How Secure is YOUR Cloud?

As of August 26, 2010, Microsoft’s own FAQs for their online services acknowledges the lack of security certifications.

All Cloud Computing SLAs are Not Equal

A quick check of Microsoft’s Online Service Notification feed indicates at least six (6) unscheduled outages Exchange Online over the first 23 days in August

Microsoft BPOS Outage Gets Little Attention

On Monday, August 23rd, Reuters reported that Microsoft’s US Data Centers experiences an outage lasting more than 2 hours … well beyond the 99.9% SLA touted by Microsoft for the BPOS and other hosted services.

Is this how your IT department spends its time?

As reported today in ZDnet, Microsoft’s August Patch Tuesday is the largest ever, with 14 major patches, 8 of which are critical.

An Epidemic is Underway

In a typical day, we see about five (5) Virus Outbreak alerts. Since Friday, we are seeing about 400 per day, an increase of nearly 8000%.

Horizon Info Services Receives FCC E-Rate Certification

Depending on the organization’s eligibility, reimbursements can range from 20% up to 90% of the service fees.

Economy is Ripe for Cloud Computing

Is moving forward with a project that’s been on hold for 12 to 24 months still the best way to go? In many cases, the answer is “No!”

Cloud Protects Small City from Hurricanes

How, you may ask, can a Cloud protect a small Florida city from Hurricanes?  Just ask the IT team supporting the City of Defuniak Springs and their police force. In the face of Hurricanes and new regulations requiring public access to email, the City of Defuniak Springs, Florida, needed a disaster-safe email service with message […]

New APIs Open Opportunities for 3rd Party Admin Solutions

Keep an eye on the Google Apps Marketplace for new management apps.

Google Documents Editor Updates

Google has released several enhancements to the Google Docs word processor

Google Spreadsheet Update

As Google continues to aggressively enhance the user interface and functionalities, they continue to announce more capabilities:

MS Office Suite and Apps Prices Jump 4% to 10%

After analyzing the maze of Microsoft pricing programs for businesses, they report that prices are jumping 4% to 10%

Google Spreadsheet: Copy Sheets Between Files

You can now copy a Sheet from one spreadsheet to another.

Google Security: Enterprise Tools for Mobile Security

Google recently added new security features for managing mobile users

Google Apps Helpful Hint: Delegation in MS Outlook

If you delegate your email and calendar in Google Apps (Premier or Education editions), the person to whom you delegate, can handle messages and calendar events on your behalf from the Outlook client if you are using the Google Apps Sync for MS Outlook tool.

Google Apps Helpful Hint: Subscribe to Resource Calendars

Want to add resource calendar (conference rooms, etc.) information to your calendar, follow these easy steps:

Did you miss these Google Docs updates?

Over the past several weeks and months, Google has released many updates to Google Docs.  While the big updates — such as uploading of any file type — get a lot of attention, here are a few that you may have missed: Thumbnail View in the Docs List By selecting the this view for your […]

New Google Apps Security Against an Idle Threat

This week, Google provided Google Apps Premier and Education Edition admins a new tool against this threat.

IT’s Mission Should Be IS

If Cloud Computing is changing an IT group’s mission, than the mission has been wrong.

When it Comes to Phishing, is Honesty the Best Policy?

Since spam filters are on the lookout for obfuscated URLs, having the URLs in the open seems to let the phishing messages fly just under the radar.