The news media has made "WannaCry" a household name over the weekend, to the joy and fear of I.T. pros everywhere. On one hand, techies have a great opportunity to talk about managing risks and presenting their lovely solutions! On the other...
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You’re not Patching? You Must Be Rich!
Last month we posted an article about how patching your computers is difficult and cumbersome, but also extremely important. It didn't take long for the news to catch up with us. Today's example of just how quickly things go bad when you aren't keeping up...
Old Windows Versions and Existential Threats
We're seeing more notices from the last of our providers who 'supported' Windows XP and Server 2003 that the clock has struck midnight for those aging systems. This is of course not a surprise - we've heard and even echoed these warnings for years - but...
The Worst Part of IT – Patching
Noted security expert Brian Krebs does a good job of keeping people abreast of actionable security issues, such as the release of fixes for vulnerabilities that can be easily exploited with tremendous effect. Today's post of his is no exception. When Adobe...
Red Flags
Some of our customers were in bad relationships with their technology systems, or previous providers. It wasn't until we began working with them that they knew the warning signs to look for. Don't feel bad! Technology is complicated, and it takes a...
Righting The Wrongs of Others
Our team is doing incredible work trying to right the wrongs committed by other small IT service providers with a few of our new customers - often at no additional cost. Some of what we've seen would be funny if it wasn't so serious, and sadly, the customers didn't...
On Fishes In Bags
I had occasion at lunch today to use one of my favorite analogies referencing one of my favorite lines from a movie. In cautioning against the urge to do something without planning (i.e. considering the cost of success as it were), I like to advise against...
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