Monthly Archives: August 2009

A Case for EndPoint Security

August 28, 2009 Daniel Ihonvbere No Comments

Businesses face all kinds of challenges these days, but for the small business owner, the challenges are magnified in these tough economic times. Faced with limited IT personnel and budget, the small business environment usually end up with non-standard computer configurations, inadequate or non-existent security policies, old equipment etc. The impact of the failure of [...]

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The Challenges of Data Leakage Prevention

August 13, 2009 Daniel Ihonvbere No Comments

With the rapid advances in technology and the attendant interconnected nature of computer systems, many business owners are becoming increasingly aware of the dire need to control the flow of information into, through and out of their enterprises. For years, the focus of the business owner was on how to stop viruses, spam, network intrusions [...]

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Benefits of Using Managed Services

August 11, 2009 Daniel Ihonvbere No Comments

The rapid growth in online commerce and the way we interact has great significance for small business owners since it affects our ability to collaborate online, work remotely and engage in transactions with several parties even on a global scale. The underlying glue that makes all this work however, is confidence. We are able to [...]

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How to Upgrade Windows 7 from RC to Final

August 8, 2009 Daniel Ihonvbere No Comments

The recent buzz in the technology world has been the upcoming release of the finished build (RTM) of Windows 7. Already, subscribers to Microsoft Technet have been granted access to the final release. But for those who installed the Release Candidate (RC), it will probably come as a shock to find out that there is no direct upgrade [...]

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Securing Windows 7

August 7, 2009 webmaster No Comments

Windows 7 has been released to the consumer market and small business integrators, administrators and owners should start thinking about their strategy for deployment and how they will go about securing their environment. From our experiences with the beta, release candidate and official release (RTM) versions of Windows 7, I must say we’ve come a [...]

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