These days many business are looking at VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) Phone Systems. Instead of carrying calls on conventional phone lines, the voice is carried encrypted across the internet. While VOIP is usually the way to go, there are things…
IT Security Service
Technology poses security risks from within and outside every business. H&D Technologies can provide offsite IT security it security service and protection services along with monitoring and consulting services to eliminate risk. Inside Are you worried about the security risks associated with employees?…
Happiest Time of the Year! Tech buying Tips
OK, it’s the happiest time of year and the best time of year to get the latest and greatest devices and equipment … Right? The holidays are upon us and here are a few tips you might want to consider before…
Continuity and Disaster Recovery
Continuity refers to the ability to get your systems running quickly during an outage. When your server goes down and can’t be brought back up – now what? If you have regular, non-image based backups, here are the steps: *Also remember…
$$%PAssWo#rds**! A review of how to keep your business passwords safe
We ran across this interesting article on passwords and it prompted us to write this review on password security for your business. The premise of the article is that a computer program can be created to crack the typical passwords we are all…
Marketing Tip: Don’t Get Blacklisted!
There is a common mistake that many business make when sending marketing or information-based emails: sending out email blasts from their corporate email account to groups in excess of 25 recipients and getting blacklisted. For example, if your corporate email is…
Run – Don’t Walk – to Hard Disk-Based Backups
This is the second installment in the backup series, the first being on the use of tape. We are currently in the best place for backups in the 30 years I’ve been doing IT. Disk-based backups are awesome! The best! If…
Backups: Beware of Tape!
You’re going to be hearing a lot on backups in the coming weeks, a favorite topic and one that often is ignored by business owners. Besides the work you perform on your systems, backups are the most important thing you can do to…
Top 10 things to focus on for your IT in 2013 (5 now and 5 later)
The days of having an actual hardware server for each business function (file storage, database, email) are over, you can now run multiple ‘virtual’ machines on one server. Virtualization is a big topic, suffice it to say you need to research…
Does “Green Computing” Really Mean Savings $$$?
In a word yes, and it’s good for our planet too. In doing research for this blog post, I ran across some tips on the Journal of Accountancy Website for green computing. If accountants are concerned about this issue, there must be some…