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Notes on security and IT for small businesses.

  1. We Don't Have Anything Anyone Else Would Want

    When I first mention information security to a client, particularly a small business, non-profit, or educational institution, I frequently get a response like this: "Nobody is interested in our network." "We don't have anything that anyone would want." "Our systems aren't that important.

  2. Why We Recommend Foxit Reader Instead of Adobe Reader for PDFs

    This is an excerpt from an email we sent out to several clients last month, but remains as good advice for many others as well.

  3. Microsoft Disables Autorun

    In this blog post today (and one yesterday), Microsoft announced that they will be disabling AutoRun.

  4. Keep Your E-mail Server From Being Blacklisted

    For many small to mid-sized businesses that have their own on-site e-mail server, it is a common practice to use a router and a single public Internet address (the one given to them as part of the basic business-level DSL or cable Internet package) to…

  5. Quickbooks 2009, Now With Chat

    A few weeks ago we upgraded our internal bookkeeping system from Quickbooks 2006 to Quickbooks 2009. Summary: While Quickbooks 2009 offers a noticable speed increase, don't upgrade unless you have to, and are prepared to dedicate a server to host your company file.

  6. GFI LANGuard Security Scanner Free for Up to 5 Machines

    GFI, makers of several products we deploy at various client locations, has announced that they are giving away a freeware version of their LANGuard Security Scanner.

  7. Oracle to Buy Sun Microsystems

    I just heard that Oracle intends to buy Sun Microsystems . Most of my clients are small enough that they do not (directly) use any products from Oracle . However, just about all of them use Sun Microsystems ' Java development platform.

  8. Internet Explorer 8

    I have been running Internet Explorer 8 (release candidate 1) for about a month, and am now running the final release version. It definitely includes some noteworthy upgrades, and some noteworthy incompatibilities. Should you upgrade? Right now, I would say "no.

  9. Hello, world!

    Welcome to Paradigm Consulting Company's official blog. This blog's target audience will be current and (hopefully) future clients of Paradigm, mostly small and medium-sized businesses throughout New England, but we offer our services to clients as far away as Florida and California.