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Senior IT Consultant, Mike Oster, is here to save the day!

Remember when you were a kid and wanted to be a superhero? I do. I always wanted to be like Superman. As an IT consultant I sometimes feel like a superhero. You know, coming to the rescue and saving the day.

In today’s always “on” environment, being connected is required. But connected to what? The network, of course. But which network and how?

In the early days, most computer users were trying to connect to another computer within the same physical building.

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! Oh wait…I just accidentally had my Google Glass load images of Superman! Oops! If only I knew how to clear the screen. I’ll ask Siri, she’ll know!

It’s really exciting to be alive in this day and age! Technology has grown and developed so rapidly over the past few decades, that’s it’s become astounding to look back and see how we even managed to find something as simple as a place to buy milk 20 years ago! Do you remember that canvas tote bag of maps you kept of every place you’ve ever been to? Do you remember that Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia you purchased volume by volume at your local supermarket each week as they became available? Do you remember that strange feeling you had when you realized you no longer needed these things anymore? That’s the greatness of technology! Technology has continued to empower us to find information we need (or we really don’t need but are too curious to stop clicking) in a micro fraction of the amount of time it would have taken us through paper maps and Funk & Wagnalls.

Wi-Fi access has come to be seen as a universal right by many. With so many of us using Wi-Fi enabled mobile devices these days, it is easy to understand why so many see it as a right. But even if that is true, does someone have the right to access YOUR Wi-Fi? The answer is no.

In the 80's, Bonnie Tyler’s hit song said, “I need a hero. I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night.” While we may not be super heroes at IT Radix, over the years we’ve had the honor of helping out our clients when disaster strikes.

Case in point: September 17, 2012. It started out as a regular Monday morning until we received the call that a potential client had a server down.

This month’s SPAM Blocker Tip is:
Read Terms & Conditions Pages

Whenever you have to subscribe to a newsletter or to create a web account on a site, make sure their Terms & Conditions page doesn't give them the right to send you unsolicited emails.

Ken Toumey avoids a walk on the wild side and shares key reasons for running anti-virus software.

Baby, baby it’s a wild world and on the internet it’s even wilder. Any major dude will tell you. So if you want your computers and networks to run in harmony, we suggest you don’t be crazy.

Many, if not all of us, are far too familiar with that “ERROR 404” message that we sometimes get when surfing the web.  It is generated by the web hosting server when we attempt to follow a broken or dead link on a website.  The 404 error is one of the most recognizable errors users find on the web.

Let’s face it...going to the cloud can be pretty confusing. There are many options, mixed terminology, and it is not “one size fits all.” So, what’s right for you and your business? As with many things in life, it depends.

First, let’s take a look public vs.