Alternatives to Google Adwords for Getting More Traffic and More Customers
Many small businesses have reaped significant benefits in the early 2000’s by using Google Pay Per Click (PPC) AdWords. Some also supplemented these PPC campaigns with the PPC programs offered by Yahoo and Microsoft (Bing). In the early part of the millennium, these PPC programs were a great idea, and they may be a great idea still for some businesses. However PPC pricing has become higher by as much as 100% or even more due to competitive bidding. The keywords that are being
Is a Conservative Computing Strategy Hurting Your Company?
Conservative is usually a good thing. Being fiscally conservative is being careful about spending your organization’s money, for instance, is very prudent. However in the case of technology, there are a few pitfalls. That is because technology is moving at a rapid pace, and if you are not innovating then some of your competitors are. Certain attitudes with regards to technology and the stewardship of computing facilities or data within your firm can stagnate growth, increase
Windows 8 Features in Depth
With Windows 8 being released on October 26, you may be wondering what Windows 8 is offering at a deeper level. We have been involved in a lot of Windows 8 development, and we are currently writing new applications which will be included in the Windows 8 Store. We have outlined a lot of what we have learned so far that is of business and consumer interest, and we are going to give you everything you need to make decisions and plan on Windows 8 deployment for your office. Wind
Windows 8 Pricing Released
Windows has released the pricing for Windows 8, as well as the retail editions that will be available immediately upon release October 26, 2012, twelve days from now. Disk Based Installation Pricing will vary, but on the low-end of retail, this will be the prices you can expect to pay for disk based installation. Windows 8 Professional Upgrade – $69.99 (save $130) Windows 8 Pro Pack – Product Key Card (no media) – $69.99 (save $30) Windows 8 (Full Version) – OEM $99.99 Window
United States Announces New First-Strike Cyber-Forces
The Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has announced the creation of a new first-strike cyber-force which will stand guard over the computing systems of the national infrastructure. Panetta states that there are very credible threats from abroad to the infrastructure of the United States by taking advantage of computing vulnerabilities, which could easily spell impending disaster in any number of scenarios. According to Panetta, “An aggressor nation or extremist group could gain
Migrating Users from Lotus Notes to Office 365: Lessons Learned from the University of Nebraska Impl
Recently, University of Nebraska, an institute with over 50,000 students and 18,000 faculty and staff using Lotus Notes, elected to change their mail and productivity software to the cloud-based Office 365 suite. Normally, Office 365 migrations are done manually within Office 365, on a user-by-user basis. However with this large installation, completion time was a key factor, and these thousands of users had to be migrated as quickly as possible with minimal disruption to the
Windows 8: What We Do So You Won’t Have To
Currently, we are testing some of our computers on Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012. We are trying to find out any flaws and help Microsoft fix them as well as being prepared when our clients ask us to take advantage of the technology. We prefer to never go into a client’s systems using untested methods, and that means a great deal of testing every time a new version of Windows, Office, or even Internet Explorer comes out. Windows Server 2012 has some driver issues, which sh
Controlling Where Users Save Documents
There are several levels of lock-down security that can be implemented to ensure documents are saved to a specific location, including network drive or SharePoint library. The requirements of document storage and the amount of security determine the method which will be used for enforcing your policy. Passive Measures The first, simplest, and most cost-effective, especially when you have a number of workstations, is to limit where Microsoft Office documents are save, by using
Toyota Motor Corporation Choses Microsoft Office 365 for its Productivity and Collaborartion Softwar
REDMOND, WA — October 1, 2012 — Microsoft Corporation announced that Toyota Motor Corporation has selected Microsoft Office 365 to use as their official productivity and collaboration software suite. The company, an automotive industry leader, has purchased 200,000 licenses for their employees, and is receiving implementation assistance directly from Microsoft. As they are a larger company, they are going to use a hybrid approach, running SharePoint, Lync, and Exchange Server
Microsoft Dynamics CRM and Office 365: Perfect Together
Microsoft Office 365 is turning into a true business standard software like no other. Microsoft Office has been the business productivity software of choice, and with companies trying to lower information technology costs and increasing capabilities, more businesses large and small are turning to Microsoft Office 365. What is unusual is that businesses are not only turning to the Office 365 cloud for the increased capabilities: business find that the cost of Office 365 is the
