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Alan’s Cloud Tip of the Month – June 2013   no comments

 

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Why move to the cloud? Here is June’s cloud tip.

Let us do the work…

When we say that by putting everything on the cloud can reduce your worry of keeping a track of hardware and software devices, we probably want to make your existing physical world into a virtual one. With managed cloud services you don’t have to bother about what’s going on in your in-house IT premises. Let your cloud manager do the burdensome work and help you get rid of all the expensive hardware and software that cost you almost an arm or a leg.

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Make the Sale with TurnKey Commerce   no comments

Posted at Dec 14, 2010 @ 2:19pm News,TurnKey Marketing

E-commerce is a ubiquitous tool in the online marketplace, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy to find a platform that works well, let alone one that is easy to use and has good back-end support. If you think about it, your e-commerce platform is just as important as the rest of your website. It may even be more important!

Once a customer reaches your store, chances are good they’ve decided to make a purchase. Your website has done its job, and you are about to make a sale, but you’re not home free. If your store is confusing, unattractive or makes your customer feel unsafe, all your hard work may go right out the window. Consumers are used to a certain standard for online stores, and anything less won’t fly. Would you risk your credit card information in an online store you didn’t trust? I sure wouldn’t.

It’s clear that professional, clean, secure e-commerce solutions are critically important for online success—so which one do you choose? Surely there are many options out there, but you probably don’t want to just try one and hope for the best. Unless you have the luxury of lost clientele, you’ll likely want a solution you can stick with. You’ll likely want a solution you can set up easily, without a steep learning curve. I can’t help but suggest TurnKey Commerce.

TurnKey Commerce offers a free 14-day trial, so I signed up to try it so I could write an informed post for our customers. I’d never seen the interface before and was interested to see how long it would take to start actually doing business. I can honestly say the process was fast, easy and fun—that’s right: setting up an online store was fun. The thing I enjoyed the most was playing with the templates, and configuring my store items. Even though I work for a company that specializes in easy online solutions, this particular solution seemed too good to be true and it was a shock that I was actually able to create a functioning, professional-looking store so quickly.

Really though, whether you choose TurnKey Commerce or another e-commerce solution, make sure you have back-end support, and that the solution works securely before you open it to the public. Your business depends on it. Learn more: http://turnkeycommerce.com

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Office Security: What You Might Not Realize About that Copier   no comments

Posted at Apr 29, 2010 @ 12:21pm News

Most office copiers these days contain hard drives that store data from every copy, print-out and scan you and your colleagues have ever made. The security risk is huge but many companies neglect to wipe their copier’s hard drives when they replace the equipment. Recently, a piece on CBS news exposed the dangers of this kind of security leak by searching through four used copiers purchased from a New Jersey warehouse. They mined the hard drives from the copiers with free software, available to anyone on the Internet.

What the investigators found was shocking. One of the copiers had belonged to the Buffalo, NY police department and it contained everything from a list of wanted sex offenders to detailed domestic violence complaints. A machine from the Buffalo police narcotics unit included information about targets in a major drug raid. Data culled from a construction company’s copier yielded the architectural floor-plan of a building near ground zero, and pay stubs with the names, addresses and social security numbers of employees. The fourth machine, from an insurance company, contained 300 complete medical records, including the results of blood tests, family medical histories, and cancer diagnoses.

As more and more of our sensitive data is digitized, we need to keep up with security protocols apace. Companies should be keeping careful track of every device where information is stored: computers, printers, copiers, voice mail and more. Every storage location is a potential security hazard and should be monitored, maintained and wiped clean before disposal.

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Written by admin on April 29th, 2010

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