Catastrophe Averted: Things Found During Network Assessments

Disaster Preparedness , IT Management , Security No Comments »

In my time at PCS and with the help of our illustrious systems engineers, I’ve participated in hundreds of network health assessments. Today, I’ll take a look back and share some of the common and some of the bizarre findings these assessments have revealed over the years.

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Crash Course on Document Management Systems

Business Productivity , Document Management , IT Planning , IT Training , Organizational Behavior 2 Comments »

This month we’ll take a look at why document management systems (DocMgmt) are often dismissed as irrelevant by small businesses and what value those DocMgmt systems actually pose.

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Voice, The Mouse of the 21st Century?

Home Technology , Voice Recognition 2 Comments »

Perhaps the magnificence of Steve Jobs’ vision for the mouse (as well as the irony of Star Trek’s Scotty accidentally using the mouse as a microphone) is that Jobs knew how to meld the new interface with the existing.  The mouse did not replace the keyboard (and the countless hours users had trained on it). 

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When Disaster Strikes - The Big Bad Wolf

Business Continuity , Disaster Preparedness , IT Management , IT Planning No Comments »

Last night our office building was blown down by a Big Bad Wolf.  Our servers and computers are destroyed.  Having lost our access to our basic systems like our phones, Office files, Internet, email, and order processing:

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Don’t Get Disintermediated – Television’s Last Stand

Home Technology , Media 3 Comments »

How Does It Feel To Get Disintermediated?
Bad. Just ask anyone in the newspaper industry trying to cover “all the news fit to print” without sufficient reporters to do so. At one point, classified advertisements were a venerable gold mine for newspapers. A report by theladders.com shows ad revenue from help wanted classifieds dropping 92% in last 10 years, hitting $723 million last year, down from $8.7 billion in 2000.

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