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While the main goal of summer travel and vacation is to unwind and unplug, most of us still need to be in touch at some level. So, give yourself designated time to be free of technology on vacation and when [...]

Each year brings incredible innovations in technology, but with those innovations come more sophisticated threats to your business' security. Here are steps to keep in mind when assessing your IT security. These are tips we often share with our customers. [...]

If you read the Wall Street Journal, you may have noticed that it changed the section formerly called "Marketplace" to "Business and Technology." Why would the publication do this? The answer was in the first line of the article Feb. 16, [...]

It's Going to Be a Mobile Fall! Fall is here and a hot topic in the tech world is the buzz around new smartphones recently released, along with a new "phablet," the combination of a phone and tablet, which we [...]

Our Fall newsletter contained two articles on new tablets and new smartphones. Hopefully, these gave you a head start on gift giving for the holidays or a gift for yourself in the new year. Here are some more intersting ideas [...]

There has been a lot of buzz about new tablets this Fall, especially from Apple and Google. Here are the offerings from those companies along with other options. They are a good start to updating your devices for the Fall [...]

A recent article in Inc.com raised the question of what a business should do when faced with the disaster of its website going down. There have been many high profile accounts in the news recently of big name websites being [...]

The new Surface Pro 3 has gotten a lot of attention in the last couple of weeks, mainly because it raises hopes that a tablet can actually replace a laptop. With the Surface Pro 3, Microsoft's aim is to replace [...]

Here we go again. On the tail of the Heartbleed bug comes news of a bug with Microsoft's Internet Exporer. We are strongly urging all of our customers not to use Internet Explorer until the bug is fixed. We will [...]

We are often asked about the benefits of Google Apps vs. Microsoft Office, and the answer is not clear cut. We are certified to offer support for both of these services and advice on which is best for your business, [...]

With today's Nor'easter going into Friday, please be aware that there could once again be power outages and internet outages that could impact your daily business activity. Email services could be affected due to power outages along the northeast corridor, [...]

Cloud computing has become an integral part of IT and is increasingly important to individuals and businesses. It is an especially appealing solution for entrepreneurs and SMBs, because it is cost-effective and efficient. Cloud computing can offer an on-demand infrastructure [...]

I had the unfortunate experience lately, as I am sure many of you have had, of dropping my iPhone. Unfortunately, this phone was dropped into a tub of water for less than ten seconds. On a day where bad was [...]

In case you haven't heard, the official date that Microsoft will cease to offer support for Windows XP was April 8, 2014, otherwise known as "end of life" for Windows XP. While you can still use your Windows XP, Microsoft [...]

Whether for your business or for holiday gift giving, the end of the year is a time when people often consider purchasing laptops. The choices right now can be overwhelming. There are many options in various price ranges, but it's [...]

We love to offer good tech gifts for the holidays and here are a few that might interest our readers: Amazon Kindle Fire HDX  (around $229)  -  The Amazon Kindle Fire has been a favorite on past lists, but it [...]

Many companies are back to hiring and while most tend to have handbooks and first-day procedures to ease the onboarding process, many fail to give enough time to the IT transition. A recent report in the Wall Street Journal (10/21/13) highlighted some [...]