Archive for September, 2011

How Your Business Can Benefit From a Quality Service Contract for Your Computers and Network

September 11th, 2011

Few of us ever stop to realize that in this day and age, our business does not actually reside in the brick-and-mortar building that we enter every day. Rather, the business itself resides directly on our computers. Think about it… All of our financial information, our customer contact information, our vendor contact information, our email, and our critical business documents are all solely located in that little black box that quietly hums along on or under your desk.

Today, the office that we enter every morning is little more than a building that keeps the rain out and keeps us warm. There are no more Rolodexes, no more ledger books. Every single aspect of your business literally resides in those computers.

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Secure Your Computer and Network With Free Software

September 9th, 2011

These days you can find practically anything on the internet, some things for a price, and the rest of them for free. This holds true to Antivirus software, firewalls, and adware/spyware blockers. These programs keep our computers malware free and running in tip top shape without the slowdown of trojans and spybots sending all of our personal information back to their creators. If you’re like a lot of people out there you can shell out lots of cash for programs that are supposed to keep your computer clean and running optimally like Norton and McAffee. These programs are fine and dandy if you don’t mind that they’re pretty expensive ($39 a year at McAfee and Norton for basic anti-virus software, the security internet suites can easily run an upwards of $70) and slow your computer down to turtle speed with all the extra addons and ‘intrusion-detecting-virus-scanning-database-blocking-popup-alerts-that-annoy-
the-hell-out-of-you-and-show-up-for-no-reason’ , or you can use free software and achieve some of the best protection you can get for less headache and less cost.

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