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Top 5 Essential Remote Work Utilities & Software

Posted by Chris Allard on Thu, Apr 30, 2020

Before we start naming some essential, low-cost (or free) work-from-home apps and services, we need to talk about security. And this should be the way you approach everything you do online. Think about security first. And then consider it in the middle, and then review it at the end also, but mainly... SECURITY FIRST.

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Tags: Teamviewer software, Remote PC access, Remote desktop, cloud, password security, productivity, Dropbox, OneDrive, google drive, remote work, Multifactor authentication, 2-factor authentication, working from home, video conferencing, zoom, COVID-19, Office 365, Microsoft Teams, iCloud, lastpass

The Cloud, Security and Your Business

Posted by Henry Dallow on Fri, Sep 26, 2014


THE CLOUD:

By now most of us have a basic understanding of what the cloud is or at least
 the core concept. Recently cloud computing has come under fire for its vulnerability to hacks. The technology is sound and lives up to its functionality, that is not the issue.

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Tags: cloud, Security, online storage, byod, cloud management

Which Online Storage Is Best For You?

Posted by Henry Dallow on Fri, Aug 22, 2014

Google Drive

Initially this started with Google Docs, and has now become Google Drive, a complete office suite with cloud storage. Google Drive offers you MS Office type apps in the form of a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation app, and an illustration app. Google Drive also carries 15GB of free storage space when you sign up.

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Tags: cloud, google drive, Online Storage Options

The Pitfalls of Passwords

Posted by Serges LaRiviere on Wed, Mar 07, 2012

Recently the Government of Syria was hacked and their emails were leaked to the web.  Of the 78 email inboxes that were hacked, some of them used the default password “12345? which some email servers use for new accounts with an instruction to change the password the first time you log on.

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Tags: passwords, cloud, encrypted passwords, password protection, password security, Computer Protection, PC tips

Data and “The Cloud”

Posted by Serges LaRiviere on Wed, Jan 25, 2012


 

What is it?

The Cloud: a catch-all tech phrase for the location of any program or data that does not reside on your home computer, but where is it really?

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Tags: cloud, Computer, Data Backup