How can you increase your productivity by more than 20% ?
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According to Microsoft, you can increase your productivity by between 20% and 50%….by using two monitors on your computer:
“On my desk I have three screens, synchronised to form a single desktop. I can drag items from one screen to the next. Once you have that large display area, you’ll never go back, because it has [...]
9August
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What % of business internet use is YouTube ?
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A whopping 10%, according to new report from The Network Box (http://www.network-box.com/), a global managed security company.
The survey, of 13 billion URLs used by businesses in Q1 2010, also showed that 7% of all Internet traffic is taken up by Facebook. Here are the top 5…:
…websites visited by businesses in Q1 2010:
Facebook – 6.8 per [...]
22April
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So who sold the most PCs in Q1 ?
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Both Gartner Group and IDC have published sales numbers for PCs for Q1 2010, and the growth is astonishing: IDC reckon shipments of PCs were up 24% and Gartner 27% against Q1 2009.
To see IDC’s figures, click here, or for Gartner’s click here.
In terms of names, HP are top of the market with an estimated [...]
16April
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So how long should you keep PCs and laptops ?
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Ten years ago business desktops and laptops became obsolete within 18-24 months, running out of power, memory and storage as desktop applications became ever more resource hungry. Accepted accounting wisdom is to keep them for 3 years: long enough to forget what they cost, and just about as long as the user was prepared to [...]
28January
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Should you support your employees’ own IT devices ?
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According to the latest research from Forrester Consulting, then no. Forrester found that 52% of companies currently refuse to support their users’ own phones or smartphones. But they believe that soon, you’ll have to: they say that by 2012, enterprise mobile workers will make up 73% of the workforce.
Their research shows that many companies are [...]
22January
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Q: Is it worth upgrading to Windows 7?
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A: Only under specific circumstances: as a general rule, no.
Reasons to upgrade to Windows 7:
If you implemented Vista and find it slow and unresponsive
If your laptop users would like 20-30% increased battery life (although if your battery is nearing end of life, you won’t see this benefit)
If quicker start up and shutdown times [...]
21December
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Top 10 Security Trends in 2010 ?
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Global security company Symantec recently published a White Paper predicting the top Security Trends to watch in 2010.
Some of the threats are very easy to understand, but other developments are simply impenetrable to ordinary people: Fast Flux Botnet, anybody ?
If you have a spare hour or three, go to http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/1234/messagelabs-intelligence-2010-predictions.pdf where you can download the [...]
29November
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White Paper: 10 Habits of Superstitious Computer Users
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We’re used to seeing superstitions among gamblers and athletes, who frequently engage in high-stakes performances with largely unpredictable outcomes. Superstitions also show up when people use computers — algorithmic devices designed to be completely predictable .
In this new White Paper, IT guru Jaime Henriquez defines the bizarre assumptions and superstitions some users have about technology. [...]
23November
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Fotec White Paper: Can you ever guarantee system recovery from back ups ?
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How sure can you be that your systems can be recovered from back up ? Can restoration ever be guaranteed ? The short answer is No, but there are many simple and inexpensive ways to ensure much greater certainty. In this new White Paper, Fotec discuss the 4 ways you can increase the certainty with [...]
9November
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Fotec White Paper: Can you ever guarantee IT Security ?
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How sure can you be that your security will never be compromised ? Can it ever be guaranteed ? The short answer is No, but there are many simple and inexpensive ways to ensure much greater security.
In this new White Paper, Fotec discuss the ways you can increase your level of IT Security. [...]