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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Tags: application integration, business success tips, Data Integration, Quick Books, QuickBooks, small business concerns, time management, time planning
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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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Tags: being more productive, business success tips, cloud, cloud computing, cloud infrastructure, generating operational efficiencies, Network review, small business concerns, technology resource for small business
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October 25th, 2011 by Tracy Fox
ForeSite sees many small businesses (and even medium-sized businesses) not taking the time to plan their IT growth. Using “Band-Aids” for common IT issues (without realizing the ramifications to the network) is common practice. And it’s negatively affecting the bottom line.
We’ve identified three common IT issues you can look at to see if you can improve your bottom line.
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Tags: backup, bottom line, business success tips, generate business from website, generating operational efficiencies, google analytics, growth, IT issues, microsoft office, resource time management, small business concerns, storage, technology resource for small business
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October 5th, 2011 by Thomas Clifford
If you missed parts one, two and three in our series, you can find them here:
Business Cloud Computing PT 1: A Quick Introduction
Business Cloud Computing PT 2: 3 Problems the Cloud Solves
Business Cloud Computing PT 3: 3 Myths (and Truths)
Cloud computing solves many key challenges facing businesses.
But that doesn’t mean businesses should rush and jump [...]
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Tags: application provider, business, business standards, cloud, cloud computing, clouds, computing, data center, data privacy, service provider, uptime, web hosting
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September 20th, 2011 by Thomas Clifford
In part one of our cloud computing series, Business Cloud Computing PT 1: A Quick Introduction, we talked about three types of businesses ripe for cloud computing, the benefits of cloud computing and two main drawbacks of cloud computing.
Now, in part two, we’ll look at three classic problems the cloud solves for many businesses.
Three business [...]
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Tags: business, business climate, business problems, cloud computing, cloud infrastructure, computing, concurrent computing, costing, foresite, web 2.0
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August 30th, 2011 by Tracy Fox
Irene came and went, and overall CT and MA fared better than expected. But how did your organization feel when the possibility of a natural disaster forced a test of what you did or didn’t have in place for protecting your network and critical data?
There are some basic best practices that you should consider BEFORE the next “disaster” strikes, be it weather, fire, theft, or the most common – hardware failure.
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Tags: business success tips, Disaster Recovery, small business concerns, Technology Planning, technology resource for small business
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June 23rd, 2011 by Nicholas Kelley
Wireless access is becoming more of a requirement than an amenity for most organizations. The need has been more prevalent in larger organizations but it is trickling down to small and medium sized organizations. Recently ForeSite had an opportunity to send an engineer to a four day Managed Wireless training class. ForeSite has always been [...]
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June 16th, 2011 by Michael Giuffrida
Site Promotes Mark My Words: An Evening with David Baldacci, John Grisham and Jodi Picoult
East Hartford, Conn. (June 16, 2011) – The Mark Twain House & Museum will present a once-in-a-lifetime event with three of America’s most popular writers- Mark My Words: An Evening with David Baldacci, John Grisham and Jodi Picoult. ForeSite [...]
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June 16th, 2011 by Michael Giuffrida
Perhaps that’s what advertisers and software developers want. Augmented Reality (AR) is quickly becoming the hottest trend in marketing to users of smartphones. Ever wonder how that new dress would look on you before you trek out to the store? Ever wonder what that new couch will look like in your living room before you [...]
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June 14th, 2011 by Tom Allen
The Android platform of phones is becoming increasingly more popular and is making its way into business and enterprise environments. For that reason, ForeSite Technologies would like to strongly recommend that its customers who are using or plan to use Android phones, first install antivirus applications onto their phones as there is currently a plethora [...]
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