A common scene at any live music event is to see the band on a stage, and somewhere in the middle of the listening area a table setup with a mixing console eating up precious landscape. In a concert setting, you would hardly notice the loss of space, but in a more intimate setting like a club, bar or restaurant, …
Furman University in Greenville SC has almost completed their move to Microsoft Office 365 #CloudSolutions
Furman University in Greenville South Carolina began moving to Microsoft Office 365, a hosted Microsoft Exchange solution in March. The move has been slow and methodical according to information given out to students, faculty, staff and posted on the Furman website. The move has not been without pain I am sure, as right off the bat, in March, over 2100 …
We’re going to give away a micro computer to some cool kid in Greenville / Upstate SC #RaspberryPi
It’s been a long time now since we gave away something as I couldn’t find the perfect thing to represent our business and still be fun and interesting…. After all, who wants a bag of CAT 5 patch cables? The hottest thing since my band (Hot As A Pepper) is the ultra-cool Raspberry Pi, a computer that is smaller than …
Rogue network devices could be more common than one might think #RaspberryPi #PwnPlug
A while back, I wrote about devices that could be used on a network to gain access, be deployed by just about anyone, and potentially be undetected by IT staff or employees of a business. Here’s a follow-up. Recently I have been playing around with a 35 dollar micro computer called the Raspberry Pi. This lil’ pup of a computer is …
Computer hard drive prices predicted to remain high throughout 2012 and 2013
Hard drive prices have remained consistently high throughout 2012, but analysts predict they will do so through 2014. This is due to the 2011 typhoon season and related flooding in Thailand that took major hard drive manufacturers offline and damaged factory facilities. Unfortunately, PC manufacturers saw the impending crisis and locked in contracts to insure they would be provided an …
Microsoft Windows 8 Release Dates and Pricing
Windows 8 is coming! Microsoft has set the date for the RTM (Release To Manufufacturing) for August 2012 and the general release will be the end of October 2012. As if that is not exciting enough, hot on the tail of Microsoft Windows 8 will be Microsoft Office 15, and Server 2012, standby for more information on that. It is …
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Where’s Your Cloud?
Amazon Web Services (AWS), considered by many to be the de facto standard in “cloud” solutions, experienced a wide-spread outage that took many services offline, including the popular Instagram, Pintrest and NetFlix sites over the weekend. Today, it appears that random issues are still affecting these sites. Initially the cause, estimated time of restored service and updates were quite vague, leaving …
It’s vacation time! Protect your computer, server and other belongings while you are away!
If you are lucky or blessed enough to be able to take off from work and actually get out of town for a summer vacation over the Independence Day holiday this year, hopefully you will be doing a few things to protect your belongings while you are away. Here are a few examples of things you can do in order …
Hard drive in action in super slow motion
Ever wanted to see a hard drive in action? If you are the curious type, you probably already have taken a drive apart and noted how quickly the actuator arm moved. These guys show a drive in super slow motion. (40x reduction in speed) for your viewing pleasure.
New Apple MacBook Pro virtually impossible to upgrade or service by users
Many people are probably drooling over the new line of Apple products, including the MacBook Pro with its awesome retina display, however, many are voicing their opinion of Apple’s continued migration towards machines that are not user-serviceable. According to articles on iFixit and SlashGear, the new Apple MacBook Pro will pose a number of problems for those who like to …