A major buzz word for 2009/2010 has been “cloud computing”, where your applications and servers are not actually hosted locally, but instead “in the cloud”, on a remote server or servers. Thus eliminating the need for you to purchase an expensive Microsoft Server and Microsoft Exchange Server, all the licensing, then the Microsoft Office applications for each of your users, …
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SuperHosts.Net offers web hosting and development in Greenville & Upstate SC
I keep getting asked if I know anyone who does web hosting and design in Greenville / Upstate SC and I am surprised that more people do not know that Homeland Secure IT does that in-house, they just think of us for computer repair, computer service, computer sales and computer consultation, etc. We’re not just about computers, servers and networks…. …
Another dead technology: Floppy disks to become a thing of the past – Finally
It has been a long time coming in my honest opinion, but Sony recently announced it would stop production of the floppy disk in March of 2011. (And there was much rejoicing) The floppy was a long lived technology that almost everyone is is familiar with. In it’s most popular format, it was 3.5″ and held 1.44 Megabytes of data. …
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Saving money on computer repair in Greenville and Upstate SC
Whether you are an individual or a business looking for computer repair or computer service in Greenville or the Upstate (Easley, Pickens, Spartanburg, Anderson, Simpsonville, etc), chances are good that you are not only wanting computer repair but you want that computer service performed as QUICKLY and as inexpensively as possible. If you already have an IT service provider, you …
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Non-Profit Organizations Don’t Have to Suffer with Outdated IT Technology and Slow Computer Service in Greenville / Upstate SC!
Last night, Pamela and I attended the Miracle Hill fund-raising banquet and had a great time. The food was good, the program was good, and the key note speaker was very moving with his story. While we would have loved to have given much more to assist such a wonderful cause, we unfortunately couldn’t, at least not at this time. …
McAfee Anti-Virus Update Kills Hundreds of Thousands of XP Computers
Kaaa-Boom! Individuals and small businesses who used McAfee for their anti-virus protection and happened to be using Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 3 installed, may have been sent into an infinite loop yesterday after receiving the latest McAfee Virus Definition update. The update was 5958 DATA, and went out early Wednesday the 21st of April. According to many articles …
Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite Offers Cloud Alternative to Hosting Your Own Exchange Server
EVERY business needs email and of course, Microsoft Exchange is the perfect solution for most businesses, however, the cost of purchasing, deploying and maintaining a server, or even multiple servers to host email can easily exceed the budget of a smaller business and in some cases, even larger businesses. Fortunately for them, there are alternatives. Sure you could use Google …
VoIP business users beware! It will soon be illegal to display CID info other than your own
If you have a VoIP (Voice over IP) phone system with SIP trunking and control your own Caller ID, then you need to insure that the information sent is actually your information. IE: The phone number should be an actual number at your business, and the name should reflect the name of your business. Congress just passed a bill known …
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Using an iPad for business purposes such as remote desktop and with your corporate network
Do you run a business and want to use an iPad with it? My hold us has been that there is currently no 3G, but that is changing very soon. Until then, a person who wants to use their iPad has to find a Wi-Fi hot spot, or, they could optionally do like our friend and TV personality Amy Wood …
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 …