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Having a hard time remembering the password to your favorite sites? You’re not alone. When email first became widely available, people only had one password to remember. Now that we bank, shop, and socialize online, password management has become a real challenge. Some people solve this problem by using the same password for everything—a bad idea, since hackers only have to discover one password to leave your computer network security in ruins. This article will briefly review current methods for remembering the dozens of passwords your daily online life requires.

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Does your company have a computer and internet use policy? Policy creation is often a long, tedious process, yet every organization must have rules in place to protect company computers from viruses, spamware, and other online nasties. Large companies have ample resources to develop and update computer use policies, but for the Small to Medium Size Business (SMB) owner, this task often detracts from far more pressing business issues. Fortunately, Joe Kennedy, author of The Small Business Owner’s Manual, has compiled the following basic set of rules for company computer use:

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Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) stand to benefit greatly from cloud computing. This green computing technology allows companies to pay for server space on a pay-as-you-go basis. In this way, cloud computing frees SMB owners from purchasing and renewing expensive software and on-site storage for each employee. Instead of maintaining stacks on stacks of servers on-site, cloud computing users purchase space on remote servers maintained by companies such as Amazon and Google. Everything from basic word processing programs to complex data analysis applications can then be accessed through the internet, rather than stored on individual hard drives or local servers. In addition to instant scalability and lowered operating costs, a major benefit of cloud computing is that it allows remote access of business applications and documents.

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It’s incredible how many details small business owners must remember. From an IT perspective, one of the first details that small business owners must address is installing an Uninterruptable Power Supply, or UPS. A UPS ensures that your computers will always have enough power to save important data. If a power spike or surge occurs in your area, a UPS will allow you anywhere from five to thirty minutes of power to save your work and shut down the machine. Without a UPS, a power surge or spike could cripple your business.

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The previous post explained just what an intranet is—basically, a private internet for your employees. This post will outline three major benefits of setting up a private intranet for your office.

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