Justin Bowden In today’s day and age, the need to be constantly connected to your data, your email, your applications, etc. is a high priority for most users. Technology has allowed us to be free from the clunky desktops of old and we can now access the things that we need to do our jobs, or enjoy the luxuries for...
We have all been there at one time or another. Â The hard drive crashes, your laptop or tablet is stolen, or the newest version of the project you have been working on all day has not saved the updates. Â At these critical moments in life, having a backup of your data would be a lifesaver. Â No one ever wants to...
Seems like everywhere you go these days, you need some sort of password. There is no place that this is more true than online. In our password-driven world, these 4-20 character combinations give us access to banking, business data, credit card information, connections to friends on social media, and the ability to make online purchases. Just think of the growing...
Seems like everywhere you go these days, you need some sort of password. Â There is no place that this is more true than online. Â In our password-driven world, these 4-20 character combinations give us access to banking, business data, credit card information, connections to friends on social media, and the ability to make online purchases. Â Just think of the growing...
Chip Hart You’re sitting in a meeting or at the airport waiting to get on a flight and your laptop is dying and for whatever reason you don’t have your power adapter or there is no power outlet and you still have work to do. There are some things you can do to get more time out of your battery...
Joshua Hewitt So you have a Mac and you hear about all the PC users getting some sort of “virus”, “spyware” or “malware”. You do not have to worry because you have a Mac, right? Wrong! Macs are now becoming the target of viruses, spyware and malware. Back in the day, there was much less worry about any “junkware” infecting...
Daniel Prestwood There is a lot to be said about this topic and the importance of keeping your software up to date, but sometimes an update can wreak havoc on your productivity. Updates are rolled out by companies when they locate an error in their programming or have a solution to a security vulnerability that was discovered. It may also...
Brian Gilman As security becomes an increasing concern in today’s IT business environment, an office is faced with many options as to how to address this potential problem. Many companies would benefit from a virtual private network (VPN) connection. A VPN gives users the ability to share files over a network, access mapped network drives when away from the office,...
In today’s fast paced world we are becoming more and more dependent on our electronic devices. We access our data and spreadsheets on our laptops and tablets. We call and email our clients on our smart phones. The devices we use are becoming more integrated with everyday life, and as such we use them for more than just business. Many...
When it comes to our clients business, one of the most important things that they have is their data. Ensuring that this data is always available is usually priority number one in the IT world. There are many different ways that you can backup this data and ultimately the decision is based on the individual business needs. There are two...
One inconvenience that all users inevitably face occurs when their favorite piece of technology reaches the end of its lifespan. Most users will take the initiative and replace the device before it completely fails, but then are left with the decision of “What to do with the old one?” Laptops and desktops can be brought to a recycling center, while...
At M&H Consulting, we offer a program called “Tech For a Day,” which the majority of our clients take advantage of already. On our Tech For a Day (TFaD) program, M&H clients get regularly scheduled maintenance visits with our technicians, at a discounted rate, where we perform important maintenance on their systems. The system maintenance we provide helps to prevent...