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Cloud Security: the Good, Bad and Ugly

“While vendors work to address enterprise concerns about cloud computing security, experts warn there’s no easy fix. Meanwhile, cloud service outages and criminals operating in the cloud threaten enterprise acceptance of the utility computing model.”

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Do you trust the cloud? What do you think? Share you experiences here.

Alan Buckwalter
IT Consultant
Jefric Consulting, LLC
http://www.jefric.com

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Cloud Computing: Early Adopters Share Five Key Lessons

“While some large enterprises have moved their information-technology infrastructure to a third-party managed service to save costs, small firms–especially startups–have come to rely on cloud services to cut initial outlays and help them focus on the core services and products. ”

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Are you using Cloud Services? SaaS? Thinking about it? Planning for it?

Share your experience here.

Alan Buckwalter
alan@jefric.com
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Buy Office 2007 today, get Office 2010 free

Purchase, install, and activate a qualifying Office 2007 product between March 5, 2010, and September 30, 2010, and you’ll be eligible to download Office 2010 at no additional cost.

Receive an e-mail reminder when Office 2010 is available for download.

For more information click here.

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Frustrations with Cloud Computing Mount

Cloud computing offers a many benefits to businesses, both technical and financial. But is it living up to the expectations of its users?

“Cloud computing is seeing a shift in focus among its users from what it offers to what it lacks. What it offers is clear, such as the ability to rapidly scale and provision, but what it is missing seems to be growing by the day.”

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What do you think? Share your thoughts and comments.

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April Small Business Technology News from Jefric Consulting

April 2010 – Keeping up with key business / technology issues in the news is difficult. Let Jefric Consulting help you.

Click here to view the April edition of our monthly Small Business Technology Newsletter.

All newsletters can be found here.

Jefric Consulting provides IT consulting services and custom technology solutions for Small Businesses. With over 30 years of business and technology experience, we are uniquely qualified to work with you and understand your company goals, develop and execute a strategy that delivers the results you want in a cost efficient manner. Solutions include Windows (Small Business) Server, Exchange E-mail, remote access, mobile computing, office collaboration and much more. Where appropriate, off-premise hosted solutions are available, reducing the need for onsite office computing equipment. We want you to get the most value from technology and work smarter, not harder, improve efficiency, and increase revenue and profit for your small business.

Jefric Consulting is a Microsoft Partner, a Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) and a Microsoft Small Business Specialist.

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The ABC’s of Malware

Malware (or MALicious softWARE) is defined as “software designed to infiltrate a computer system without the owner’s informed consent”. If you are looking to protect your computer system(s) from the various threats that can present themselves, you may want to first have a better understanding of what you are dealing with.

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The ABC’s of Malware

Malware (or MALicious softWARE) is defined as “software designed to infiltrate a computer system without the owner’s informed consent”. If you are looking to protect your computer system(s) from the various threats that can present themselves, you may want to first have a better understanding of what you are dealing with.

Read more here.

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Free Software – Really!

Do you believe in getting things for Free? Not always, but every once in a while you can find something that really will surprise you. Check out these FREE tools for your computer:

The 10 All-Time Greatest Free Downloads and Services

15 Free Security and Backup Utilities

If you know of others, please share them here.

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March Small Business Technology News from Jefric Consulting

Click here to view the March edition of our monthly Small Business Technology Newsletter.

All newsletters can be found here.

Jefric Consulting provides IT consulting services and custom technology solutions for Small Businesses. With over 30 years of business and technology experience, we are uniquely qualified to work with you and understand your company goals, develop and execute a strategy that delivers the results you want in a cost efficient manner. Solutions include Windows (Small Business) Server, Exchange E-mail, remote access, mobile computing, office collaboration and much more. Where appropriate, off-premise hosted solutions are available, reducing the need for onsite office computing equipment. We want you to get the most value from technology and work smarter, not harder, improve efficiency, and increase revenue and profit for your small business.

Jefric Consulting is a Microsoft Partner, a Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) and a Microsoft Small Business Specialist.

Web: http://www.jefric.com
Blog: http://blog.jefric.com
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Are You Still Using Windows XP with SP2 or Windows Vista?

Support for Windows XP with SP2 and Windows Vista Ends July 13, 2010

Microsoft support for the Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2) and Windows Vista (RTM version) operating systems will end July 13, 2010. You may want to start thinking about trying and using Windows 7. Don’t get caught running an unsupported operating system.

If you would like to learn more about these upcoming timetables, send me an e-mail and I will forward you a copy of the PDF: “Windows XP SP2 & Windows Vista RTM End of Support Information”

alan@jefric.com

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