I’ve written a number of blog posts about the RIAA, and how people have been wrongfully accused of stealing (pirating) by the RIAA, and law suits threatened.
Well, it appears, that someone at the RIAA has been doing a little illegal downloading of their own, though the RIAA claims it was not them.
Here’s more information:
http://torrentfreak.com/riaa-someone-else-is-pirating-through-out-ip-addresses-111221/
So secure those access points, and disable unused network jacks in public locations to keep from receiving a nasty-gram because someone else is using your internet connection to download.
If you need help securing your business or home, we can help in the Greenville / Upstate, SC area. We can even help the RIAA. Call us at 864.990.4748 or email info@homelandsecureit.com
Visit this site http://www.youhavedownloaded.com/ and hopefully you will see something like this:
Wow!!
Are you sure you and your friends don’t work for the RIAA? Maybe Sony or Universal? Maybe you’re both just really good at covering your tracks. Either way, congratulations, neither you or your friends and family returned any results from our crawlers. Tonight, you can jump into bed, open up Netflix or iTunes and sleep comfortably knowing that you’ve been a well-behaved, law-abiding internet user. But remember, there’s always tomorrow.
There’s… always… tomorrow…
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You Have Downloaded keeps tabs on who downloads what from torent sites. If I had a large company using one IP address, I would be checking that site regularly, in spite of having firewalls, filters, policies in place, just to make sure someone didn’t come knocking at my door because of one bad person on the network, or maybe because of a wireless access point that was not secured.
If you are needing Microsoft products for your school in the Greenville / Upstate SC area, Homeland Secure IT may be able to save you money…
We are able to offer academic priced software through Microsoft Academic FPP, Open Agreement and School Subscription. The discounts can be substantial when compared to retail pricing!
To find out if your organization is qualified, or for Microsoft sales & support, please contact us at info@homelandsecureit.com or call 864.990.4748×201.
Posted today on InfoWorld is an interesting article about two competitors to Microsoft Office. (See “Open office dilemma: OpenOffice.org vs. LibreOffice“)
While you have probably heard of OpenOffice.org, or the previous incarnation of it (StarOffice), a new alternative open source office suite is called LibraOffice, and it is being brought to you by the developers OpenOffice.org. Confused? Well, it’s that same old story… People work for a big company (Oracle) and this big company starts doing something they don’t dig, so they jump ship and start their own project. Tah-Dah! LibreOffice is born.
Are either OpenOffice or LibreOffice good candidates to eliminate your dependency on Microsoft Office?
In a nutshell, if your company requires absolute compatibility with all Microsoft Office documents, and you require a standardized interface that new people can come to your business use without any type of learning curve, then you already know what I am going to say. Stick with Microsoft Office!
If you run a small operation, or even a home office, then maybe one of these two offerings can work for you. They do offer the important features of Microsoft Office, such as word processing and spreadsheets, there are versions available for your Microsoft Windows systems, Apple Mac OSX, Linux, etc. And the price is outstanding… Maybe if they don’t offer EVERY feature you need, then you could make the sacrifice.
InfoWorld’s article compares the two offerings and may give you some insight to help you determine if either of them are right for you. Of course, you can always download them both and try them for yourself if you have time to do that.
Should your Greenville / Upstate, SC business require Microsoft Office, we can help you with that! We can sell a single license or hundreds! Call us at 864.990.4748 or email info@homelandsecureit.com
Windows 7 Home Premium Family Pack
Microsoft’s Windows 7 Home Premium Family Pack offers you a three pack of licenses, allowing up to three computers in your family to upgrade to Windows 7 Home Premium! It is available in either 32 or 64 bit versions.
The cost is very affordable at only about 50 dollars per seat! In comparison, a single upgrade version of Windows 7 Home Premium is $119.
This offer is available while supplies last and this is the second time since the initial release of Windows 7 that Microsoft has offered this special. Within months of the first special, they had sold out, so you may wish to jump on this offer while you can.
If you would like more information about how you can save money on Microsoft products for your home or business, please shoot us an email at info@homelandsecureit.com or call at 864.990.4748. We offer national sales of Microsoft product and complete computer service / repair in the Greeenville & Upstate SC area.
Microsoft’s Home Use Program, or “HUP” is a benefit offered to those with Microsoft’s Software Assurance, which allows you to offer your employees the latest version of the Microsoft Office suite to use at home.
Let’s say you purchase 25 seats of Microsoft Office 2010 Professional Plus with Software Assurance from Homeland Secure IT, you can then turn around and offer your staff the ability to download the Office Suite and use it on their home computers for only $9.95! (They can also purchase the physical media for an additional $12.00 or purchase Office 2008 for Mac for $8.00)
Allowing your employees to have access to the latest version of Microsoft Office at home helps them to become accustomed to the software you are using, or planning to deploy, which in turn helps boost their productivity!
