Small Business Technology Solutions
Implementing a Wi-Fi solution for your business not only offers convenience for your employees, but is a welcome benefit for your customers. Free wireless internet can result in higher store traffic, increased customer loyalty and a growth in per transaction sales. But allowing customers and non-employees into your business network puts your data and systems [...]
Your network and data is critical for your business continuity. Traditional data backup and recovery systems are effective, but costly, time consuming and can take days to restore critical data systems. Disaster Recovery in the Cloud, or DRaaS (Disaster Recovery as a Service) can benefit businesses by performing efficient, cost-effective data protection services. Some advantages [...]
As your PC gains in age and experience, you will notice that it doesn’t run as fast or as smoothly as it did when you first bought it. Many things can cause computers to slow down, but below are five of the top reasons and how to fix them. Too Many Temp Files Windows accumulates [...]
Taxes are beginning to be on a lot of people’s minds as forms start appearing in mailboxes and small business owners are preparing their year-end financial statements Tax season also marks a significant increase in email scams, phishing schemes and other online frauds. Below are a few tips on how to protect yourself from online theft:
Microsoft has replaced the old Start Menu with an animated, Start Screen (see our intro to Windows 8 video here: http://www.tervosystems.com/introduction-to-windows-8/), but they left a hidden menu of common items such as Control Panel, Run, Task Manager, etc. To access the menu, hover in the bottom left-hand corner to bring up the Start Screen icon [...]
Using a free Gmail, Yahoo or AOL account for business email doesn’t convey the quality and professionalism of a custom email address. It may not matter to all your customers, but there will be some that will see a myname123@yahoo.com email address and think, “Is this a real business?” Some of the downsides to using [...]
The independent IT-Security Institute performs tests on anti-virus applications every two months and issues each one a score to determine it’s effectiveness for protecting PCs against viruses and other malware. They rank each program for protection, repair and usability on a scale of 1 to 6. To become “AV-Test Certified,” a program must score a [...]
QR Codes have become commonplace in advertising and marketing. You will find them in magazines, billboards and business cards and are a quick and easy way to link to information such as a website or contact details. There are risks for the user, however. Just by looking at the code, you have no way of [...]
Standard IT policy is to require a password containing 8 characters, mixed case, a number and some require a special character. This has led to millions of people using the password Password1 or P@ssword1. In an effort to make employees use stronger passwords, IT managers add additional restrictions on what you can and cannot put [...]
One of my New Year’s resolutions is to give up all the Google Services that I use except the ones that are needed to drive traffic to my sites and business. I’m fed up with being disrespected, dumped on and frustrated by their services and attitude towards my businesses, clients and personal information. A little [...]
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