This case should serve as an illustration that common sense is something very rarely found in some people. According to this article at SearchEngineLand.com, Lauren Rosenberg used Google Maps on her BlackBerry to get walking directions to another location in Park City, Utah. Part of the directions indicated that she should walk along Utah State […]
Google announced in a blog posting on June 2 that they would now allow users to setup a customized background image for Google.com. Microsoft Bing has had a photographic image background on their site since launch, but the image is selected daily by Microsoft, and users are unable to change the image that is displayed.
Google allows […]
Apple has done it again. They have created a product that has so much hype surrounding it that it sold out on the first day of availability. Today, Apple announced that the iPad had sold one million units in just 28 days from launch. Historically, tablet PCs have fared poorly in the marketplace, but Apple […]
This is the long-awaited third and final installment on the types of backup systems for small and medium businesses. I have run across many so-called experts in technology that think that tape backups are outdated and useless for the current business environment. In the remainder of this article, I will explore that option as well […]
At Austin Lane Managed IT Services, we frequently get calls from customers that have an issue occurring on their computers. We begin addressing the issue, and as a first step, restart the computer. After the computer completes it reboot, everything is working properly again. I will let you in on a secret to solve many […]
Windows 7 was released to the public on October 22, 2009, and since that time has received very few poor reviews. By all accounts, Windows 7 is the followup to Windows Vista that Microsoft had hoped for. While those that have stuck with Windows XP will eventually be forced to migrate to a new operating […]
This is the second part of the series of articles on the various backup options that a business has available. Like online backup strategies, continuous protection backup strategies are fairly new to the marketplace.
Continuous Protection Benefits
Ideal for backing-up remote systems. — Continuous protection schemes work by taking the approach that a source-code versioning system would […]
Many people don’t think using backup solutions are a priority for them. Using backup solutions is, in fact, a necessity for every computer user. Austin Lane IT Services can help your business implement a data protection strategy that will ensure that your valuable data is protected in the case of hardware failure or accidental loss.
Reasons […]
Google is most famous for their ubiquitous search engine, but that is not all that the search giant is capable of. Within the past month, Google Chrome, Google’s new web browser released version 3. As part of the ongoing development effort for Google Chrome, there has been a website launched that shows what eager web […]
Today, we begin a series of articles that examine the various backup options that network support vendors recommend to clients. The first backup option that will be reviewed is the newcomer, Online Backups. The online, remote backups are the current fad in backup and disaster recovery planning. As a result, it is the first backup […]