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Facebook Flaunts Open Servers
Facebook CEO Zuckerberg’s recent announcement that his open servers saved one billion dollars last year highlights the success of the social media mogul’s three-year partnership with the Open Compute Project. “In just the last year we’ve saved the equivalent amount of energy of 40,000 homes in a year, and saved the amount of emissions equivalent to taking 50,000 cars off the road for a year,” Zuckerberg announced at the fifth…
ContinuedBluetooth? What it is and what it is used for?
We get many questions about Bluetooth devices these days. Many people recognize the term and associate it with some communication “thingie” in their phones or cars but what does Bluetooth really does? I found a great article and I reposting it… ~ Gerard Bluetooth devices are becoming widely used. A Bluetooth device is a short-range signal that allows communication between wireless devices. Some of the devices that can be controlled via…
ContinuedTSI will be exhibiting at the Mass. Association of Insurance Agents Expo on November 9-10 at The Marriot Hotel, Copley Place
TSI will be exhibiting at the Mass Association of Insurance Agents Annual Convention on Friday November 9 and 10, 2012. Many of our existing clients will be attending the convention and we hope that you will take a few minutes and come say Hello. Our booth # is 113 The Big Event 2012 is the premier exhibition and educational conference for insurance professionals. This annual event is the insurance professional’s…
ContinuedTSI will be attending the RHA Conference and Expo at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston on September 28,2012
We are working on reaching out to small and medium size businesses and are looking forward to attending the The Rental Housing Association (RHA) trade show on September 28,2012 The RHA is an affiliate of the National Apartment Association, consists of over 525 members who own, manage, develop or supply goods and services to multi-family properties in Massachusetts. Please send us and email and let us know if you are coming…
ContinuedBusiness Continuity and Disaster Recovery Seminar – Are you Ready?
Technical Support International Seminar Series Presents Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Are you Ready? As part of our Executive Series, TSI invites you to join us for a discussion about Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery. Every year, thousands of small businesses suffer significant loss or simply close due to a disaster. Sadly, these losses are often preventable with just a little bit of thought and preparation. Are you prepared for…
Continued98th Annual Meeting and Business Expo 11/16
Please join TSI at the 98th Annual Meeting and Business Expo at Massasoit Community College Conference Center in Brockton: Conference Center at Massasoit 770 Crescent Street Brockton, MA 02302 Enter into our raffle and you could win a Logitech REVUE! For more information, visit the website.
ContinuedHow to Delete a Calendar Shared using Office.com
Outlook 2007 and Outlook 2010 have a cool feature that allows you to share your calendar with other users by publishing it to Office.com. To share the calendar you simply right click on it, choose Publish to Internet (Outlook 2007) or Share (Outlook 2010) and follow the wizard to share it with other users. “Unsharing” the calendar is not as obvious to many Outlook 2010 users. While Outlook 2007 has a Remove…
ContinuedSpam Levels Lowest in Three Years
What the world could definitely use less of is spam and according to recent reports, it’s declining. Global spam is at the lowest it’s ever been since 2008. This could be a sign that spammers are beginning to look elsewhere like Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites. Here are the numbers: 70.5 percent of all email this year was spam, compared to 90+ percent from just a few years ago. From…
ContinuedWho Owns Data in the Cloud?
Lately, cloud storage has gotten a lot of positive press. It’s the future of data storage; it’s the cheaper, greener alternative to using hardware servers. However, cloud storage has sparked heated, serious debate about data ownership. For example, let’s talk about Facebook. Many people do not think of a social-networking site when they think of cloud-storing technology, but it actually is a very good example of cloud storage. Users can…
ContinuedMonitoring Internet Traffic at work
If you are small or mid-sized business owner, you need to read this: At TSI, 100% of all our clients have some type of full-time Internet connection, 99% use a hardware firewall and 8 % monitor Internet usage within their own organizations (which means 92% don’t!) It always amazes me that when I ask a business owner about how they monitor Internet usage, I often hear back “My people work very hard here,…
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