Did you know that … 70% of small firms that experience a major data loss go out of business within a year. Of companies experiencing catastrophic data loss: • 43% of companies never reopened • 51% of companies closed within 2 years If your backup plan consists of shuffling tapes, flash drives,or external disk drives [...]

By now you probably know not to click on email attachments from ‘UPS’ or the ‘IRS’ as they really are phishing attacks that try to get you to install malware on you system (or worse). Here is a new email to try to get you to open up the attachment. So add, airline tickets as another [...]

This edition of Video Tech Tips shows how to identify what is causing your PC to be slow.    

One of the most overlooked parts of IT from the business owners perspective is employee Information Technology training. Either there is no in-house person with the knowledge to do the training or it is just not part of the new hire / yearly review process. This is unfortunate as just a little bit of employee [...]

When helping small businesses one of the first things we ask them is where do they purchase their hardware from. In most cases, for businesses with under 15 employees, it is at the local retail store (e.g.,  Staples, Best Buy, etc.). From an IT standpoint there are a few key reasons not to do this: [...]

The first in our new series of Video TechTips will show you how to spot a phishing email.    

The bad guys are at it again. This time sending an email that looks like a Microsoft Windows Service Pack upgrade.  You will never receive Service Packs via email. Before clicking on an email, always ask yourself, “did I ever give this organization my email address?”. The email will look like the image below: If [...]

If you have a PC (or even a Mac), you may know someone who has been a victim of malware that pretends to be a virus scan.  What make this a nasty piece of software is that it makes your system unusable until it is removed. Let’s show you what it looks like and how [...]

Bye Bye netbooks. Tablets are the new hot  item to have. The question is, should you buy one now? That question is even more important if you are thinking of using them in your business. Short answer..Wait There are a bunch of new players in the tablet arena. iPads, Android based devices (Motorola Xoom), and [...]

Just a quick note to let everyone know that we are in the middle of a few upgrades, both technical and marketing. Once these are completed, by beginning of March, we will be back with a new look and feel, more articles, and even some videos. -Tim