Jefric Consulting, LLC - Blog » AlanBuckwalter http://jefric.com/blog IT Services and Consulting (http://www.jefric.com) Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:09:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 February 2012 Small Business Technology News from Jefric Consulting http://jefric.com/blog/2012/01/31/february-2012-small-business-technology-news-from-jefric-consulting/ http://jefric.com/blog/2012/01/31/february-2012-small-business-technology-news-from-jefric-consulting/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:09:05 +0000 AlanBuckwalter http://jefric.com/blog/?p=454 February 2012 – Keeping up with key business / technology issues in the news is difficult. Let Jefric Consulting help you.

Click here to view the April edition of our monthly Small Business Technology Newsletter.
http://www.jefric.com/news/201202.JefricConsultingNewsletter.html

All newsletters can be found here.
http://www.jefric.com/news/news.htm

Technology is an essential tool for success. Your business can use technology as a strategic asset rather than treat it as an expense.

Jefric Consulting provides IT consulting services and custom technology solutions for Small Businesses. With over 30 years of business and technology experience, we are uniquely qualified to work with you and understand your company goals, develop and execute a strategy that delivers the results you want in a cost efficient manner. Solutions include Windows (Small Business) Server, Exchange E-mail, remote access, mobile computing, office collaboration and much more. Where appropriate, off-premise hosted solutions are available, reducing the need for onsite office computing equipment. We want you to get the most value from technology and work smarter, not harder, improve efficiency, and increase revenue and profit for your small business.

Jefric Consulting is a Microsoft Partner, a Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) and a Microsoft Small Business Specialist.

Web: http://www.jefric.com
Blog: http://blog.jefric.com
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jefricllc

]]> http://jefric.com/blog/2012/01/31/february-2012-small-business-technology-news-from-jefric-consulting/feed/ 0 January 2012 Small Business Technology News from Jefric Consulting http://jefric.com/blog/2012/01/03/january-2012-small-business-technology-news-from-jefric-consulting/ http://jefric.com/blog/2012/01/03/january-2012-small-business-technology-news-from-jefric-consulting/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:18:23 +0000 AlanBuckwalter http://jefric.com/blog/?p=443 January 2012 – Keeping up with key business / technology issues in the news is difficult. Let Jefric Consulting help you.

Click here to view the April edition of our monthly Small Business Technology Newsletter.
http://www.jefric.com/news/201201.JefricConsultingNewsletter.html

All newsletters can be found here.
http://www.jefric.com/news/news.htm

Technology is an essential tool for success. Your business can use technology as a strategic asset rather than treat it as an expense.

Jefric Consulting provides IT consulting services and custom technology solutions for Small Businesses. With over 30 years of business and technology experience, we are uniquely qualified to work with you and understand your company goals, develop and execute a strategy that delivers the results you want in a cost efficient manner. Solutions include Windows (Small Business) Server, Exchange E-mail, remote access, mobile computing, office collaboration and much more. Where appropriate, off-premise hosted solutions are available, reducing the need for onsite office computing equipment. We want you to get the most value from technology and work smarter, not harder, improve efficiency, and increase revenue and profit for your small business.

Jefric Consulting is a Microsoft Partner, a Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) and a Microsoft Small Business Specialist.

Web: http://www.jefric.com
Blog: http://blog.jefric.com
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jefricllc

]]> http://jefric.com/blog/2012/01/03/january-2012-small-business-technology-news-from-jefric-consulting/feed/ 0 December 2011 Small Business Technology News from Jefric Consulting http://jefric.com/blog/2011/12/01/december-2011-small-business-technology-news-from-jefric-consulting/ http://jefric.com/blog/2011/12/01/december-2011-small-business-technology-news-from-jefric-consulting/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:36:40 +0000 AlanBuckwalter http://jefric.com/blog/?p=441 December 2011 – Keeping up with key business / technology issues in the news is difficult. Let Jefric Consulting help you.

Click here to view the April edition of our monthly Small Business Technology Newsletter.
http://www.jefric.com/news/201112.JefricConsultingNewsletter.html

All newsletters can be found here.
http://www.jefric.com/news/news.htm

Technology is an essential tool for success. Your business can use technology as a strategic asset rather than treat it as an expense.

Jefric Consulting provides IT consulting services and custom technology solutions for Small Businesses. With over 30 years of business and technology experience, we are uniquely qualified to work with you and understand your company goals, develop and execute a strategy that delivers the results you want in a cost efficient manner. Solutions include Windows (Small Business) Server, Exchange E-mail, remote access, mobile computing, office collaboration and much more. Where appropriate, off-premise hosted solutions are available, reducing the need for onsite office computing equipment. We want you to get the most value from technology and work smarter, not harder, improve efficiency, and increase revenue and profit for your small business.

Jefric Consulting is a Microsoft Partner, a Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) and a Microsoft Small Business Specialist.

