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February 20, 2018
Why Do I Need To Replace My Server, Firewall, Laptop?
Many of our clients ask us about what equipment they need to replace and when they should plan to get it done. So why should you replace the server, the firewall, the workstations, and the laptops, and when? On one such client call, the owner said they’d had their server for eight (8) years, so […]
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February 15, 2018
Monitoring Your Information on the Dark Web
We’ve had a great response to a new service we began offering last Fall. Now available for small to medium-size businesses, this service monitors the Dark Web for breaches involving your company domain name and associated email. You’d be surprised as to what data is available for sale on the Dark Web. We’ve seen passwords […]
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February 09, 2018
Choosing to Work In a Cloud Environment
‘In the Cloud’ is something we hear all the time. There are public clouds and private clouds, and they’re different. In Part I, we talked about the Public Cloud, what it is, how it works, and the pro’s and con’s of using the Public Cloud for business needs. What about the Private Cloud? A Private […]
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February 02, 2018
Choosing to Work In a Cloud Environment Part I: The Public Cloud
‘In the Cloud’ is something we hear all the time. There are public clouds and private clouds, and they’re different. An example of a Public Cloud is gmail, yahoo, and other free email services. Other examples include SalesForce.com, a cloud-based CRM that is available through the internet; QuickBooks is available in the cloud and allows […]
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January 30, 2018
Migrating ALL the v19 data to v20!
Join us on February 8th at 11:30 am Central time for this free webinar! Since Sage is no longer supporting version 19, and you’ll need prior year Fiscal and Payroll archives to look things up, and for Union audits, and for tax audits, you’ll need all those years in version 20. For many of our […]
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January 26, 2018
Working in a Cloud Environment
It’s just different – the biggest challenge we have when a client moves their business to a cloud solution is the day-to-day changes they didn’t expect. Streaming Music – this has to be done through the local workstation. If it’s a thin client, that may not be an option. Remember, this uses quite a bit […]
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January 19, 2018
Cyber Security: Part II
Cyber Security is the latest IT-related buzz word. As is often the case, this covers a huge range of topics, but our focus is always the small- to medium-sized businesses and their IT needs, so that’s where I’ll start. In Part I of this article, we covered the misperception that small businesses are ‘too small’ […]
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January 10, 2018
Cyber Security: Part I
Cyber Security is the latest IT-related buzz word. As is often the case, this covers a huge range of topics, but our focus is always the small- to medium-sized businesses and their IT needs, so that’s where I’ll start. The threats, attacks, and the onslaught of social engineering efforts against businesses have become staggering. It […]
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January 05, 2018
Dark Web Scan: Is Your Password On The List?
We’ve had a great response to our offer to scan our clients’ Domain Names to see what private information and passwords are available for sale on the Dark Web. Several clients were really shocked when we read them their password! We know first-hand that people use their password in multiple places, so your employees are […]
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January 03, 2018
Tricks, Tips: Version 20 Sage 100 Contractor
Have more than one company? Want a different background color? With version 20, you can select a different background color for each company. Go to the 7-1 screen; on the right hand side, find the field Company Color which defaults to Light Gray. Click on the pull down arrow to see the color menu and […]
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