An amazing TEDx posting: Eric Whitacre: A choir as big as the internet

Anyone interested in collaborative efforts should go check this out: http://www.ted.com/talks/a_choir_as_big_as_the_internet.html What you will find a collabrative effort on the behalf of 185 people in 12 countries, who participated in a “virtual choir”, sending in clips (245 I believe in total!) to be arranged into one piece that is beautifully done! Overcoming the noise issue of the various submitted clips …

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Is your business still relying on an old FAX machine & multiple styles of printers?

If your business is like many that we provide service for, you may still require the use of a FAX machine. In fact you may have a conglomeration of devices that you use in order to have the best of all worlds, maybe your office looks something like this: A laser printer to print forms and documents cheaply, and quickly. …

THE SKY IS FALLING! Okay, maybe not, but DNS issues may affect your internet access in May

Let me bore you a few minutes with something not so trivial about DNS (Domain Name System). DNS is where all those lookups take place that convert hostnames to IP addresses. A hostname is a name you can more easily remember than the IP address, for instance telling someone in a radio commercial to visit your website at  http://216.33.19.35 would …

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Cisco Product Shortage Causing Some Business Customers To Try SonicWall & WatchGuard

If you are in need of a Cisco ASA 5505 or 5510 Security Appliance for your application, chances are, you are not going to be happy when you call your reseller to order one. The device is in very short supply and in most cases, back-ordered until April, May or June, depending upon the supplier. As a Cisco dealer, Homeland …

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Trend Micro Anti-Virus / Anti-Malware Sales & Specials For Small Businesses in Greenville / Upstate SC

We are offering small businesses a discounted rate on Trend Micro Anti Virus / Anti-Malware products, including their award winning Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security Standard for those without mail servers, and Worry-Free Business Security Advanced for those with Microsoft Exchange mail servers or Microsoft Small Business Server. Worry-Free Business Security is perfect for a the small office that has …

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Computer and network technology thoughts from a Greenville small business owner

As a financial officer of a small business in Greenville, I get frustrated when I see other small business owners struggling with technology, or lack thereof.  I understand the need to squeeze the most out of every dime in your business and the thought of not buying something that you can just as well do yourself.  John and I got …

Greenville Google Fiber Movement Still in the Headlines

You would have to be living under a rock to still be in the dark about Google On Main / LuckyGVL (Just Google for #GoogleOnMain, #LuckyGVL, We Are Feeling Lucky, Greenville Google Fiber, etc). You probably already know that a couple thousand people in Greenville SC heard from various means, such as Twitter, Facebook, email, txt message or analog social networking like a …

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Greenville: Network Technology isn’t just Computers, Servers & Software

I’ve noticed a trend where friends, family and clients alike will feel as though their IT service provider is only there to fix their broken computer. When they need a computer repaired, they call the technician. When they need server service for their business, they call the technician. When they need a new network drop in their office, they call …