For our customers running IBM's AIX operating system, IBM has recently announced the end of support (end of life) date for AIX 5.3. It is April 30, 2012. This means that those running AIX 5.3 as an operating system will no longer be able to...
As recent events have reminded us, disasters can strike at any time. Earthquakes in Colorado and Virginia as well as the arrival of hurricane season and Hurricane Irene should provide plenty of motivation to review your organizations' disaster preparedness plans. Even if you already have...
Earlier this year, Microsoft released Small Business Server (SBS) 2011 to the market. There is more than one version of SBS to consider, should your organizations environment be ready for an upgrade. The most basic of the releases is Small Business Server 2011 Essentials. This release...
As we put away the barbeque after a long Memorial Day weekend and enter the summer season, our newsletter is also going to take a more laid back approach this month, mimicking life for most Americans. Most of us are still digesting burgers and hot...
Upgrade your PC infrastructure! The economy is improving and your tax refund is coming! The time has come to update your outdated PC infrastructure that has been neglected during the economic slowdown. Benefits of new PC hardware are: Increased system performance Reduction of downtime due to aging hardware Compatibility with...
In roughly the last decade, Bell Atlantic and GTE formed Verizon, SBC and Bell South formed Cingular, Sprint bought Nextel, AT&T bought Cingular, and Verizon bought Alltel and now AT&T has purchased T Mobile this past week for $39 billion. The link below talks about...
IBM is withdrawing AIX 5.3 from its product suite effective 4/29/11 Exhibit A: Program Number VRM Announced Available Marketing Withdrawn Service Discontinued 5765-E62 5.02.0 2004/07/13 2004/08/20 - 2009/04/30 5765-G03 5.03.0 2004/07/13 2004/08/20 2011/04/29 - What does this mean to you? IBM is not going to sell AIX 5.3 after April 29, 2011. IBM will be selling AIX 6 and the new AIX 7 operating systems...
Keeping up with new technology is a challenge for any business, particularly in knowing what technology is valuable for your business and what technology is detrimental. In some cases a certain technology can be both, containing both positive and negative qualities. Nowhere is the difficulty...
Microsoft announces Office 365, a new service that brings familiar applications, including Office desktop software and Office Web Apps, together with SharePoint, Exchange and Lync in the cloud, for the first time. In October 2010, Microsoft unveiled a new product offering called Office 365. While the...
Microsoft announced the arrival of its newest office product, called Lync 2010. Lync is considered a convergence of communication methods providing a combination Instant Messenger (IM) client, soft phone and video collaboration tool. The tool is designed to serve as a potential replacement for the...