The overwhelming majority of small businesses (80%) with less than 75 employees use Microsoft’s Small Business Server (SBS) software. Despite its success, Microsoft will stop selling SBS 2011 later this year, terminating the life support cycle for the software.
Why would Microsoft kill such a successful product?
The advent of cloud computing is perhaps the single most [...]
After 6.5 million passwords were stolen from LinkedIn, with 1.5 million passwords stolen shortly after from E-Harmony, possibly by the same hacker, password security is at the front of the minds of internet users. Users of these sites need to change their password immediately. Since you’re changing passwords anyway, you should try to make your [...]
Read the rest of this entry »I was one of approximately 100 I.T. Professionals in attendance at the Hartford Security conference June 21, 2012 at The Crowne Plaza in Cromwell. It was a valuable day of information with two major themes repeated in all of the speaker’s programs:
Zero Day Malware
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)
I will take these one at a time [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Google’s latest algorithm changes, known as “Google Penguin”, discourages paid links and low quality website links in an effort to reduce spam results. The idea is that the old algorithm gave certain websites a higher search ranking than they deserved, because those sites were stuffed with keywords which manipulated the search engine. The new Penguin [...]
Read the rest of this entry »On Friday May 11, 2012 ForeSite Technologies’ President Michael Giuffrida, along with Paul Decelles and Phyllis Rizy of YardeZone and George Thomson of Filomeno & Company presented at an invitation only seminar for MetroHartford Alliance investors entitled “Building a Culture of Engagement.” The seminar was held in two sessions, both in the MetroHartford Alliance offices.
The [...]
RJS Associates has a new web based employment portal, designed and developed by ForeSite Technologies, Inc.
East Hartford, CT
RJS Associates of Hartford, CT, a leading personnel consulting firm, has launched a new web based employment portal which was designed and developed by ForeSite Technologies, an East Hartford based Web Development and IT Services firm. The purpose [...]
Are Two Monitors Better Than One?
Have you ever been working on something that required you to have so many windows open that you couldn’t keep track of them all? If so, upgrading to two monitors may be right for you.
Having two monitors gives you the ability to spread out everything you have open and look [...]
Which would you rather buy from; someone you have never heard of, or someone who has been recognized as an expert in their field and is well known for producing successful work? It’s a pretty easy answer for most.
So assuming you want to reach the most of your market and have an easy time getting [...]
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 [...]
Read the rest of this entry »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 [...]
