Windows XP SP3 and Office 2003 will go out of support on April 8, 2014. If your organization has not started the migration to a modern desktop, you are late. Based on historical customer deployment data, the average enterprise deployment can take well over six months from business case through full deployment.
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Are you insane?
It’s Monday at 10:00 a.m. Suddenly, after a flash of lightning outside, your desktop computer screen goes blank. A few minutes later, the power comes back on, but your server won’t boot because it’s taken a direct jolt through the network cable plugged into it, which circumvented the Uninterruptable Power Supply from which it gets its power.
Should I consider Windows 8?
Well, Windows 8 has a number of advantages over Windows 7—for example, Superior multiple monitor support, account synchronization, and faster startup times, but most people just can't get past Windows 8's radical shift in user interface. Some may even want to ditch Windows 8 altogether in favor of Windows 7 after spending a few days with the new OS.
The good news is you can buy a PC loaded with Windows 8 Pro, try out the new OS, and then downgrade to Windows 7. Unfortunately, the downgrade to Windows 7 can be confusing and full of twists.
DNS Services – Fake Invoice
It has been brought to our attention that your customers may have been recipients of letters that appear to be renewal notifications and/or invoices for DNS services related to their existing domain name(s). This particular notice is a deceptive sales tactic and not unlike other deceptive notices we have seen from third parties for domain name renewals.
HP servers and HyperV
Virtualization the new norm
Everyone is talking about virtualization. Virtualization is where you capture or copy an existing server or spin or load up a new server in a virtual machine on a single server. This single server if equipped correctly can contain multiple servers.
What is a BDR and why do I care?
In the beginning of time, we had tape backup. In the days before Terabyte hard drives, it was the only medium that would hold the large amount of data that constituted a backup. It did have some problems though...
It was very slow
It was, for the most part, a manual process.
Micro Doctor adds new functionality to its service offering
Micro Doctor Client Communicator
The Micro Doctor Client Communicator is a powerful tool that we deploy to every desktop for our Managed Care customers. The Client Communicator is a system tray icon that can be used by each end-user to provide a wide array of self-help modules as well as easy access to system information, and our service and support website for creating service requests.
Is Remote Desktop HIPAA Compliant?
The short answer NO. The long answer is it can be HIPAA compliant, PCI compliant and accepted as Standard Business Security if you use Remote Desktop (or RDP) across a VPN. We work with many healthcare providers and the HIPAA rules are pretty clear.
Any access from the Internet or a remote location must be encrypted.
Micro Doctor creates new Telephone, VOIP, Wiring Division
Micro Doctor is pleased to announce that we have hired Kevin Taylor to head our new Telephone, VOIP, and Wiring Division. Kevin brings us his 20+ years of industry experience in the telecom world. Micro Doctor has seen huge growth in its new VOIP telephone systems manufactured by Allworx.
Leap Day 2012 – My prediction for hottest trends of 2012
1: Phone services will continue moving to the Internet.
It is no longer sci-fi or difficult to implement. Phone lines are running on internet bandwidth. We are seeing a renewed reliance on the internet for phone service. This is driven by lower cost bandwidth, great phone systems like Allworx, and failover lines in case of internet outages.