Web: http://www.jefric.com
Blog: http://blog.jefric.com
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jefricllc

]]> http://jefric.com/blog/2011/12/01/december-2011-small-business-technology-news-from-jefric-consulting/feed/ 0 Malware is Everywhere http://jefric.com/blog/2011/11/21/malware-is-everywhere/ http://jefric.com/blog/2011/11/21/malware-is-everywhere/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 01:54:42 +0000 AlanBuckwalter http://jefric.com/blog/?p=438 Malware infects computers every day. While it is not a new phenomena, it is certainly increasing in frequency and impact. In many cases a seemingly harmless popup on your Computer / Internet Browser will suggest that your computer is infected and offer to fix it for you. Selecting either Yes or No will actually download the malware and infect your computer.

If you see such an alert, particularly if it is coming from a program that you do not recognize – we strongly encourage you to press the RED X in the upper right corner of the window to close it immediately. If there is no RED X in the window frame, using the task manager is another acceptable method of stopping the program. If you have a trusted ant-virus or malware application on your desktop, you may wish to perform a manual scan.

Even the best anti-virus / anti-malware software can be tricked. Don’t make it easier by downloading the malware yourself.

Learn more at: “The ABC’s of Malware“

]]> http://jefric.com/blog/2011/11/21/malware-is-everywhere/feed/ 0 The ABCs of Cloud Computing: Is it Right for You and Your Business. http://jefric.com/blog/2011/11/03/the-abcs-of-cloud-computing-is-it-right-for-you-and-your-business/ http://jefric.com/blog/2011/11/03/the-abcs-of-cloud-computing-is-it-right-for-you-and-your-business/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 20:00:11 +0000 AlanBuckwalter http://jefric.com/blog/?p=436 Cloud computing has become one of the most talked about IT paradigms of recent years. For nearly everyone who uses technology today, it is not a question of whether or not you will use cloud computing as it is when and for how much.

Click here to view a webinar Jefric Consulting recently gave for the NJSCPA.

]]> http://jefric.com/blog/2011/11/03/the-abcs-of-cloud-computing-is-it-right-for-you-and-your-business/feed/ 0 November 2011 Small Business Technology News from Jefric Consulting http://jefric.com/blog/2011/10/31/november-2011-small-business-technology-news-from-jefric-consulting/ http://jefric.com/blog/2011/10/31/november-2011-small-business-technology-news-from-jefric-consulting/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:33:20 +0000 AlanBuckwalter http://jefric.com/blog/?p=433 November 2011 – Keeping up with key business / technology issues in the news is difficult. Let Jefric Consulting help you.

Click here to view the April edition of our monthly Small Business Technology Newsletter.
http://www.jefric.com/news/201111.JefricConsultingNewsletter.html

All newsletters can be found here.
http://www.jefric.com/news/news.htm

Technology is an essential tool for success. Your business can use technology as a strategic asset rather than treat it as an expense.

Jefric Consulting provides IT consulting services and custom technology solutions for Small Businesses. With over 30 years of business and technology experience, we are uniquely qualified to work with you and understand your company goals, develop and execute a strategy that delivers the results you want in a cost efficient manner. Solutions include Windows (Small Business) Server, Exchange E-mail, remote access, mobile computing, office collaboration and much more. Where appropriate, off-premise hosted solutions are available, reducing the need for onsite office computing equipment. We want you to get the most value from technology and work smarter, not harder, improve efficiency, and increase revenue and profit for your small business.

Jefric Consulting is a Microsoft Partner, a Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) and a Microsoft Small Business Specialist.

Web: http://www.jefric.com
Blog: http://blog.jefric.com
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jefricllc

]]> http://jefric.com/blog/2011/10/31/november-2011-small-business-technology-news-from-jefric-consulting/feed/ 0 October 2011 Small Business Technology News from Jefric Consulting http://jefric.com/blog/2011/10/02/october-2011-small-business-technology-news-from-jefric-consulting/ http://jefric.com/blog/2011/10/02/october-2011-small-business-technology-news-from-jefric-consulting/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 01:02:05 +0000 AlanBuckwalter http://jefric.com/blog/?p=411 October 2011 – Keeping up with key business / technology issues in the news is difficult. Let Jefric Consulting help you.

Click here to view the April edition of our monthly Small Business Technology Newsletter.
http://www.jefric.com/news/201110.JefricConsultingNewsletter.html

All newsletters can be found here.
http://www.jefric.com/news/news.htm

Technology is an essential tool for success. Your business can use technology as a strategic asset rather than treat it as an expense.

Jefric Consulting provides IT consulting services and custom technology solutions for Small Businesses. With over 30 years of business and technology experience, we are uniquely qualified to work with you and understand your company goals, develop and execute a strategy that delivers the results you want in a cost efficient manner. Solutions include Windows (Small Business) Server, Exchange E-mail, remote access, mobile computing, office collaboration and much more. Where appropriate, off-premise hosted solutions are available, reducing the need for onsite office computing equipment. We want you to get the most value from technology and work smarter, not harder, improve efficiency, and increase revenue and profit for your small business.

