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Are your PCs older or newer than everyone else’s ?

IT Support

For the past 15 years, we’ve all been forced to continuously upgrade our  PCs and laptops, as applications have grown, and been ever hungrier for more power and memory.
But at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2010 in Washington, D.C. on Monday, a senior staffer said that the average age of PCs is now older than at [...]

So should you buy an iPad ?

IT Support

As anyone with an iPhone will tell you, Apple’s products are so well designed they’re a joy to use. The engineering is sleek, and the user interface almost redefines the meaning of the word intuitive. The same goes for iPods, MACs and Powerbooks.
Yet Apple lost the IT war: almost everyone uses Microsoft and PCs for [...]

Fotec’s top tips for keeping your Email running smoothly

IT Support

12% of calls we receive at Fotec involve email, and even though we’re very good at sorting them out, here are the 5 simple users can do for themselves to prevent the problems….
Start with The Big One: Archive your Mail:
Many people have huge Outlook mailboxes: 2GB is common, and this slows down everything. To speed up [...]

So how long should you keep PCs and laptops ?

IT Support

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 [...]

Q: Is it worth upgrading to Windows 7?

IT Support

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 [...]

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 [...]

White Paper: 10 Habits of Superstitious Computer Users

IT Support

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.  [...]

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 [...]

Fotec White Paper: Can you ever guarantee IT Security ?

IT Support

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. [...]

Windows 7 “significantly better than Vista”

IT Support

Research from Deustche Bank has found that of the estimated 1.2bn PC users worldwide, only 20% use Vista, with the remaining 80% using XP or older operating systems. Even when buying new machines, users rejected Vista in favour of XP, which was first introduced in 2001. The Bank stated that they expect Windows 7 to [...]