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Livermore Valley (California) designated iHub

Livermore Valley has won designation as one of first 6 Innovation Hubs by the California Business Transportation and Housing Agency. The iHub program is designed to spur economic recovery and growth by showcasing and supporting California's most promising hubs of innovation. Over the next few weeks local representatives will be meeting with the state to determine an action plan. This will benefit existing businesses and agencies as well as encourage new investment in the Tri-Valley area which wi...

Managed Solutions selects Connectwise Professional Services Automation PSA

Today Managed Solutions entered into a 3 year agreement with Connectwise to provide us with Professional Service Automation (PSA) software. ConnectWise PSA combines help desk, dispatching, service level management, project management and CRM into a single, web based application, with integrated time-tracking, billing and reporting. Designed based on 27 years of experience as an IT solution provider and used by over 36,000 IT professionals, ConnectWise enables IT services companies to streaml...

ADP Warns of Phishing Emails to Payroll Clients

We were made aware of an issue that ADP is reporting with some of their Payroll customers. Here is the text of the warning message they are sending their clients: "ADP is receiving reports of a phishing email scam targeting ADP EasyPayNet clients who perform their payroll via the Internet.  Phishing email scams are designed to mimic legitimate websites and are intended to compromise your login credentials.  The email is fraudulent and did not come from ADP.  Please immediately delete the emai...

5 Article Priorities for 2010 Podcast

I recorded a podcast this morning via Cinchcast.com regarding the 5 articles I have planned to write for this website. This will provide a sneak peak into the planning stages that I've gone through and why I believe those subjects are important for 2010.

Windows 7 is Ready for Business

It has been a long time since we’ve recommended an initial release of a Microsoft Operating system for business use but we’ve reached that plateau again with Windows 7. We are encouraging our clients to implement Windows 7 when replacing existing systems. There are of course always exceptions to this recommendation, the most important being resource intensive older software applications such as design and cad software. They need to be evaluated for compatibility prior to making the shift. Your b...

Office 2010 Beta is Public

Microsoft made a couple of big announcements today, first that the 2010 Beta is available and anyone can participate. The second big announcement was the Social Media Connector included in Office 2010. If you're interested in learning more check out this article on Microsoft's MSDN blog. If you'd like to skip the article and jump to the goods go download the beta from Microsoft's 2010 site.

Intel to Pay AMD $1.25 Billion Dollar Settlement

Rivals AMD and Intel have agreed today to end all antitrust and patent suits. Intel will pay AMD $1.25 billion dollars in the settlement, stemming from the 2005 suit that AMD filed citing Intel used its dominant position to unfairly compete. Intel and AMD have had ongoing legal battles dating back to the 1980’s.

Firefox and Safari More Vulnerable than Internet Explorer Q1-Q2 2009

According to an Internetnews.com article this morning a study released today by security vendor Cenzic Firefox accounts for 44% of all browser vulnerabilities for January through June 2009. Safari (Apple) is second at 35% and Internet Explorer (Microsoft) is third at 15%. If you follow the space this will not come as a surprise. My advice would not be to recommend changing back to Internet Explorer if you use Firefox or Safari and like it. The advice would be to minimize the add-ons you use and ...