September 19th, 2009 by Alex Nozdrin

Office 2007 is becoming more and more common. For those of you who are still on office 2003 and need to be able to work with office 2007 files such as (DOCX, XLSX) there is a FREE converter availble from Microsoft.

Just download (save) and install a file from the link below, and Office 2007 files will open just fine.

Download Microsoft Converter Here

September 15th, 2009 by Alex Nozdrin

Firewalls are designed to protect individual computers or entire computer networks from unauthorized outside access. They use a set of rules that analyze the origin, destination, content and other parameters of your incoming and outgoing traffic to block unwanted elements.

Why It’s on Our Radar

It’s just too dangerous of a world out there to leave your network unprotected. By some estimates, an unpatched and unprotected Windows PC connected to the Internet lasts about 20 minutes before being infected by a worm or a virus, or getting compromised in some other way. Security of your corporate information aside, the lack of a strong firewall quite simply means hackers and curious intruders can take control of your network, destabilize your systems and damage your hardware beyond repair. We hate to scare our clients into buying anything, but fear is actually the right motivator to reevaluate the strength of your firewall solution. This is especially true because the cost of good protection is exponentially less than potential costs in downtime, hardware replacement, regulatory fines and lost revenue.

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