T-Mobile has announced that the BlackBerry Q10 smartphone will be released to T-Mobile business customers on April 29th. The BlackBerry Q10 phone is the latest Blackberry phone which has a keyboard and runs the latest BlackBerry 10.1 operating system. This phone is basically an updated, better version of the old BlackBerry Bold 9900. Unfortunately, The… Read More »
What Is Active Directory Active Directory is a centralized database for all of your security principles. What is a security principle? A security principle can be anything from a user account, group, group policy, file share, to objects like printers. It is the single place to administer every user account in your organization. Active Directory… Read More »
It used to be servers could easily last 10 years, and for the money spent, they should have! Today, technology changes so fast, it doesn’t matter what you buy. Software requirements change so quickly, it’s hard to keep your hardware current. Still, that doesn’t mean you need to replace your servers every year. So when… Read More »
Are you trying to get high speed internet, phone service, or TV into your business and not able to get it due to construction costs? If wiring isn’t available to your building or office space, sometimes internet providers such as Comcast will charge the customer thousands, or tens of thousands of dollars to extend their… Read More »
Today’s data centers are evolving quickly in order to keep up with the demands of cloud computing, web-based applications, high-availability services and the rest of today’s computing needs. Many businesses choose to host their servers or at least part of their network infrastructure in offsite locations–often in different regions of the country or world. This… Read More »
When Microsoft released Windows Server 2012 in September 2012, IT pros around the world scrambled to study and learn the countless new features it offered. Compared to its predecessor, Windows Server 2008 R2, Server 2012 offers a host of improvements geared toward IT professionals with the hopes of making life a little bit easier in the… Read More »
If you have spent any amount of time in a Windows IT environment, you more than likely have heard of Group Policies. According to Wikipedia: Group Policy is a feature of the Microsoft Windows NT family of operating systems that control the working environment of user accounts and computer accounts. Group Policy provides the centralized… Read More »
Windows Server 2012, released in September 2012, is Microsoft’s latest server offering aimed at both small- to medium-sized businesses and enterprise. Compared to its predecessor, Windows Server 2008 R2, Server 2012 offers a host of new features and improvements–such as private and hybrid cloud services–making it a worthwhile consideration for many IT departments. The most… Read More »
Starting with version 2010, Exchange Server added the capability of being hosted in an offsite location or via a hosting service. Since then, many IT administrators have had to answer the question: Host Exchange via a hosting service or manage it all in-house? And which of those options is the most cost-effective and makes the… Read More »
Since Microsoft released Windows 8 last fall, we have seen marketing campaigns and quarterly reports leading us to believe that it is a huge hit. Even if we take Microsoft’s word for it in the tablet and home user market, Windows 8 is nearly non-existent in the business market based on our experience. According to… Read More »
