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POS Systems: Keeping your critical business equipment healthy
Extending the life of a POS system Small- and medium-sized businesses often operate under profit margins that mean they need to make every penny count – twice, if possible. Certainly, they need to be certain that they take the steps necessary to extend the life of...
How to Decide Which Data Backup Option is Right for Your SMB
Backup options for the truly small business Many computing options for small- and medium-sized businesses appear to be aimed at companies that have 50 or even 100 computers running on an integrated network complete with a server. For some SMBs, however, such a...
Why Maintenance is Critical for SMB’s Printer Services
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Printer services: periodic maintenance a must In some ways, the average office laser printer isn't so very different from a motor vehicle. Both need regular maintenance if they are to perform at their best. Moreover, both laser...
Why I Believe Printers Were Sent from Hell
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] We found this rant at The Oatmeal. Not only did we find it comical, but we think it is time to make a sales call there and tell them about the benefits of Great Lakes Managed Print Services! Here are a few of our favorites, but be...
New Malware, Shylock, Intelligent and Very Dangerous
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Smart malware takes computer safety concerns to new levels Modern forms of malware have long used a variety of strategies that help them hide from antivirus and antimalware programs, but a malicious program known as Shylock actually...
SMBs Still Favor Face-to-Face Marketing Tactics
Content Marketing is most popular non-face-to-face marketing technique used by SMB's Traditional, face-to-face tactics are still fundamental for SMB marketers: Personal relationships and networking (95%), tradeshows and industry events (89%), and in-person events...
New WhitePaper from AppAssure about Disaster Recovery
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] New WhitePaper Focuses on Virtual Environment Data Security In this whitepaper, Eric Siebert, VMware vExpert at Dell AppAssure, dispells the most common myths about Backup and Disaster Recovery in virtual environments....
Dell Computers standing solidly behind AppAssure Software
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] AppAssure named the superior product by Dell Dell Computers made network server backup news this week in none other than Paris, France when the company announced robust support for AppAssure, which Dell purchased in July 2012. The...
Symantec Warns About “Information Sprawl’s” Impact on Data Security
Information sprawl requires a robust malware solution Symantec's recent 2012 State of Information Report is jam-packed with warnings and advice for the small- or medium-sized business, but perhaps the most important of these is the news that almost half of all...
Data Backup & Recovery – Speed and Accuracy DO Matter
AppAssure offers disaster recovery in diverse SMB computing environments Some network server backup solutions specialize in providing excellent disaster recovery only for a single computing environment. While this might have been adequate in previous generations when...