Tech Tips

With summer and travel season upon us, we are re-visiting the topic of your IT safety while traveling. These tips are critical to your personal and business IT security.

Two recent articles from the Harvard Business Review The IT Conversation We Should be Having and HuffingtonPostTech Is Your Company Cloud Ready? 10 Factors for the CIOs to Consider centered around the changing role of the CIO or IT department in companies and the emergence of cloud computing as a critical feature in steering businesses to the future and creating efficiency in companies.

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At the end of January, came the announcement of the launch of the new BlackBerry, which went on sale in the UK and other countries at that point and in Canada on February 5th. All major carriers in the US will carry the new phone for around $199 when it arrives here in March or April. 

Although technology keeps moving to smaller and more convenient devices, there are still a few glitches when it come to typing on tablets and mobile phones. In a recent WSJ article (Jan. 16, 2013), Katherine Boehret noted optimal solutions available for better typing. In her opinion, the BlackBerry is still best for writing a long email, since its keyboard is more traditional. The glass keyboards of the iPhone, Android and Windows phones present more challenges when typing, easily mis-typing or causing embarrassing words when on autocorrect. Other than Ms.

In the past few days, the Wall Street Journal, and other publications have published articles on businesses taking another look at cyber security and government regulations in 2013. Businesses have long rejected government interference in company cyber security policies, but events of last year, especially, have caused them to take a closer look at security. In the WSJ article (1/9/13) "Lobbying Over Cyber Attacks," Ajay Banga, CEO of Master Card Inc.

A WSJ article (Nov. 12, 2012), "Many Gadgets, Many Risks," focused on the growing trend of SMBs allowing employees to use their own personal laptops and smartphones for work, which saves the employer on hardware but brings up many security concerns.

Not that long ago, we had a blog post on Windows 8 and the news or rumors surrounding the new OS. Now that we are getting much closer to its arrival, October 26, we thought we would offer updates on the subject.

If you are a user of Google Docs, you may have noticed that the tab for Google docs no longer exists and has been replaced by Google Drive. Interestingly, there hasn't been a lot of buzz from Google to the public on the replacement of Google Docs to Googe Drive, although Google Drive has been talked about for months and it has been available to use, just not as officially as it is now.