For more information about Microsoft Software Assurance, or to purchase Microsoft products such as Microsoft Windows 7 Professional, Office 2010 Professional, Microsoft Server 2008, Exchange Server 2010 or any other Microsoft product, please email info@homelandsecureit.com or call 864.990.4748.
We are a Microsoft Small Business Specialist providing sales, service and support to Greenville and Upstate SC…
In an earlier post I prematurely announced the release of Intuit Quickbooks 2011 as well as the whole suite of software from Intuit.
That release date was pushed back due to some technical issues, and as of today, they are now live!
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It’s that time again! Intuit is releasing their fiscal year 2011 products on Monday, September 28th.
Products that have been updated include:
QuickBooks Simple Start 2011 is the easiest way to track sales and expenses. All your finance information is organized in one place, so you can easily stay on top of your business and be ready for tax time.
QuickBooks Pro 2011 makes accounting easy with tools to organize your finances all in one place. Complete tasks like paying employees1, invoicing, bill tracking and check-writing. Track sales and expenses, and easily share this data in Word and Excel2. With QuickBooks Pro, you’ll spend less time on routine tasks and more time on your business.
QuickBooks Premier 2011 has all of the great features you know and love in QuickBooks Pro, plus industry-specific, timesaving, ready-to-use reports and business planning tools tailored to help your company grow. Along with saving you time on routine accounting tasks, Premier makes it simple to monitor business performance, build forecasts and manage payables and receivables. Premier also includes tools for tracking inventory, creating purchase orders and setting pricing levels.
QuickBooks 2011 for Mac – Organize your business finances quickly and easily with QuickBooks 2011 for Mac. Get quick access to everyday tasks like invoicing, bill tracking, check-writing and payroll.
- Track sales and expenses.
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- Save time completing routine tasks and paperwork and spend more time on your business.
QuickBooks Premier Contractor 2011 gives you standard accounting features, plus easy, timesaving tools designed for contractors:
- Create estimates, track change orders
- Manage job costs
- View job profitability reports
QuickBooks Point of Sale 2011 makes it easy to track and manage your inventory, sales and customer information––so you can concentrate on running your business.
Other products include QuickBooks Payroll, Enterprise QuickBooks, Online additions and multi-user versions of QuickBooks.
Removed from the Intuit line-up for 2011 are the Simple Start CD version, QB Online Basic, Getting started with POS, End User Certification, Setup and training, Cash Register Plus and Point of Sale Multi Store.
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We also offer installation and upgrade services as well as full computer & server support, service & repair in the Greenville and Upstate SC area!
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If you own or maintain your own business phone or computer network, you are probably renewing your licensing yearly for everything from your Cisco VoIP phone system & ASA 5500 network security appliances to Trend Micro Worry Free Business Security, Trend Office Scan, to Microsoft Software Assurance or purchases of new seats.
Chances are also good you are buying your licensing from a vendor who may have originally installed the equipment and they could be charging you for the licensing plus a fee to administer those licenses for you. The licensing is generally sold at the manufacturer’s suggested retail price.
If you would like another quote on your license renewals and sales, please contact us at 864.990.4748 x 201, or email info@homelandsecureit.com
We offer sales of products and licensing, as well as licensing renewals for Trend Micro, Cisco, Symantec, Microsoft and more! We never charge an administration fee.
One word of warning regarding “deep discount” licensing providers – if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. The markup on licensing is not very much, so if you find Microsoft Office Professional for 20% less than the retail, odds are, it is counterfeit product and will allow you no ability to upgrade or receive support.
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional
Yes, the subject is correct! Microsoft is offering students the deal of a lifetime… Windows 7 Professional for only $29.99!
Follow this link to get the whole scoop… In short you must have an email address ending with .edu, or be enrolled at a college listed as eligible on that site.
There is also a link at the bottom of that page for Microsoft Office Professional Academic version for $79.95, but last I checked, that link is broken.
If you have not checked out Microsoft Windows 7 and Microsoft Office yet, you should do so using the free trials that are available, or if you happen to be a student, upgrade to both for only 100 bucks!?! What a great deal! What a way to start out the new school year, with the latest software!
If you really need a reason to upgrade other than features and having the latest, how about security? Windows 7 Professional and Office 2010 Professional address security better than any previous version!
Students with Macs are loading Windows 7 Professional on their computers for compatibility with the latest software and requirements of colleges, giving them the best of both worlds!
If you require assistance, please email info@homelandsecureit.com or call 864-990-4748 – we can provide help in installing either of these software packages to those in the Greenville / Upstate SC area.
