As the winter is in full swing, we’re all probably dreaming of warm and sunny islands and wishing we could work from there remotely. These days, the possibility exists, and the real question is how to do it best.
When clients tell us they want to work remotely, we always have to ask “What do you want to do?” There are many options out there and we strive to select the one that will best meet your needs.
IT Radix is pleased to welcome Park Piedmont Advisors LLC to its list of clients who have made the smart decision to engage with us on a proactive IT Management and Support program. With offices in New York City and the San Francisco Bay Area, Park Piedmont Advisors provides investment advice to a wide variety of clients.
Businesses have always provided employees tools needed to get work done—telephones, company cars, photocopiers, computers, etc.. Sadly, some employees have taken personal advantage. With computer technology and Internet access a requisite today, employees waste a lot of productive business time surfing the Internet.
Warning: Before you read this article, be sure to read the cartoon first.
Ok now, that you’ve read it, we ask: Are you a digital addict? Do you sleep with your phone on your nightstand so that you can check it just before going to bed and immediately when you wake up? Do you check your email every time you hear the sound indicating you received a new message? Are you frequently using your phone during social situations or when you’re with family? Do you feel naked when you discover your left your home without your smartphone? If so, then you may have a problem.
Since we said goodbye to Windows XP, PC startup is not typically an issue these days.
However, if you are experiencing less-than-optimal performance, you may consider:
Upgrading your hard drive to a solid-state hard drive.
Editing startup options to exclude nonessential Windows programs from starting up when your computer boots.
It seems that there is a wealth of options for sharing large files over the Internet these days. From browser-based services like WeTransfer or JustBeamIt, to cloud storage drives like Dropbox, Google Drive or Microsoft OneDrive, it is almost as though there are too many to choose from! With the need to share larger files becoming more predominant, gone are the days of simply attaching files to an email—or are they?
Enter our new favorite tool: the ITR Cloud Reflection Outlook Plugin.
Often when we meet new clients, we find that there are one or two key issues that need to be addressed in their network environment. We reach this conclusion after a complete discussion of their approach to their business combined with a detailed technical assessment.
When your computer or smartphone doesn’t respond as expected, it’s frustrating. A recent study of workplace and academic computer users showed high levels of frustration and time loss with just daily computer activities. So, when an interaction with a computer or an application turns sour, it’s easy to understand the desire to reach for that baseball bat!
However, there are better ways to approach your relationship with computers.
Change is good! We’ve all heard this, but there might be a hint of skepticism out there. After all, we’re all human, and our human nature tends to prefer what’s familiar to us. I mean, what’s the point of changing if “IT’s” working for us?
To quote an early American Politician, Adlai E. Stevenson, “Change is inevitable.
Have you heard about the recent hack of federal data, supposedly the result of a bug put in federal servers by Chinese hackers? Apparently they got access to lots of information about federal government employees. The worm had been in place for months and maybe more than a year, giving the hackers plenty of time to copy millions of records.
