You need a data disaster recovery plan. We all do. How about a way to recover a previous version of a file when you screw up the current version? What happens to your irreplaceable data if the office is flooded or lost in a fire? Of course, disaster isn’t the only concern about file management. You also may need a way to share files with with others, and, increasingly, we have […]
We Did It! We Switched to Macs!
We did it. We switched from Windows to Mac. In case you missed my previous story, here was the thinking: We needed new computers. We had three laptops on a business lease that was expiring. The laptops had significant hardware problems and we were glad to get rid of them. We had three tower computers, one of them a server. One had died after being repaired earlier in the year. […]
Windows 8 is coming. Will Apple take a bite out of Microsoft?
Windows 8 will be released at the end of this month (October 2012) and that is causing me fits. Why? We need new computers and buying hardware can’t be separated from getting a new operating system or from the choice of software that will run on it. We’re pressed to decide soon, because lighting candles may be all that keeps our current infrastructure running. Realistically, the shelf life of business computers […]
What’s your number?
Google Voice The phone number I now give out to anyone connected to my role at On the verge is my Google Voice phone number. It’s a phone number you can get from Google. You can sign up for free. Instead of being permanently tied to a physical phone, it is tied to your Google Gmail account. You can also sign up for a phone number using your Google Apps […]