Top 5 Tips For Your Upcoming Project
Implementing a big project in your company can be a huge undertaking, but it doesn’t have to be overwhelming.
Follow these 5 tips of wisdom from our project manager Stacy, and your project will be well on its way to a successful completion.
- Know Where You Are Now: In order to get where you’re going, you have to know where you are now. To drive to point B, you must know point A. What is your current situation? What does it look like? Why are you deciding to start a project?
- Know Where You Want To Be: Define your requirements. Make sure you get input from all of your stakeholders- that can be end users, owners, customers, etc. What will it look like when you’ve achieved your
Spam Protection – Know Thy Enemy: Viruses and Malware, Trojans and Adware
Spam has increasingly become known for containing malicious software that can actually hurt your personal computer. The entire purpose of these programs is to carry out unauthorized, commonly detrimental, actions. They self install on your computer, infect every program and file that they can. Usually these types of viruses are spread via email. Spammers will disguise them as harmless attachments in the hope that you will download them.
These programs come in many forms, the most common of which are viruses, Trojan horse, malware and adware. Being knowledgeable about their presence and how they work will protect you from this kind of spam.
Viruses
Viruses are computer programs that were designed for one thing: to infect your system and cause major damage… Continue reading...
The What, Who, Where and Why of Spam
What began as simply a minor annoyance in your email has now become a vehicle for criminal activity. Everything from frauds to corporate espionage is being perpetrated in this manner. The 4 W’s of spam should answer the most frequently asked questions.
What is Spam?
Junk mail or spam is defined by most in the internet world as unsolicited commercial email, or UCE. This email is sent out en-masse to a large number of recipients who never requested it. The contents of a spam message can range from an innocuous advertisement to a malicious program that can take over your computer and do untold damage.
Common commercial spam often contains pyramid schemes, porn sites, mortgages, chain letters, credit repair, illegal… Continue reading...
How to Shield your Children from Spam
Bulk email sent to millions of recipients for the sake of advertising is considered spam if it is sent without the consent of the receiver. Many of these emails are harmless advertising, though irritating, they pose no threat to the user. The trend lately however is a more dangerous type of spam email.
Most children have an email address they use to socialize with their friends or other purposes. It is a great way for children to keep in touch with their friends and it is free. Unfortunately, with the rising incidence of dangerous spam emails, children need protection.
Your child is as likely to receive spam email as you are. These emails may contain adult or pornographic material. It… Continue reading...
Cooling Your Hard Drive
Storage on your personal computer is one of the most important aspects. Today a computer is capable of more than ever before. Home business, family photos and even freelance work are all stored on computers. Most of the time all this information goes on the computer’s hard drive that we all believe will keep the data secure.
Hard drives will store your data, however, they are far from infallible. One of the most common failures of a computer system is a hard drive crash. They happen all the time with no concrete way to prevent it. Many things can contribute to hard drive failure but more times than not it is a simple matter of overheating. Viruses and other issues can play… Continue reading...
Importance of Data Security
Most big companies secure their data by taking regular backups of their servers. The network administrator is the person who compiles the data on backup servers and can also set it up to perform an automated task at regular intervals. This kind of setup is expensive, and not all companies are able to afford it. However, it does not change the fact that all businesses in today’s world use modern technology to work and need some form of backup.
Natural calamities are one of the most unpredictable factors which could result in information or data-loss in companies. Big companies usually have IT departments who design proper, organized plans for data backups even in case of natural disasters. They are in a good… Continue reading...
Invest In A Variety of Carrier Cases For Your Laptop
Having a laptop computer means the need of a quality carrier case to protect the investment you have in your laptop. Many people nowadays own a laptop. Laptops aren’t only the possessions of the professionals in suits on the sidewalks anymore. Mountain climbers, bikers, teenagers, and athletes take their laptops with them nearly everywhere, too. The variety in laptop owners requires a wide selection of cases.
Where you go and what you do with your laptop determines the type of case you will need to look for. Your best bet is to pick a few cases so you can mix and match for terrain or style, whichever the case may be. Shop for a case that… Continue reading...
Spam Filter Proof Emails
Email communication has changed the business world forever. Like any other great invention, the technology and speed of communication has led to abuse in the form of the dreaded spam. Spam is simply email that you do not want, kind of like junk mail you get at home. Most email recipients get hundreds of spam email every day in both their personal and business accounts. Seems like no matter how good the filters are that catch this, spammers just keep spewing their emails.
This has led to the software becoming more and more advanced. These programs, called spam filters, take the offending email and send it to the trash or a special folder. The email owners can then review it or trash… Continue reading...
Solving Email Deliverability Issues
Spamming has made its way into our lives. Everyday, your email filter succeeds in catching several spam messages that have been trying to sneak their way into your inbox! You must have ignored them or deleted them immediately – nevertheless they command your attention for a few moments. A surprising fact is that these email or spam artists keep trying constantly to overcome these filters, but they do not figure out how to stay put in your email box and not get deleted.
There are a few tricks that spam artists use with regularity. You might have noticed these peculiarities too, if you have observed your spam closely. Many use long strings of dissimilar words or phrases in the hope that some… Continue reading...
Virus Defense – Progress in the World of Anti-Virus Software
If an empire such as Microsoft has fallen prey to viruses in the past and had their computer systems compromised, then it only stands to reason that the average person like you and I need to be consistently vigilant towards such a threat.
In days gone by, it was comparatively easy to ensure your computer remained virus free but then again, that was before the internet took the world by storm, and certainly before the popularity of downloadable applications. In essence, viruses in those days had very limited powers as they could only spread by means of floppy disks. As a result, they really had to rely on computer owners downloading data from a floppy disk to their hard drive without scanning the disk… Continue reading...
