Why You Need To Replace Your 3+ Year Old Firewall

27 Jan
Your IT support provider should insist on good quality, modern firewall to give your business the best protection from intruders.

In all likelihood your business has at least one firewall (and if you don’t, you’re asking for all sorts of trouble if you haven’t experienced it already).  You know a firewall is one of those “must have’s” for a secure network, but do really know why it’s so important to your business? A firewall is the device that bridges the connection from your internal network to the outside world.  Anything you do that connects to the outside world (e-mail, accessing internet directly or indirectly) goes through this firewall before your data reaches its … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Internet, Security, TAG Blog

How To Keep Your Laptop Secure When Using Wi-Fi

28 Oct
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You can’t beat the convenience of checking e-mail and hopping on the Internet at (Wi-Fi) hotspots found in airports, coffee shops, bookstores, and even in some major parks. For the uninitiated, Wi-Fi hotspots are areas where you can use your wireless laptop to surf the Web and check e-mail.  But the question you have to ask yourself or your IT support provider is, just how safe is it to connect? With the proliferation of hackers, viruses and identity theft at an all time high, you are smart to be concerned. Wi-Fi spots are very attractive to hackers because they can … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Internet, Laptops, Security, TAG Blog

If The Internet Acts Up on June 8 Here’s Why…

6 Jun

In case you hadn’t heard, the internet is running out of addresses quickly.  If you use the internet (of course you do), then you should care about this.     Just what is an internet address exactly?  In the interest of shameless self-promotion, let’s use my company’s url as an example:  www.TechnicalActionGroup.com. When you type that url (address) into your web browser, your computer uses a service on the internet to convert my url into a 9 digit number, for example 123.456.789.  This number is used by your computer to find the physical location … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Internet, TAG Blog

How To Prevent Your Employees From Wasting Time Online

16 Dec
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Do you have any idea how many hours your employees spend online cruising social networks and Craig’s List, looking for vacation deals, Googling old flames, looking at employment sites or (even worse) ogling porn or gambling? A survey by America Online and Salary.com concluded that American employers spend nearly $760 billion a year paying employees to goof off on the Web. You can figure Canadians are wast about 20 – 25% of that amount as we are the most internet-savvy nation in the world. And with the ever-increasing popularity of YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Employee Productivity, Internet, Money Saving Tips, TAG Blog
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