Last night, Pamela and I attended the Miracle Hill fund-raising banquet and had a great time. The food was good, the program was good, and the key note speaker was very moving with his story. While we would have loved to have given much more to assist such a wonderful cause, we unfortunately couldn’t, at least not at this time. …
McAfee Anti-Virus Update Kills Hundreds of Thousands of XP Computers
Kaaa-Boom! Individuals and small businesses who used McAfee for their anti-virus protection and happened to be using Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 3 installed, may have been sent into an infinite loop yesterday after receiving the latest McAfee Virus Definition update. The update was 5958 DATA, and went out early Wednesday the 21st of April. According to many articles …
Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite Offers Cloud Alternative to Hosting Your Own Exchange Server
EVERY business needs email and of course, Microsoft Exchange is the perfect solution for most businesses, however, the cost of purchasing, deploying and maintaining a server, or even multiple servers to host email can easily exceed the budget of a smaller business and in some cases, even larger businesses. Fortunately for them, there are alternatives. Sure you could use Google …
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Using an iPad for business purposes such as remote desktop and with your corporate network
Do you run a business and want to use an iPad with it? My hold us has been that there is currently no 3G, but that is changing very soon. Until then, a person who wants to use their iPad has to find a Wi-Fi hot spot, or, they could optionally do like our friend and TV personality Amy Wood …
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Is your business still relying on an old FAX machine & multiple styles of printers?
If your business is like many that we provide service for, you may still require the use of a FAX machine. In fact you may have a conglomeration of devices that you use in order to have the best of all worlds, maybe your office looks something like this: A laser printer to print forms and documents cheaply, and quickly. …
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Trend Micro Anti-Virus / Anti-Malware Sales & Specials For Small Businesses in Greenville / Upstate SC
We are offering small businesses a discounted rate on Trend Micro Anti Virus / Anti-Malware products, including their award winning Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security Standard for those without mail servers, and Worry-Free Business Security Advanced for those with Microsoft Exchange mail servers or Microsoft Small Business Server. Worry-Free Business Security is perfect for a the small office that has …
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Computer and network technology thoughts from a Greenville small business owner
As a financial officer of a small business in Greenville, I get frustrated when I see other small business owners struggling with technology, or lack thereof. I understand the need to squeeze the most out of every dime in your business and the thought of not buying something that you can just as well do yourself. John and I got …
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Greenville: Network Technology isn’t just Computers, Servers & Software
I’ve noticed a trend where friends, family and clients alike will feel as though their IT service provider is only there to fix their broken computer. When they need a computer repaired, they call the technician. When they need server service for their business, they call the technician. When they need a new network drop in their office, they call …
Just what DOES Homeland Secure IT, LLC do anyway?
That question was asked in a webinar a bit ago and was difficult to explain because what we do at Homeland Secure IT is far more than can be explained in a simple response like, “We work on computers”. While that is true, it is by no means the primary focus of our business. Of course our main site, http://www.HomelandSecureIT.com …
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
There, I said it! “Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!”…. It has been a long week here at Homeland Secure IT, with everyone tied up on a job almost constantly! Server deployment started today. Four computers sold and to be installed for one client, and another computer sold and going in on Monday… Not to mention a 1 TB RAID array installed in an existing …