Category: The Business Desk

Mobile Devices are Not PCs… Yet

[img src="/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/07/ipad_vs_surface.jpg" class="aligncenter"] Apple and Microsoft have both been hard at work the past few years beefing up their mobile device operating systems, along with other contenders like Android and Blackberry.  While it’s clear that mobile technology has been and continues to be getting better, these devices and their operating ...

Fiber, The Data Connection of The Future

[img src="/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/08/fiber-internet-slide.jpg" class="aligncenter"] Last month I wrote an article about the proliferation of tablet devices in a desktop and laptop dominated workplace.  Although tablets are making a case for their necessity and rightful place in the business technology world, they are not the PC replacements the tech companies want them ...
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Synergistic Instant Messaging

As you might expect from a bunch of Technical Gurus, we utilize technology to converse all day. Lync, from Microsoft, is an Instant Messaging and Presence platform designed to conduct business. At a moment’s notice, employees can glance at Lync to see if someone is available and then shoot them ...

Your Windows XP Computer Will Fail – Why Should You Care?!

This month’s newsletter is really centered on Windows XP.  In case you haven’t heard the news yet, Microsoft is ending support and updates for Windows XP on April 8th.  Although that may not seem like a big deal to some of you, it is actually a very big deal to ...