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Submitted by CMIT Solutions on Tuesday, May 18, 2010
No matter what field you’re in – whether you’re an accounting firm of two or a dentist’s office of 20 – chances are the one truly indispensable piece of business technology you use every day is your email. In fact, it’s so indispensible that you probably don’t even think about it … until it doesn’t...
Submitted by CMIT Solutions on Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Many small businesses have huge problems when it comes to managing processes and sharing information. With every worker wearing multiple hats, it’s often difficult to keep track of who’s in charge of what, to say nothing of where all the information on a particular project is stored. So what do...
Submitted by CMIT Solutions on Tuesday, May 04, 2010
Even if you’re not familiar with all of the new developments in the social networking arena, chances are you’ve used LinkedIn to connect with people professionally. What you may not know is that LinkedIn lets you do a lot more than just connect yourself to friends and coworkers. Its Groups feature...
Submitted by CMIT Solutions on Tuesday, May 04, 2010
Outlook is one of the most frequently used programs in the entire Microsoft Office Suite – and yet, sadly, it’s one of the least understood. It’s supposed to help you by keeping your email, calendar, contacts, and tasks in a single integrated program. But many users find it a burden because they...
Submitted by CMIT Solutions on Tuesday, April 13, 2010
A colleague recently wrote on her blog about her own father’s experience getting hacked on Facebook – and it serves as yet another useful reminder of why and how we can take measures to keep our online identities secure.
It appears in this situation that the hacker found his victim’s profile on...
Submitted by CMIT Solutions on Tuesday, April 06, 2010
When Twitter first came out, a lot of skeptics wondered how a microblogging service could possibly be of any use to small business. After all, a whole lot of people used Twitter to talk about incredibly dull and personal topics like where they ate for lunch, or what movies were coming up in their...
Submitted by CMIT Solutions on Tuesday, March 30, 2010
By now you’ve heard from countless experts that the best way to protect yourself online is to have hard-to-crack passwords for all your logins. “Don’t use any words that occur in the dictionary,” they say, “and don’t use easy-to-find information like your pet’s name or the street you live on. And...
Submitted by CMIT Solutions on Tuesday, March 23, 2010
It’s tax-filing season, and as surely as the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, scammers will be crawling out of the woodwork trying to take advantage of this opportunity to steal sensitive business data. Here’s how to make sure your small business doesn’t have identity thieves and con...
Submitted by CMIT Solutions on Tuesday, March 16, 2010
This St. Patrick’s Day, while you’re busy celebrating "the luck of the Irish", remember – luck is a beautiful thing, but it’s no substitute for common sense and precaution when it comes to your computers.
In the world of IT, luck is not a strategy! And yet, how many of us still don’t listen to...
Submitted by CMIT Solutions on Tuesday, March 09, 2010
There’s an easy way to find out anytime somebody writes about you or your business on the Web. Just set up a Google Alert and you’ll be emailed whenever your name turns up. And while you’re at it, you should set up a Google Alert for keywords such as your competitors’ names, trends you’re...
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