The question of the day was from a client who asked, “How can I display what I see on my notebook to my big screen TV, without physically connecting it?”. Obviously, connecting the notebook to your LCD TV is probably the easiest thing in the world, using an HDMI, DVI or even VGA cable, however, it is inconvenient, especially if …
Servosity Online Backup Now with Disaster Recovery for Server & Desktop
If you are from the Greenville / Upstate South Carolina area and are into IT, you likely know Damien Stevens, or at least the name of his company, Servosity. Today, Servosity announced that in addition to their quality online / cloud backup solution, they will have Servosity DR Server and DR Desktop available! DR Server and DR Desktop are …
The first nationwide Emergency Alert System test is November 9, 2011 at 2:00 PM Eastern
You’ve been hearing about it for a while now, but the time is has finally come for the first nationwide Emergency Alert System (EAS) test. It is scheduled for November 9th, 2011 at 2pm Eastern and will last a few minutes. You can get the full scoop on this event on the FCC site. Of course, many conspiracy theorists can …
Microsoft is trying to tempt you to use Internet Explorer 9 with the offer of free stuff
Are you using something other than Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) for your web browser? A growing number of you are, and Microsoft does not like it one bit. In fact, if you go visit their promo site, you can receive “Free stuff from sites you love” if you will just cross over to the dark side, so to speak. …
Why can’t I just use the radio, iPod or other MP3 player for our office Music On Hold (MOH)?
You’ve got a great phone system (hopefully you have moved up to a Voice over IP phone system by now!) and you want to use all the great features of it. One feature that is common to (most) all VoIP systems is that you can use Music On Hold (MOH) which gives the poor caller who gets placed on hold …
Press Release: Homeland Secure IT Achieves Select Certification from Cisco
Homeland Secure IT, LLC 104 Mauldin Rd, STE EGreenville, SC 29605Phone (864) 990-4748www.HomelandSecureIT.com Press Release Contact: John M. HoytPhone: (864)990-4748 x 201Email: johnh@homelandsecureit.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE12 PM EDT November 1, 2011 Homeland SECURE IT Achieves Select Certification from Cisco Greenville, SC, November 1, 2011: Homeland Secure IT announced today that it has achieved Select Certification from Cisco. The Select Certification …
WatchGuard offers the “Red Instead” campaign for upgrading your unified threat management
Do you have a unified threat management or spam protection device that is not from WatchGuard? If so, and you would like to upgrade to the WatchGuard XTM or XCS series UTMs, then through December 2011 you can take advantage of their offer to allow trade-ins of competitor’s appliances for a three-year XTM Security Bundle on selected models or a …
Seven must-have technologies for your small business
One conversation new or potential business owners may want to have with their IT professionals is about what technologies exist that can improve their life. Below you will find some that are must haves… Smartphones: Whether it is an Android, iPhone or even a Windows based phone, you cannot survive without one. These devices provide instant communication with your clients …
Cisco OnPlus service available now to small & medium businesses
Large businesses have full-time IT staff or fully outsourced IT support that provide monitoring of their infrastructure and keep them up to date and now small & medium (SMB) businesses can have the same level of support when it comes to devices on their network. Cisco OnPlus works by allowing Homeland Secure IT or your Cisco SMB service provider to place …
Cloud Computing Allows for Millions of People to be Down at Once #Office365 #CloudComputing
The Microsoft issue today that prevented millions and millions (over 300 million) of people from getting to their email for several hours serves as a reminder that “The Cloud” is not perfect yet. While most businesses who have a typical Microsoft Exchange Server might experience an outage that affects their users, when a cloud provider has a glitch, it affects a …