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Submitted by Sara Smith on Monday, October 04, 2010
Do you ever feel like your computers are running you, instead of the other way around? This entrant into our IT horror story contest sure does...
We have the weirdest system. It does seem to have a life of its own.
The fire alarm went off at 4 o'clock one morning because one of the back up servers...
Submitted by CMIT Solutions on Thursday, September 30, 2010
Are your computer systems so out-of-date, slow, and just plain ugly that trying to fix them is as futile as putting lipstick on Frankenstein’s monster?
ENTER CMIT’S MAKEOVER CONTEST
If you’re in the market for a serious technology makeover, you’re in luck! From now until November 12, CMIT Solutions...
Submitted by Sara Smith on Thursday, September 30, 2010
Few states in the nation have suffered more or longer during the recession than Rhode Island. Unemployment reached double digits by January 2009 and has remained dismal ever since. But through a brutal business downturn, CMIT Solutions of Central Rhode Island has survived and even thrived.
“We’ve...
Submitted by CMIT Solutions on Thursday, September 23, 2010
Let’s face it. Computer purchases can be time-consuming, daunting, and above all expensive – so it’s no surprise that we often put them off until we’re totally desperate. Well, it doesn’t have to be this way! Here are a few steps you can take to demystify the computer purchasing process.
1. ...
Submitted by Sara Smith on Thursday, September 23, 2010
If you run a small business, you might not want to spend a lot of money on a dedicated public relations agency. At the same time, local PR can be an effective way to increase brand awareness in your community and potentially generate sales leads down the line. So how can you be your own PR agency?...
Submitted by Sara Smith on Thursday, September 16, 2010
Chances are that when you decided to run your own business, it wasn’t because you loved hanging around a hotel conference room holding a glass of warm Chardonnay and trying to keep a HELLO MY NAME IS sticker from falling off your shirt. But networking plays a crucial role in building your business...
Submitted by Sara Smith on Thursday, September 09, 2010
Google's a lot more than a search engine, and its numerous free tools can help you raise the online profile of your business without spending money. Here's a list of the four must-have Google tools that every small business owner should be using:
1. Google Alerts: Monitor your company's online...
Submitted by CMIT Solutions on Wednesday, September 08, 2010
The cloud computing wars heated up at the beginning of the summer when Microsoft announced that Office 2010 would come with free Internet-based versions of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. You don’t have to purchase the Office 2010 suite in order to use them. But unlike Google Apps, which are also free...
Submitted by CMIT Solutions on Wednesday, September 08, 2010
When you’re running a business and have multiple competing (and urgent) priorities, you might not even think about how much money you’re wasting on insignificant computer problems. We’re not talking about major server crashes or seeing your whole office go down in flames – we’re talking about...
Submitted by CMIT Solutions on Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Who wants to wade through a swamp of emails to find the stuff that’s really important to you? Instead of manually sorting all your email into folders, you can use rules in Outlook to do that sorting for you. Rules are triggered by an action – either the arrival of an incoming email or the sending...
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