Jefric Consulting is a Microsoft Partner, a Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) and a Microsoft Small Business Specialist.

Web: http://www.jefric.com
Blog: http://blog.jefric.com
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jefricllc

]]> http://jefric.com/blog/2011/10/02/october-2011-small-business-technology-news-from-jefric-consulting/feed/ 1 Is Windows XP being sabotaged? http://jefric.com/blog/2011/09/11/is-windows-xp-being-sabotaged/ http://jefric.com/blog/2011/09/11/is-windows-xp-being-sabotaged/#comments Sun, 11 Sep 2011 23:59:35 +0000 AlanBuckwalter http://jefric.com/blog/?p=408 Microsoft is taking extraordinary steps to convince people to upgrade away from its most successfull operating system to date, to Windows 7. In my experience, Windows 7 is a fantastic upgrade and performs far better than Windows XP on the same hardware. The features and reliability improvements are truly worth the cost of admission. But how far is Microsoft willing to go to “convince” people to upgrade? Are they sabotaging XP?

I still have a few Windows XP machines, some dedicated to specific applications and others kept around to help with client compatibility testing. These machines have been working fine for years, but for some reason they seem to be slowing down. Aside from regular Microsoft critical and security upgdates, I haven’t made any changes to these machines. For some reason however, they seem to be slowing down. I originally thought that my shiny new Windows 7 machines were spoiling me so I started to time things and keep track. Over the past 6 months, I am seeing my Windows XP machines perform worse than before, again with no changes other than Microsoft updates.

So I ask the question again, Is Windows XP being sabotaged?
What do you think?

]]> http://jefric.com/blog/2011/09/11/is-windows-xp-being-sabotaged/feed/ 1 September 2011 Small Business Technology News from Jefric Consulting http://jefric.com/blog/2011/09/04/september-2011-small-business-technology-news-from-jefric-consulting/ http://jefric.com/blog/2011/09/04/september-2011-small-business-technology-news-from-jefric-consulting/#comments Sun, 04 Sep 2011 19:06:56 +0000 AlanBuckwalter http://jefric.com/blog/?p=406 September 2011 – Keeping up with key business / technology issues in the news is difficult. Let Jefric Consulting help you.

Click here to view the April edition of our monthly Small Business Technology Newsletter.
http://www.jefric.com/news/201109.JefricConsultingNewsletter.html

All newsletters can be found here.
http://www.jefric.com/news/news.htm

Technology is an essential tool for success. Your business can use technology as a strategic asset rather than treat it as an expense.

Jefric Consulting provides IT consulting services and custom technology solutions for Small Businesses. With over 30 years of business and technology experience, we are uniquely qualified to work with you and understand your company goals, develop and execute a strategy that delivers the results you want in a cost efficient manner. Solutions include Windows (Small Business) Server, Exchange E-mail, remote access, mobile computing, office collaboration and much more. Where appropriate, off-premise hosted solutions are available, reducing the need for onsite office computing equipment. We want you to get the most value from technology and work smarter, not harder, improve efficiency, and increase revenue and profit for your small business.

Jefric Consulting is a Microsoft Partner, a Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) and a Microsoft Small Business Specialist.

Web: http://www.jefric.com
Blog: http://blog.jefric.com
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jefricllc

]]> http://jefric.com/blog/2011/09/04/september-2011-small-business-technology-news-from-jefric-consulting/feed/ 0 August 2011 Small Business Technology News from Jefric Consulting http://jefric.com/blog/2011/08/01/august-2011-small-business-technology-news-from-jefric-consulting/ http://jefric.com/blog/2011/08/01/august-2011-small-business-technology-news-from-jefric-consulting/#comments Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:34:43 +0000 AlanBuckwalter http://jefric.com/blog/?p=403 August 2011 – Keeping up with key business / technology issues in the news is difficult. Let Jefric Consulting help you.

Click here to view the April edition of our monthly Small Business Technology Newsletter.
http://www.jefric.com/news/201108.JefricConsultingNewsletter.html

All newsletters can be found here.
http://www.jefric.com/news/news.htm

Technology is an essential tool for success. Your business can use technology as a strategic asset rather than treat it as an expense.

Jefric Consulting provides IT consulting services and custom technology solutions for Small Businesses. With over 30 years of business and technology experience, we are uniquely qualified to work with you and understand your company goals, develop and execute a strategy that delivers the results you want in a cost efficient manner. Solutions include Windows (Small Business) Server, Exchange E-mail, remote access, mobile computing, office collaboration and much more. Where appropriate, off-premise hosted solutions are available, reducing the need for onsite office computing equipment. We want you to get the most value from technology and work smarter, not harder, improve efficiency, and increase revenue and profit for your small business.

Jefric Consulting is a Microsoft Partner, a Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) and a Microsoft Small Business Specialist.

Web: http://www.jefric.com
Blog: http://blog.jefric.com
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jefricllc

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