How Do I Avoid Sales Calls on My Cell Phone?

February 2nd, 2012 by Jessica Glynn

Simple, sign up for the National Do Not Call Registry!
This month, cell phone numbers are going public, which means they are being released to telemarketing companies.  The time you spend on these calls will be charged to you!  This could potentially mean that telemarketers will increase your phone bill by running up your plan’s minutes.  [...]

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ForeSite Builds New Website for MATCH Coalition

January 24th, 2012 by Jessica Glynn

MATCH Coalition, Inc. (Mobilize Against Tobacco for Children’s Health) is a non-profit organization, established in 1995, to protect Connecticut residents from the dangers of tobacco use and secondhand smoke.  MATCH consists of an over one hundred member organization representing thousands of Connecticut residents.
The objective of this project was to cultivate an effective web strategy through [...]

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Should I Outsource My IT Needs to a Managed Service Provider?

January 19th, 2012 by Thomas Clifford

ForeSite Has the Precise IT Recipe
We call it our “recipe.”
Since every organization’s IT needs are different, ForeSite’s recipe is the precise blend of IT support services your organization needs—not what we decide is right for us.
In short, this is called a “managed IT service.”
What is a managed IT service?
The generic concept of any managed service [...]

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Top Network Solutions for K-12 Education

January 10th, 2012 by Tracy Fox

ForeSite is an authorized reseller partner for Enterasys network solutions, and we were thrilled to hear that Enterasys was selected as a Top 100 Product of 2011 by District Administration Readers!
It’s no surprise when you consider that over 300 K-12 School Districts rely on Enterasys solutions for reliable classroom access, centralized management and monitoring of [...]

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How do I get my data into QuickBooks?

December 22nd, 2011 by Michael Giuffrida

Have you become an Excel ninja trying to marry up data from QuickBooks and other business systems you use?  Do you spend countless hours trying to match up hours, expenses, customer info, and sales info?  And have you ever tried to integrate data using the QuickBooks IIF format?  I went through it all.  And while [...]

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Four Ways Your Computer Gets Infected and Why Not Even Symantec Can Save You

December 13th, 2011 by William Reyor

Installing software directly from an untrusted or source:

uTorrent
BitTorrent
Shareaza
BitComet

When users of file sharing networks (such as the above-mentioned) download software from these networks, there is no way to verify that the software you are downloading does not also contain malware, adware, rootkits, or viruses.
Many users believe that simply having updated antivirus software will protect them, but [...]

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Free Cloud Computing eBook

December 6th, 2011 by Michael Giuffrida

After an overwhelming response and more questions about our series on Cloud Computing, we decided to wrap it all together and add some extra content in this free eBook.  This eBook contains all of the great information that was in the individual posts in the series but valuable, additional content has been added by our [...]

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How do I use my social media time effectively?

November 17th, 2011 by Jessica Glynn

Social networking may seem like a waste of time and energy, but whether you are happy to embrace it as a marketing tool or try to avoid it, it is here to stay (at least until the next big thing comes along)!  According to Wikipedia.org, there are 14 different social networking sites that have over [...]

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Are You Taking Advantage of the 179 tax Deduction?

November 10th, 2011 by Jessica Glynn

Did you know that you could write off technology infrastructure upgrades as opposed to depreciating them to help mitigate your tax liability?  The section 179 Tax Deduction is a law that allows you to write off up to $500,000 of equipment purchases in a single year rather than having to depreciate them, according to Section179.Org.  [...]

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How can I stop spam?

November 3rd, 2011 by Michael Giuffrida

Spam is not new.  And I won’t make a bad joke about canned meat, that ship sailed about 10 years ago.  But unfortunately, it’s still a problem, and getting worse.  Unwanted email has developed from simply an annoyance to potentially dangerous with all of the phishing and virus schemes that are out there.  While there [...]

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