Email Phishing ALERT: Beware of Complaint Email Claiming It’s From Better Business Bureau

February 23, 2012

The Better Business Bureau has issued an urgent SCAM alert cautioning businesses and consumers about a phishing email.  Businesses in the Seattle area have reported receiving this email. The phishing scam subject subject line reads “BBB complaint processing” with a return email addresses that BBB does not use (example service @ bbb.org).  The email uses [...]

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25 Signs You Need an IT Consultant

February 20, 2012

Although it may seem computers crash all of a sudden without warning, most computer networks actually develop problems that cause them to crash, become unsecure, or lose information gradually. Luckily, once you see the warning signs of an impending computer disaster, IT consulting can usually remedy the situation. This article looks at 25 signs your [...]

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Is Cloud Computing Going to Replace the Personal Computer?

February 17, 2012

This is the big question. The short term answer is no, probably not. Long term, it’s harder to say for certain. The modern computer houses an incredibly powerful processor that enables it to make millions of calculations per second. Given the growing speed of internet connections, many see few reasons that computation can’t be done [...]

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12 Surefire Signs That Your Business Is Ready For A Server

February 6, 2012

Is Your Business Limping Along on Outdated Computers and a Peer to-Peer Network That Hinders You More Than it Helps You? Here are 12 Surefire Signs That Your Business Could Greatly Benefit by Upgrading Your Network… You have two or more computers that need to share office equipment (printers, fax machines, scanners) and resources (Internet [...]

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Cloud Computing and the Law

February 2, 2012

For more than a decade, network technology advances have increasingly outpaced legal understanding. There have been a number of landmark cases where giant companies, Google, AOL, and Yahoo!, have turned over information to law enforcement agencies. Some of them are more transparent about the act than others – Google gives a running tally of where [...]

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Best Free Screen Capture Tool – Great Features and Easy to Use

January 26, 2012

Besides the fact that the LightShot Application is a free tool, it has several great features.  LightShot is integrated with the Print-Screen feature of your keyboard.  So, when you hit Prnt-Scr, the LightShot screen capture application is invoked. One of the main advantage is that it allows you to select any area on a desktop and capture a screenshot with just [...]

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Cloud Computing and University Life

January 20, 2012

Students at almost every state-funded university in the country, including the University of Washington in Seattle and Western Washington University in Bellingham, are offered some fashion of student drive storage that doesn’t require constant access to the same computer. These systems have existed long before cloud computing was an industry catch-phrase. They’ve gone by different [...]

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The IntegrIT Network Solutions Email Stimulus Program

January 6, 2012

Attention Fellow Business Professionals! Times are still a bit tough out there, so we at IntegrIT Network Solutions decided to do something to help out our fellow small businesses in the community. So, we thought it would be worthwhile to come up with something everyone can use.  So, I am proud to announce the “IntegrIT Email Stimulus Program!”  There’s no question that email [...]

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Ten Ways Small Businesses Can Minimize Computer Headaches And Lower Their IT Costs Without Sacrificing Performance

December 29, 2011

Small businesses have unique needs and constraints that they must consider when planning and operating their business – one of the most important of which is their budget. You know you need to proactively manage your technology investment, but doing so requires investing in full-time IT staff. And according to Payscale.com, the median salary range for an IT Support Manager [...]

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Hackers Now Prefer Small Companies

December 27, 2011

The Wall Street Journal reported that digital thieves are finding rich payoffs by slipping past weaknesses in many small business’ online security. FBI agents claim it’s going to get much worst before it gets better. You may think you are secure… think again! Statistics are showing that small and medium-sized businesses are being targeted by [...]

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