Demand Fair Cell Phone Pricing Policies

Demand Fair Cell Phone Pricing Policies

This happened to me. I had an employee and he had a cell phone. Even though I warned him that he had limited minutes, he abused the privilege and he started using the phone for HOURS every day. He racked up a huge cell phone bill that topped out at over $900 for one...
What to do with an old computer

What to do with an old computer

Here at Progressive Office, we often are asked “What should I do with my old computer?” Your computer is dead. Or maybe it is just not good enough anymore. Well, first, what does “dead” mean. Dead means it won’t turn on or it won’t...
Wireless Network is Bad for Business

Wireless Network is Bad for Business

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. ...
Data not centralized on a server

Data not centralized on a server

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...
IT Support is like Hiring a Babysitter

IT Support is like Hiring a Babysitter

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...