Hello friends!
Although summer is in high gear, our mission as Technology Guides never takes a break. We take the opportunity of summer’s pace to get out of the office more, visit our clients, get together for activities, and volunteer our time. We hope that you’ll join us on some “Sherpa Sightings” – meet us, and see why knowing a Sherpa is a great thing! Keep an eye on your email and our website to see the new events coming up.
Important Bulletin – DNS Infection Could Break Your Internet
Last November, an Estonian hacker ring that infected millions of computers through malware-laded servers was successfully disbanded by the FBI in Operation Ghost Click - Read the CNN article here if you’re unfamiliar with this story.
The Great Debate: Bring Your Own Device to Work?
As the quarter progresses, companies are contemplating the next technology investments for flexible mobile solutions. Enter the term BYOD or Bring Your Own Device. Simply put, BYOD is the concept of letting employees buy and bring their own devices (laptops, tablets, mobile phones, even some desktops) for use in a work environment.
In true Sherpa spirit, Ethan serves lunch at Emmanuel Dining Room - April 11th, 2012
Innovation
As technology guides, our clients look to us for direction on how to get the most return on their IT spend. They want to stay current, use proven technology and improve their business productivity. How do we manage all these needs and wants? Through embracing, not rejecting, innovation.
Welcome to the second quarter of 2012 – have you gotten all your projects lined up yet? Thought about any refreshes you may want to do? If you’re like most business owners, you’ve decided how to put your budgets to the best use this year – replacing aging workstations with those more likely to improve employee efficiency.
When technology lets you down, who is to blame?
When you look at your business and the systems that keep it functioning, can you honestly predict when they are going to fail? When is it a foregone conclusion to refresh your technology? Are you prepared for an extended outage due to weather, power or other conditions? How slow or unreliable does something need to be to warrant replacement?
If you can't answer these questions, or if you never even thought about them, then you are like most business owners – and that's why we stress preparedness.
In our Future Now series, we’ve been exploring how advances in technology can enable us to stay ahead of the curve for business trends. But I want to share an alternate view of the Future Now philosophy – knowing when there isn’t a high tech solution, and relying instead upon good old-fashioned ingenuity.
Hello, and welcome to 2012! You may have noticed that we didn’t send you a newsletter in January. Well, we know it’s the beginning of a new year, a new business quarter, and you’re swamped – getting back to work after the holidays, making and meeting your first quarter goals, etc.
In our youth, we have the distinct advantage of viewing the world in a straightforward manner. Cause and effect is a simple logic that we are taught to follow – if we want to buy something, we must earn the money. If we want to be healthy, we must eat right and exercise regularly.