You’ve likely heard of the recent ; below is an overview of what happened, along with recommended next steps to secure your information. What happened? Equifax, one of the major three US credit agencies, had it’s internal network compromised by criminal elements. As a result, the personal information of 140+ million consumers has been stolen. […]
What is the Equifax breach & what should I do about it?
September 19, 2017 By 2 Comments
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A New MSA Support Offering
July 7, 2015 By Leave a Comment
Expanding upon our managed service programs, we’re pleased to announce ClearSupport Plus, a service we believe will provide your business even better value, while still bringing you the same level of enterprise-grade, yet personalized & relationship-focused, support that you’ve come to expect from Cleartech Solutions!
Why is my WiFi so slow?
June 24, 2015 By Leave a Comment
A common complaint these days is “why is my network so slow” … which, since most folks are using wifi to connect their computer or tablet, can be translated to “why is my wireless network so slow?” There are three typical reasons for experiencing “slow” connections on a wireless network: Wireless interference Distance from Access […]
Outlook and Google and Office 365
May 19, 2015 By Leave a Comment
If your business uses Outlook for email, calendar, contacts, etc, you will likely be better served with Microsoft Office 365 as your hosted email provider, rather than Google Apps for Business.
The Death of the Password
May 7, 2015 By 5 Comments
Password’s are dead. Why? Typical passwords are trivially easy to crack, even “strong” password can often be cracked within hours, if not minutes, by a hackers using a standard “dictionary attack.”
3-2-1…Backup!
March 27, 2015 By 1 Comment
We all know we should backup our data … yadda/yadda, I’m preaching to the choir, right? But there’s a RIGHT and a WRONG way to handle backups; this cautionary tale may make you rethink your backup strategy.
Useful tech tools of which you’ve never heard…
December 18, 2014 By Leave a Comment
There are a glut of tech tools (apps and websites, both) out there, so many that it can be overwhelming! Let us help you sort wheat from chaff and tell you of some tech that will save you time, perhaps even make your life a bit easier!
MS14-066 is a critical security update for Windows servers – patch as soon as possible
November 12, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Yesterday (11-Nov-2014) was patch Tuesday and Microsoft released 14 security bulletins. As is typical, each bulletin describes one or more vulnerabilities in one or more Microsoft products. One of these bulletins, MS14-066, looks to be extraordinarily important as it describes a vulnerability that can be exploited by a malicious actor simply by sending carefully designed […]
File Sync (e.g. Dropbox) is NOT Backup
October 5, 2014 By 2 Comments
Recently, friend and WordPress developer par excellence Bradley Charbonneau at Likoma penned a piece about how Dropbox has allowed him to do away with his backup application. File synchronization applications like Dropbox are a huge boon to those of us who have multiple devices. Being able to access the same set of files across all your […]
Why finding an EXE in your mail is a terrible thing
May 27, 2014 By Leave a Comment
The humble email attachment … arguably the most useful, yet most harmful, electronic communication development of the late 20th century. Once a novelty, email attachments are now as ubiquitous as … well, email itself! There’s no denying how convenient it is to share files with clients, colleagues & friends; unfortunately that very utility has made email […]