Keep up with your digital life: the sharing of photos, music and video has become part of our daily routine; Facebook, Twitter and iTunes are now household names. But managing all of your digital media across multiple home PCs, laptops and portable electronic devices can be cumbersome. Enter the Home Server.
With a Home Server you can manage all of your media while making sure that it’s backed up securely. It acts as a centralized point from which you can share music and playlists with a single shared library. Stream your photos, videos and even DVD files to iPhones and other devices. The best part is, you can access all of this no matter where you are! Got a craving to listen to Wham while you’re reviewing invoices at the office? Just connect to your Home Server and stream it to your office PC. Want to show a friend some pictures of your new boat? Log into your Home Server and access your photo galleries.
If you want data redundancy, feature rich capability, and unlimited accessibility then it might be time to consider a Home Server.
-Patrick Gauthier
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Blackberries aren’t really new, but many people still don’t use them to their full potential. Please see a list of helpful tips for using your blackberry to its fullest!
- You can use the Blackberry as a low level flashlight! It’s got light!
- The Escape button is useful for exiting any screen, or to stop any Web page from loading.
- Close vs Escape – If you are running a browser or playing a game in your BlackBerry and press the “End Call” key, the application does not get closed but is merely hidden from your view. Too many open applications will soon slow down your BlackBerry so make it a habit to close, not escape.
- See What’s Running – To see a list of all open applications in your Blackberry, press the ALT key followed by Escape. It’s pretty much like doing an Alt+Tab in Windows to help you navigate through open applications or switch from one application to another.
- 1When typing in an email address, press the space key to insert the @ or . in an address.
- Press and hold any letter in order to capitalize it. Often it’s faster to do this than to set a mode or press another key first. To turn on CAP-Lock, press Alt + Right Shift (CAP).Shortcuts for Messages: T to go to the top of the list, B to the bottom, P to the previous day, SPACE to move a page at a time (hold SHIFT to move up a page), C to compose a message.
- Use the Symbol (Sym) and Currency ($) keys to enter special characters not visible on the keyboard. Scroll to the symbol or press the letter associated with the symbol.
- When making a phone call, start typing the person’s name. Names that fit your search from your contacts will begin to appear. Scroll to the name and number to dial.
- Dial a phone number with letters (such as 1-800-GOFEDEX) by pressing Alt and typing each letter with the QWERTY keyboard.
I hope you found these tips helpful. Stay tuned for more!
-Steve Makuch
blackberry, IT, Tips & Tricks
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Do you often find yourself wondering where on earth that report or spreadsheet went? You are not alone. One of the biggest issues that growing businesses face today is the ability to effectively distribute information to the people within the organization that need it. Even when you do find that report you were looking for, how do you disseminate it and receive feedback on it, quickly and efficiently?
While the pursuit of process perfection is a relentless one, Microsoft’s latest SharePoint Server helps make this pursuit a little easier. With the latest SharePoint 3.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007, countless businesses are embracing SharePoint technology and all that it has to offer. Every single day, people are discovering SharePoint’s ability to centralize data and forms, automate workflows/approval processes, provide a knowledge base, and much, much more. And because it is a Microsoft product, it integrates easily with other platforms such as Exchange and Dynamics.
For more information about MOSS, check out Microsoft’s own case studies from companies as successful as Starbucks and Electronic Arts, or contact your IT solutions provider today for more information on how MOSS can improve your business today!
document collaboration, IT, sharepoint
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Welcome to the first installment of Security Simplified, our monthly security article. In this column we’ll explore current security threats, review security best practices, and cover ways for you to ensure that your business stays secure. I’ll be your guide for this trip into the seedy underbelly of the internet.
First, here’s a little bit about me: I’ve been working in the IT industry in one form or another since for nearly fifteen years, and I hold numerous certifications relating to information security. I’m the Senior Network Engineer here at Blue/Edge, and as such I’m responsible for keeping our clients’ networks secure against both external and internal threats. This isn’t as hard as one might think, and mainly just requires some common sense, and a healthy dose of paranoia. The biggest problem with network security is the trade off against usability.
In other words, the more secure something is, often comes at the price of its ease of use. It’s the goal of this column to provide you with help in traversing that fine line, and developing both policies and procedures that keep your network safe, while not inspiring your employees to riot.
-Matt Gibson GPEN, GAWN, GCIH, GSEC-Gold, FCSE
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