Since webre in a grateful mood, I thought Ibd take the opportunity to appreciate what the telecommunications infrastructure has done for global business.B Most of the time we take it for granted. Our small office gets its internet service from one of the cable providers.B We get […]
Read more →This is not just another warm and fuzzy message about the Thanksgiving holiday.B Sure, webre extremely grateful for our customers and associates that give us the opportunity to work with and for them to achieve their business goals.B And, it just makes sense at this time to […]
Read more →We received a notice from one of our POTS line consolidators this week.B I found it pretty interesting and thought you might too! It starts like this: b Itbs no secret that the RBOC (Regional Bell Operating Company) POTS (plain old telephone service) line carriers that provide the […]
Read more →Ibve been around long enough to remember fondly my days at a typewriter.B And, even more fondly, my early days using a computer. As you may already know, I am a CPA and managed an accounting firm for many years.B My b secondb job, right after my first […]
Read more →Recently, the ZITS comic strip reminded us of the generation gap that exists with technology.B The younger generation would not care much if the b land lineb ceased to exist.B If you canbt text to it, what useful purpose does it serve!B If you want a good chuckle, […]
Read more →Youbve got a fool-proof disaster recovery plan that youbve tested.B Your disaster simulation provided the comfort you need to go back to b business as usualb .B Still, Ibm wondering. Your data may be available – but will your staff have access to it? One of our cloud service […]
Read more →Seeing images of the damage from Hurricane Sandy cannot help but instill in us a sense of urgency to dust off our own disaster recovery plans.B Now would be a really good time to use the experiences of companies directly affected by the storm for b real worldb […]
Read more →Yesterday was election day in the United States.B I wonbt talk about the results b youbve probably heard all you want to hear about that!B Rather, Ibd like to explore the technological aspects of voting. Ibve wondered for years why we couldnbt just vote online.B We have […]
Read more →It might be a bit premature to be considering the b takeawaysb from Hurricane Sandy.B For many people in New York and New Jersey, the lack of power, gas, food, drinkable water and safe living conditions is not yet a memory b itbs still happening in b real timeb . […]
Read more →Many companies have established a policy for requiring scheduled password changes.B It was thought to increase network security.B But, it might be time to re-think that policy. I have so many passwords that I need to remember that I created a spreadsheet so that I could access […]
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