ups Behave in Internet Explorer 8

February 25th, 2011 · No Comments

Most people associate pop-ups with annoying advertisements that must be closed to continue reading the web page underneath. However, there are times when you need pop-ups to use a webpage as it was intended to be used. Learn to control how pop-ups behave when using IE8 on the web.
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Tags: Microsoft · Network Solutions

Are You a Victim of Online Banking Fraud?

February 24th, 2011 · No Comments

Beware! Someone maybe stealing money from you where you least expect it – your bank!
According to the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, online criminals have been getting away with what they estimate to be over $100 million in bank fraud – mostly at the expense of small to midsized businesses. Typically, hackers plant malicious programs [...]

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Tags: Security

How to Increase/Decrease the Recycle Bin Size

February 24th, 2011 · No Comments

The Recycle Bin’s default size is equivalent to 10 percent of the drive size. But if you delete a larger size file accidentally, you might need it to be larger. Here’s how to re-set the maximum storage size of the Recycle Bin.
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Published with permission from TechAdvisory.org. Source.

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Tags: Microsoft · Network Solutions

Putting Your Business on the (Geolocation) Map

February 23rd, 2011 · No Comments

A few weeks ago we posted about how decluttering your social media friends lists can create more personalized, effective communication with your core audience. Another way to focus in on those you need to communicate with is to zero in on your local target audience with geolocation.
There’s a boom in geolocation platforms these days, and [...]

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Tags: Social Networks

Even Experts Fall for Trojan Virus – How You Can Stay Safe

February 23rd, 2011 · No Comments

Most of us know the basic rules of Internet security. You know to keep your antivirus software up to date, to be wary of clicking on suspicious links, and to avoid downloading anything without knowing exactly what it is. By following these guidelines – and keeping your passwords secure – you likely feel pretty confident [...]

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

VoIP Product of the Year: ShoreTel ShoreGear-50

February 22nd, 2011 · No Comments

CRN Test Center recently named ShoreTel’s ShoreGear-50 as its pick for 2010 VoIP Product of the Year. What makes this voice switch worthy of this designation? CRN notes such features as ShoreTel’s separation of call control from the user directory, which removes the chance of call control failure at any single point and makes expansion [...]

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Tags: Microsoft · Network Solutions · ShoreTel · VoIP

Unwanted Hyperlinks in Excel

February 22nd, 2011 · No Comments

Tired of having Excel convert what you type into active hyperlinks? You can make it stop.
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Tags: Microsoft