Have you heard the news? The all new Microsoft iBob8 is releasing today. For those of your who need a refresher and might not be familiar with Microsoft Bob: Microsoft Bob was a Microsoft software product, released in March 1995, although widely publicized prior to that date under the codename “Utopia”,which provided a new, non-technical [...]

There still seems to be a lot of confusion out there about hard disk drives for servers.  When you cut through the hype what are the differences between SSD, SAS and SATA drives?  Add to the mix, NL-SAS drives which is a hybrid type of disk drive that is basically an enhanced SATA drive that [...]

Microsoft is breaking away from its normal “One price buys all” structure and has opted for the first time to offer its software, Office 365 Home Premium, as a monthly subscription. With the new consumer version of Office 365, Microsoft is offering just one version for home users. It costs either $99.99 a year or [...]

In the DBJ January 4-10 2013, special report on economic forecast 2013, they asked executives at the helm of the fastest-growing companies of North Texas of 2012 for their projections for 2013. In reading their answers I noted a tinge of worry as many CEO’s offer caution, but forecast a strong 2013. As a business [...]

The main focus for Exchange 2013 is further reducing cost of deployment and management. The four main areas that were changed to meet this goal were roles/deployment, management, storage, and end user productivity. Unlike Exchange 2007 and 2010 there may not be any major must have features for your organization, so if you are currently [...]

Business executives are under pressure to produce results in a complex and challenging business economy, where more is asked of fewer employees to produce better results. The first thought is often “What are some of the tools that successful companies are implementing to meet productivity challenges through agility, flexibility, and scalability?” Business is hard enough [...]

MIT- Harvard did a survey and found that 36% of test subjects would continue to log into their bank even after getting a security pop-up stating that the website was insecure and not the https site they were looking for.   So what is SSL? SSL is a technology that helps verify identities of websites [...]

Section 179 At a Glance – New for 2012 2012 Deduction Limit of $139,000 is good on new and used equipment, as well as off-the-shelf software. 2012 Limit on equipment purchases of $560,000 is the maximum amount that can be spent on equipment before the Section 179 Deduction available to your company begins to be [...]

Today’s technology trend is all about small; specifically nanotubes. Nanotubes are structures made out of carbon atoms arranged in microscopically small tubes.  And they hold high promise for many uses from a new generation of cancer treatment down to better electronic devices. For computing, the significance of breakthroughs in nanotube technology comes from the fact [...]