Make Your Computer Smarter
Friday, July 11th, 2008
Your car can tell you when it has a problem, why not your computer?
With certain models of vehicles, you will get this great piece of technology that will email you when your oil needs to be changed, when the tire pressure is low or when there is a problem with the engine.
What a novel idea! Make your computer do the hard work and email you when something bad happens.
Over the years, I’ve seen many disasters (not with our customers, thankfully) and the majority of them occurred because no one was watching the computer logs for errors.
With the new technology that is out, we can avoid issues like my friend Bob D had – a server in his QA department died. At least that was the call we received.
Nearly four out of five technology professionals believe employees are putting their companies at risk by failing to act safely online, according to new research. In a study by anti-virus firm Sophos, 79% of the IT workers polled said that in spite of their group’s instructions, many employees continue to open unsolicited e-mail messages and attachments, and to inadvertently download spyware from Web sites.
