by petratechit | Nov 24, 2021 | Cloud Backup, Managed IT, Videos
Does your backup plan need a backup plan? If you are familiar with or use cloud backups for your personal or business needs, you are already on the right track! Having your backups in another location is a critical part of a healthy disaster recovery plan.Chris...
by petratechit | Nov 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
One of the things that has allowed social media platforms to grow so quickly and utterly dominate the internet is the fact that they’re free to use. They’re not completely free however because users are required to give up a lot of personal information....
by petratechit | Nov 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
If you use Exchange Server to handle your company’s email then you’re probably already aware that a critical security flaw has been discovered that puts the server at risk. The issue is being tracked as CVE-2021-42321 and impacts both Exchange Server 2016...
by petratechit | Nov 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
Open-source applications don’t get much in the way of protection. However in recent years Microsoft has taken steps to change that and especially as it relates to Linux. A few months back the company expanded those protections by adding endpoint detection and...
by petratechit | Nov 19, 2021 | Ransomware, Videos
Have you ever wondered why ransomware is such an issue? It’s because people are still falling for it! Ransomware has become more complex and sophisticated in order to steal data from businesses, so your protection needs to update as well. The traditional...
by petratechit | Nov 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
If you spend a lot of time browsing the Windows Store you may have noticed something unexpected. You can now download Mozilla’s Firefox browser from that source. Previously Mozilla was unable to upload its browser to the Windows Store because Microsoft’s...
by petratechit | Nov 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
Facebook has seen no end of trouble lately and has been called before Congress multiple times over the past year to explain themselves and their policies. This is all happening as the US tries desperately to stem the unending tide of mis-information and...
by petratechit | Nov 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
There’s great news in your immediate future if you’re one of the legions of Excel users. Recently Microsoft made some behind the scenes changes to the venerable spreadsheet application that allows developers to code their own custom data types for use...
by petratechit | Nov 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
Are you a OneDrive user running Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 8.1? If so be aware that on January 1st, 2022 your OneDrive desktop application will reach end of support. The company offered the following by way of explanation: “In order to focus resources on...
by petratechit | Nov 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
The folks of Microsoft have been busy quietly making improvements to their venerable MS Office Suite. Recently Excel got some intriguing updates that expanded the number of data types cells could accept. That is with a bit of programmatic help of course. At this...
