We get many questions about Bluetooth devices these days. Many people recognize the term and associate it with some communication “thingie” in their phones or cars but what does Bluetooth really does? I found a great article and I reposting it… ~ Gerard Bluetooth devices are becoming widely used. A Bluetooth device is a short-range signal that allows communication between wireless devices. Some of the devices that can be controlled via Bluetooth are cell phones, PDAs, handheld computers, wireless computers, printers, keyboards, and wireless mouse. With cell phones you can turn[...]
More...Outlook 2007 and Outlook 2010 have a cool feature that allows you to share your calendar with other users by publishing it to Office.com. To share the calendar you simply right click on it, choose Publish to Internet (Outlook 2007) or Share (Outlook 2010) and follow the wizard to share it with other users. “Unsharing” the calendar is not as obvious to many Outlook 2010 users. While Outlook 2007 has a Remove from Server command on the same menu used to share the calendar, Outlook 2010 does not. – you can’t right[...]
More...Lately, cloud storage has gotten a lot of positive press. It’s the future of data storage; it’s the cheaper, greener alternative to using hardware servers. However, cloud storage has sparked heated, serious debate about data ownership. For example, let’s talk about Facebook. Many people do not think of a social-networking site when they think of cloud-storing technology, but it actually is a very good example of cloud storage. Users can simply log onto Facebook from the internet and access their profile from anywhere- a mobile device, iPad, laptop- you name[...]
More...“Two-thirds of workers said they would take a 10% lower salary at their next job in return for being able to telecommute and use their personal wireless gear to do their jobs.” – Matt Hamblen, computerworld.com Technology is changing the workforce. The “office” is no longer just a place but can be anywhere- on a laptop or BBM right in the living room. Even within TSI we service 90 percent of our clients remotely. For most of our service tickets, we work with our clients over the phone and log[...]
More...If you are small or mid-sized business owner, you need to read this: At TSI, 100% of all our clients have some type of full-time Internet connection, 99% use a hardware firewall and 8 % monitor Internet usage within their own organizations (which means 92% don’t!) It always amazes me that when I ask a business owner about how they monitor Internet usage, I often hear back “My people work very hard here, they don’t have time to spend time on the Internet“ Really? As part of the services we provide to our client, we[...]
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My son forwarded me an article from CNBC titles ” The 10 most hated jobs in America” and guess what job made number 1? ‘Director of Information Technology’ http://kkcb.com/new-survey-reveals-the-10-most-hated-jobs-in-america/ This may come as a surprise to a few people but not to me because I talk to to a lot of IT directors and most are faced with difficult challenges and often tasked with impossible goals. the economy in this country has still not recovered from the last crisis and most businesses have reduced their expenses to a minimum, including their technology expenses [...]
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