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...
“If you are running your business the same way you were a few years ago, you are not staying the same, you are falling behind.” The above is a saying we often repeat here at Colden Company. Rest assured your competition is not...
If you accept credit cards at your place of business, you need to be aware of coming changes. The United States is catching up with the rest of the world with what is called chip and pin or EMV technology. EMV is a joint collaboration...
Did you know that March 31 is World Backup Day? It is designed to bring awareness to the importance of backups, especially in today’s world. It is important that your backup processes keep up with the changing times. Click here for...
In last month’s blog post, we covered the end of mainstream support for Windows 7 and the very interesting news surrounding Windows 10 - in particular that the update to Windows 10 will be free for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users for the first...
Microsoft has been in the news quite a bit over the past month, with stories about Windows old and new capturing the attention of consumers and businesses worldwide. The first big news story concerned support for Windows 7. On January 13, 2015, Microsoft's mainstream support for...
It seems like a weekly occurrence to hear about another major retailer being compromised by hackers. Home Depot, Target, P.F. Chang’s and most recently Staples - among many other retailers - have acknowledged consumers’ information has been accessed putting credit card information at risk. At...
Different vertical markets often have differing IT needs. Let’s take the case of a vertical that we at Colden Company work with very frequently - the construction vertical. There are unique challenges that this industry has that other industries do not face. For example, it is...
Watch as Colden Company President, Jim Lapointe, talks about what to look out for when discussing "All You Can Eat" IT service contracts and why Colden Company delivers more bang for your buck! Tweet !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if...
Since the iPad was first introduced in 2010, we’ve witnessed explosive growth in the market for the first truly new piece of personal technology since the PC: the tablet computer. The industry has even coined the term “Post-PC Era” to note the decline in sales...