Google has become the standard search engine of virtually every web-goer on the internet today. In fact “to Google” is pretty much synonymous with “to search”. But that certainly doesn’t mean that other search engines can’t do a decent job and this list has been compiled for just this reason. Check out this catalog of [...]
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Computer Glitch
April 13th, 2010
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We are NPR fans and follow it via the radio and blog. It’s a place to go to for breaking news, analysis and for stories that are just too interesting — or too entertaining — to pass up. We recently came across this interesting article. An “equipment outage” at Atlanta’s William B. Hartsfield International Airport [...]
Is your PC Ready for Windows 7?
November 18th, 2009
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The overall look of Windows 7 may seem to be a polished Vista theme, but make no mistake: this is a full replacement operating system, and more than just “Vista done right.” Features like driver support and battery management, Windows 7 is a far cry from a Vista Knock-off.
In my mind, Microsoft dug itself a hole with Vista. Microsoft was bombarded by complaints even after the first service pack was released, so they had to set the bar high for the Vista successor: Windows 7.
Cloud Computing
November 12th, 2009
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AndLaw Solutions delivers and manages world-class communications, collaboration, and IT solutions that are reliable, relevant, easy to use and deploy, and provide high value to small and medium-sized businesses. ALS oversees daily network and applications management, including upgrades, patch uploads, and software revisions—freeing internal IT resources to focus on strategic company operations. ALS’s services are [...]
3 Keys to Using IaaS Public Clouds Wisely
November 6th, 2009
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I read CIO magazine online daily. All-though I do not agree with their opinions most of the time (because they are too heavily driven by Gartner), I do agree with this article as it pertains to the SMB market.
It seems as if every CIO comes back from a conference cocktail party demanding IT “move to the cloud.” While this can mean many things; i.e. using software-as-a-service (SaaS), managed hosting, or application service providers (ASP), the demand often centers on moving applications out of your own budget-sucking data center and up to an infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) cloud platform.
