Technology is useful and for the folks who enjoy being efficient – like me. This article is a great summary of some of the items I talk to people about on a daily basis. Of course, I have my own vendors that I trust and utilize, but the concepts are the same.
Read the full article from the New York Times: 10 Ways to Get the Most Out of Technology.
Have a great weekend everyone!
Happy New Year and welcome to 2011! This new year has special meaning to us here at Now IT Works because it marks our 10th year in business. Throughout the year, you will notice our new limited-time 10 Anniversary logo, special announcements and gifts for our loyal customers as well as the official launch of our new corporate website: www.nowitworks.com.
We are looking forward to another successful & progressive year with all of you, our loyal readers and valued clients.
I hope you had a wonderful holiday and that the new year starts off right for you & your business.
The team at Now IT Works hopes you and your family have a Happy & Healthy New Year!
We are looking forward to another successful year in 2011 and celebrating the 10th anniversary of Now IT Works. Stay tuned!
As the holiday season officially gets under way, I’d like to wish you all a very Happy Thanksgiving from the team at Now IT Works. We have so much to be thankful for, this year and always. Have a safe holiday and enjoy the long weekend!
- Chris
Hello readers! Thanks for sticking with us this week, despite our limited posts. It’s been another busy week here and that’s a good thing. Dale has been on-site for the last two weeks which has opened the door for Amie to handle some of the level 1 technical issues, such as virus removal and email set-up. We’ve also been fortunate enough to be introduced to two new businesses that can certainly benefit from our services.
A big thank you to all of our readers and clients – have a great weekend and be sure to follow Now IT Works & tell your friends:
Twitter has confirmed that they will start charging businesses to use their services in an effort to collect revenue for their currently-free social networking site.
Paid accounts will also offer access to statistics and analytics that are not currently available through the regular Twitter service.
For more information on this topic – click to read “Twitter to Charge Businesses to Tweet” on Silicon.com
As banks across the nation are being bailed out despite the lack of responsibility that got them into this position, have you ever thought “Hey, where is my bailout?”
Money Path has the answer! True, you won’t actually receive any monetary compensation for your economic troubles but it will allow you to take a second out of your day and daydream about it.
Visit: http://www.moneypath.com/Bailout.html. Enter your website/blog address or Twitter login to go through the formula.
Have a great weekend everyone!
Here is an interesting article about BlackBerrys outselling iPhones…
The most interesting point is the last line – looks like we will have one exciting year ahead.
Sure is – the fact that this report talks about the top 5 smartphones, only means that email, calendar, contacts, pictures, videos, music are important to most people. This is the critical personal data that we all cherish, so, we should be able to take it with us wherever we go.
It doesn’t matter if you have Cingular, TMobile, Verizon; it just matters that you have access to your personal data.
It’s no different that if you have an Apple, a Dell, HP or Gateway at home; it just matters that you can access your personal critical data – and be able to sync it to your smartphone, of course.
One important factor that I’d like to offer – backup your data. Now that we are taking our data on the go, make sure that you back up your contacts, calendar, photos and music to some computer. Most phones come with a cable and software that allow you to plug your phone into your computer to backup your settings.
If you are using Microsoft Exchange in your small business, and you have a Microsoft OS based phone (BlackJack, HTC Fuze, etc) then you can synchronize your email, calendar and contacts automatically – documents, music and photos will have to be tethered to your PC.
If you are a small business and you have Blackberry devices, RIM makes a Blackberry add-on for Microsoft Exchange, so that you can do the same thing as the Microsoft users.
We are mobile, 24/7 and we want our critical, personal data with us everywhere. Just make sure that when you drop your brand new iphone in the ‘water’, that you can recover from it.
I ran across a pretty funny article this week that shows the dangers of not logging out of your computer (email account, facebook account, etc). While this has been written in a comical manner, it is a very serious topic.
Many of our own users do not log off properly, some keep the same password for years while others have left their computers logged in so long, they have “forgotten” the password. These are dangerous behaviors as they can expose the actual computer, the employee or the entire business open to the evils that lurk when it comes to technology.
Read the article to see more… “Why You Should Always Log Out” by Jeff Rosenberg
(this link is Safe for Work but other links on the website might not be. Please use your own discretion)
Who hasn’t run into a problem or two with wireless connections – whether it be a wireless network, wireless keyboard, wireless mouse, Bluetooth, the list goes on.
While wireless access gives you the option of freedom – let’s be honest, nothing beats a wire. If you are thinking about installing a wireless network into your office, please consider limiting the wireless to your conference room, or the break room, or some small area where you have control over it.
If you are going to outfit your entire office with wireless connectivity, please take this precautions:
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