Viruses are becoming not only increasingly sophisticated but increasingly destructive. It used to be that if you were infected with a virus or malware, you were at risk of having your files copied and perhaps accounts compromised. With the advent of ransomware, hackers...
Hosted PBX Systems Can Be Money Savers! In business there are two ways to increase profit – increase revenue or decrease costs. At Colden Company, we are committed to both ends of the spectrum for our customers as evidenced by our January announcement of lower...
Out with the old and in with the new! That is the mantra of many software vendors who want to support a limited number of versions of their software- including Microsoft. Microsoft recently announced end of support for a few of its products....
It is hard to believe that the year 2016 is here. We wish every one of our customers a very healthy and prosperous New Year. As time progresses forward, it is time to take stock of our technology as well. 2015 brought us many...
As technology changes and the security threats change, it is important to keep your information technology policies up to date. Many small businesses do not even have documented policies in place. These policies should ideally be part of a company handbook and reviewed and...
As the holidays near there is invariable a focus on online shopping and how buyers can best protect themselves. In this months’ blog posting, we will be focusing on the ecommerce business and how they can best be prepared for the holiday online shopping season. Make...
Microsoft announced that Office 2016 is available as of September 2015. If you are an Office 365 user, your software will update automatically over a period of time as Microsoft rolls out the software to its user base. This is one of the major benefits...
Over the past few months, Colden Company has held a couple of mobility seminars to help businesses avoid the mistakes that many businesses make when deploying mobile technology. In this blog posting, we will be highlighting our Ten Commandments for developing a successful mobility...
Computers can be frustrating. Anyone who has experienced a problem with their PC or tablet at a critical time can relate to that statement. In this month’s blog posting we are going to provide some tools to help alleviate some of that frustration. Of course we...
Microsoft will no longer be supporting or patching Windows Server 2003 after July 14, 2015. If you are a current Colden Company customer and are reading this, you are no doubt aware and have already migrated to a supported platform. If you are not a...