PCMAG.COM posted a review of the new Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk (4TB) external hard drive that is worth reading if you are looking for a large storage solution. They listed the pros as being “HUGE”, “numerous connection interfaces” and “low cost”. On the flip-side, they stated that the plastic construction was a negative, as it didn’t offer much in the way of protection. …
Big things come in small packages like the Lenovo ThinkCentre M58P ultra small business computer
Who says a computer has to be big in size in order to be big in processing power? The Lenovo ThinkCentre M58P series computer is compact, no, make that ULTRA compact, and designed with business in mind! Weighing in at 9.2 lbs, and measuring 3.1″ tall, 10.8″ wide and 9.4″ deep, it takes up a LOT less space than a …
Top 7 Reasons to Upgrade to Symantec NetBackup 7.5
The following is from Symantec’s Tech Tips and News: Top 7 Reasons to Upgrade to Symantec NetBackupTM 7.5 1. Unite physical and virtual environments With three Best of VMworld awards and nearly two million customers protecting their critical physical and virtual data, Symantec is the industry leader in VMware and Hyper-V backup. Only Symantec offers V-Ray technology for …
Avoid embarrassment for your business due to pornography raids by installing a firewall with filtering
Every company would like to believe they have employees with strong moral values who would not jeopardize the reputation of the business by browsing for pornography, or even worse, child pornography. The truth of the matter is, not only are there employees that will do just that, but also others who might have access to machines in the facility, such …
WatchGuard – The only pure security vendor in the small to mid-enterprise market
After the announcement that SonicWall is being acquired by Dell yesterday, WatchGuard sent the following email to partners: WatchGuard Technologies Dell Buys SonicWall Today, Dell announced it is acquiring SonicWall. What does this mean for you? WatchGuard remains the only p ure security vendor in the small to mid-enterprise market that remains 100% channel focused. There will be no …
SECURE IT ALERT: Using RDP / Remote Desktop Protocol on your Microsoft Windows desktop or server? Patch it – NOW!
Homeland Secure IT Alert for Tuesday, March 13, 2012 Welcome to another exciting edition of Microsoft Patch Tuesday! This one is so exciting, it gets two posts dedicated to it. This bunch of patches contains one very important fix for a flaw so serious, according to some security experts, you can’t patch it fast enough (read here). Critical update MS12-020. Of course, …
Dell to acquire SonicWALL
I received this email from SonicWALL today: Dear John, Today Dell® announced its intention to acquire SonicWALL®. The transaction is anticipated to close during Dell’s second quarter of its fiscal year. We are very excited about the opportunity this offers both SonicWALL and our partners. All of us at SonicWALL greatly value our partners. After all, our channel partners have …
Want to blog and have a few hundred to few thousand viewers? Inquire within… #IT #technology #blog
Okay, so I was thinking, as the traffic on this blog increases, maybe I could help out someone who has something important to say by allowing them to guest blog. Our traffic ranges from a minimum of 500 hits per post, to over 10,000 visits. With around 50 people getting the blog daily in their inbox, and another 200+ pulling …
Symantec Backup Exec and Endpoint Protection .cloud trials available
We’re asked by clients all the time about offerings from different vendors, but one of them has just made it easy to offer free 30 day trails of their products! We can provide your business with Symantec Backup Exec.cloud and Symantec Endpoint Protection.cloud demos so you can get the feel for the product before actually committing to a purchase. If …
March 2012 updates from Microsoft… In like a Lion? hah, I crack me up!
New, from Microsoft! Updates! Just in time for Patch Tuesday… Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for March 2012, released today, March 8, 2012, states that there is a little something for everyone. If you are running XP, Server 2003, Server 2008, Server 2008 R2, Windows 7, or Vista in 32bit or x64, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 or 2010, Microsoft …