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We have all heard the statistics and stories throughout the business community. Companies who experience a significant data loss struggle to resume business operations after the loss and in some situations they even go out of business. Businesses across Baltimore/Washington region are constantly reminded that disasters can strike at any time. Business owners often believe…

BYOD or BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE is one of the latest concerns facing Baltimore business owners as more employees want to bring their own smartphones, tablet computers and other computing devices into the corporate environment. BYOD offers Baltimore business owners a cost alternative solution versus traditional practices of supplying cell phones, iPhones, BlackBerry devices and…

Mandiant is putting a big target right on China, according to industry reports. Mandiant is a computer-security firm who identified a twelve-story white office building in Shanghai on Datong Lu (“Great Harmony Road’). Camouflaged amongst restaurants, shops and massage parlors, the location has been zeroed-out as the headquarters of the People’s Liberation Army Unit 61398….

An important deadline is still over a year away for those holding on to Windows XP, however Microsoft has issued a warning to Windows 7 users throughout Baltimore. Upgrade to Windows 7 Service Pack 1 or say goodbye to your support. On April 9 Microsoft will cease supporting the original release of Windows 7. According…

Integris works with business throughout the Baltimore region ensuring all their IT systems are running efficiently, maximizing business productivity and lowering the overall costs of business technology support. One of…

Google continues to be the dominant search engine online leaving BING and others at the back of the pack. Every business wants to be at the top of the search engine rankings for the keywords their clients and prospects use to find services, however there is only one top spot with everyone gunning for it….

The world is shifting at a rapid pace and how industry uses software is evolving. Just a few years ago, we used to pay for a software product or license and we were good to go. But that is all changing. Microsoft announced recently their Office 365 Home Premium service which is one of these…

Entrepreneurs can’t wait for the day they get their first prototype back from some overseas designer in China. A rite of passage for many however, the days of getting your prototype cheaply made in China is coming to an end with 3-D printers hitting the market for small businesses and entrepreneurs. 3-D printers allow for…

US Homeland Security is issuing another IT security warning for business and home computer users on January 29, 2013 urging computer users to disable a common networking technology feature. Researchers have warned Homeland Security that hackers have the potential to exploit flaws in tens of millions of devices. The US Government’s Computer Emergency Readiness Team…

The business community is dotted with many outsourced IT support companies. Many of these choices offer services your business can immediately use to help solve your latest technical challenge. But is technology acumen enough when outsourcing your IT support? For many smaller businesses across the region they can get away with having a “computer guy”…