Author: Christopher Elliott

Watch what you install on your server Today’s server operating systems, including Microsoft Small Business Server 2003, are so user-friendly that you could be left with the impression that anyone with the ability to put a CD into a computer disk drive could successfully deploy a new application. That is the wrong impression. When it…

Don’t be alarmed. It may never actually “blow up” — which is to say, melt down and take lots of data with it. But one day, sooner or later, it will become obsolete. And for your business, that’s potentially an explosive liability. “The older hardware is, the more likely that a failure and loss of…

Make the Most of Your Laptop Odds are pretty good that you’ve got a copy of it installed on your laptop, and that you take your portable with you when you travel. (Regarding the latter point, a recent survey by Harris Interactive found that more than one in four laptop PC owners say their machine…

A 2003 survey of Small Business Server users conducted by Lawrence Associates LLC offers a clue. It found that employees were able to perform an average of 20% more revenue-producing tasks, thanks in no small part to functions that allowed them to stay connected to their office computers while they were away. Ann Westerheim knows…