WatchGuard – The only pure security vendor in the small to mid-enterprise market

  After the announcement that SonicWall is being acquired by Dell yesterday, WatchGuard sent the following email to partners: WatchGuard Technologies Dell Buys SonicWall Today, Dell announced it is acquiring SonicWall. What does this mean for you? WatchGuard remains the only p ure security vendor in the small to mid-enterprise market that remains 100% channel focused. There will be no …

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What do you say if someone wants to plug something into your network?

Let’s assume you are a business owner and a man walks in wearing a jumpsuit with an official looking badge, and tells you that he is from the power company, sent there to plug a device into your outlet that will monitor and potentially save you money. What do you do?  Let’s assume they say they are from DHEC and …

No, you won’t lose access to the internet on March 8, 2012… #DNSChanger

The top email question for me the last couple weeks has been, “What’s this about the internet going down on March 8th?”. This is related to the DNS Changer malware which has permitted hackers to hijack web traffic and send it to their bogus sites and in the process, get millions of dollars from fraudulent advertisement revenue. The people responsible …

News Flash! Flash Player Update Released to Correct Two Critical Vulnerabilities

Adobe has released an unexpected update to Adobe Flash Player 11.1.102.62 and earlier, running across all platforms (Mac & Android included) which addresses two critical flaws. This is covered in this security bulletin. It is recommended that you download and install the latest version of the Adobe Flash Player (11.1.102.63 for computers and 11.1.11x.x for Android)). Failure to update could …

Think twice before buying discounted Microsoft Office or other computer software

You know the old adage, “If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.” – It’s just as true today as it was the first time I heard it many years ago. Reading an article on WYFF 4 site entitled “Top 10 Most Counterfeited Items” has computer software lumped in with other optical media, which is ranked #5 in …

And the winner of our Kindle Fire tablet computer giveaway is…………..

The winner of the Kindle Fire is: Jason Kneese, manager of Outman’s Cigar & Martini Bar here in Greenville! Out of 9459 entries into our #LeapIntoIT Kindle Fire giveaway, Jason had only a couple, but his retweet of our post was the lucky one that did it. I would like to thank everyone who took part in the fun and …

SonicWALL announces End of Support Notification for SonicPoint G Access Points

The following information comes courtesy of SonicWALL’s Global Support Services:   Announcement SonicPoint G End of Support Notification Affected Products SonicWALL SonicPoint wireless access points SonicPoint G Announcement Summary Effective March 1, 2012, SonicWALL will transition the SonicPoint G from Limited Retirement Mode to End of Support.  Once these products transition to End of Support they will no longer be …