Image via Wikipedia Browser battles are ongoing regularly these days. Mozilla is releasing new versions of Firefox with increasing rapidity, and market share has definitely changed, but a comment from one of my co-workers this past week made me ponder why so many are still using Internet Explorer when it is still having more problems than most [...]
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Smartphone Apps and the “New Workflow”
My cell phone usage for work was so much less in the past. Today, the app explosion for smartphones has rendered these portable little gizmos computers in their own right. Whether it’s an iPhone, Blackberry, or Android-based device, there are apps available for nearly everything I used to only be able to do from a [...]
Reasons to Choose Microsoft Exchange Online for Email Hosting
Image via Wikipedia Webmail is ubiquitous. Easy to setup, check from any browser, or download to email clients like Microsoft Outlook or Thunderbird, most individuals have several webmail accounts. Many businesses use webmail for their business email as well, whether provided by a website host as an add-on service, or through more evolved products like [...]
Another Reason to Love Google Chrome: Session Buddy & The New App Store
I’ve longed praised Google’s Chrome browser for it’s lightening speed. Now Google has introduced an app store for the Chrome browser . One app I have just downloaded should convert a lot of you to Chrome if you’re not already using it: Session Buddy. Say you’ve been researching a topic for a newsletter and you have 12 [...]
Microsoft Soars Higher into the Clouds with Office Web Apps
By now everyone has heard of “cloud computing”. It’s one of the “hot new things”, even though it’s been around for years. I’ve even written several previous posts around cloud computing services, analyses, etc. Most modern computer users are using cloud computing on a daily basis, accessing databases of information about themselves and others stored [...]
The List: Efficiently Ordering Your Day
The illusion of efficiency. Recently, I came across these words on an acquaintance’s blog. They served as a good reminder of how being busy is easy but being efficient takes work. We all want to be productive in our work and personal lives. But turning that desire in to reality requires a plan. For me, [...]
Instant Communications in the Dispersed Workforce
Despite advances in smartphones and SMS, collaborative workspace and desktop-sharing applications, and social networking, there is still no replacement for instant-on text chat via an IM client for our dispersed workforce at NSI Partners, Inc. There are many options in the landscape today for Intant Messaging clients. Ranging from traditional options such as AOL Instant [...]
Microsoft SharePoint Online Review
In this post, I’d like to talk about Microsoft SharePoint Online, and why we’re using it. There are literally dozens of services, programs, and methods of storing and sharing files and documents in today’s business environment. From sharing out folders on a workgroup, server, or domain inside a local area network, to connecting remotely via [...]
SMB Cloud Computing with Microsoft Online Services
Cloud computing for the SMB is enhanced greatly by products such as Microsoft Online Services. Including Exchange email and messaging, Sharepoint file storage and collaboration, Office Communicator instant messaging and Live Meeting teleconferencing, organizations traditionally limited by budget or infrastructure are now able to benefit from these newer cloud computing offerings.
