February 18, 2014

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Technology

Microsoft: The Best Way to Upgrade From XP Is to Buy A New PC

The best way to upgrade from Windows XP is to buy a new PC, says Microsoft. That’s the advice it’s giving on a Windows blog post that marked 60 days until the end of support for XP Windows OS. (See http://blogs.windows.com/windows/b/windHYPERLINK “http://blogs.windows.com/windows/b/windowsexperience/archive/2014/02/06/help-your-friends-and-family-get-off-windows-xp.aspx”owsexperience/archive/2014/02/06/help-your-friends-and-family-get-off-windows-xp.aspx). Communications manager Brandon LeBlanc wrote that readers of the official Windows blog are

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February 10, 2014

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Technology

The Rise of Data Encryption for Everyone

Years ago, stories appeared in the news media of a government-backed scheme to monitor communications traffic. This project was established by the USA, UK, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand governments (nicknamed “FiveEyes”) to monitor phone calls, faxes, emails, etc, on a worldwide basis. “Ah”, you might say, “I’ve read about the NSA monitoring in the

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February 3, 2014

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Document Management

How Document Scanning Is Transforming Legacy Archiving

There are many reasons why businesses store paperwork. An important one is to meet legal obligations. Some documents have to be retained for a set period (years!) to meet the requirements of various government agencies. A secondary reason is to provide backup to current business activities. For example, accounts personnel can only reconcile bank statements

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January 27, 2014

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Technology

Crowdfunding: A Story of Success and Failure

This is a story of two multi-million dollar projects and two crowdfunding websites, Kickstarter and Indiegogo.  The fact that one was successful and one wasn’t, despite the amount of money pledged, gives an interesting slant to the word “failure”. Pebble The Pebble is a smartwatch created by Pebble Technology and launched in 2013 after a

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January 8, 2014

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Document Management, IT Solutions

Does your business need a disaster recovery plan?

The short answer? YES! Now for the long answer. “One out of two of businesses never return to the marketplace following a major disaster. Of those that do, half go bankrupt within three years.” Source: Chubb Insurance Does this worry you? It should. These companies couldn’t have had a proper “disaster recovery plan”.  Such a

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