by progadmin | Apr 24, 2009 | Cabling, Definitions
Trends The trend is towards higher speeds, of course. Offices have faster computers, faster Internet and more demanding applications. But does this translate into a need for Cat6 cable? Category 5e and Cat6 Cable Cat 5e cable is an enhanced version of Cat 5 that adds...
by progadmin | Apr 20, 2009 | Opinion, Solutions
If you are looking to just share the Internet or maybe grab an occasional document or spreadsheet, maybe it is fine. But if you are sharing a database like Quickbooks or a contact management database, I believe you are putting your company at risk of data corruption. ...
by progadmin | Apr 2, 2009 | Solutions
I had a sales call today and the potential client has a 5 workstation network. They have no dedicated server and their data is on all of the workstations in the My Documents directory. I was really shocked. They also had an external hard drive that was serving as a...
by progadmin | Apr 1, 2009 | Solutions
I have been in the IT Support business since 1986 and I have seen a lot of changes. In the late 1980s I saw Artisoft LANtastic create millions of workstations in a peer-to-peer topology that enable very small businesses to create a shared network without having the...
by progadmin | Mar 31, 2009 | Microsoft, Opinion
I have been in IT Support since 1986. I got my first PC/XT back then and it was a very exciting time. But the last 10 years have been horrible. The industry used to be so exciting. We had to replace our computers about every 18 months because the software kept getting...
