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October 20th, 2009 by Jeff Keihl
Solution options have virtually doubled thanks to Internet-based applications for virtually every type of traditional/in-house solution. For example, you can run Microsoft Word in-house or use Google Docs online. You can run Quickbooks locally or you can use NetSuite online.
While all the choices can be difficult to navigate, these options allow businesses more flexibility than ever before to meet business needs. But which option should a business choose?
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October 5th, 2009 by Jeff Keihl
Google’s email service “Gmail” recently experienced an outage that lasted for about 100 minutes. Should you reconsider using online applications in your business?
As Google’s Gmail blog pointed out, the Gmail service still adhered to being operational 99.9% of the time. Do you think you can do better in-house for the price?
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September 16th, 2009 by Jeff Keihl
As a small business manager you don’t need to know all the in’s and out’s of cloud computing.
You were probably just getting used to terms like application service provider (ASP), hosted application, on-line application and software as a service (SaaS) when along comes the term “cloud.”
A picture of a “cloud” to represent the Internet has been used in diagrams for years and is akin to the term “black box.” The underlying concept is the same for all the above terms—your application processing and/or data reside outside of your company.
September 15th, 2009 by Jeff Keihl
You should have some fear when you connect to a public Wi-Fi hotspot. When you access a network you become a member of that network and that can mean that others can access your computer.
A friend of mine connected to a business owner’s Wi-Fi network a few weeks ago and was startled see his computer and shared folders listed in the business owner’s “My Network Places” view in Windows Explorer while he was helping him do some configuration. He usually switches off “file and printer sharing” but he obviously forgot to do that before connecting to the hotspot.
September 1st, 2009 by Jeff Keihl
PC Antispyware 2010 is a fake “official-looking” security program that tricks the user into installing it. PC Antispyware 2010 prevents installation of other security programs to remove it.
I spent several hours with a store owner yesterday trying to help him regain control over his laptop so he could backup data in case he needs to do a full reinstall of his computer.
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