Server Myths and Lies Those of you that read last Saturday’s article know that I went to an Innovation Forum – basically a technology expo here in Rocky, pitched at local businesses to provide sound IT advice. It was a great idea hosted by a good organisation but sidelined by the sponsors. I left at […]
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Cloud Computing Not Always Best Solution I have just finished attending the Festival of Innovation – a Thursday event hosted at the Rockhampton Leagues Club. Several guest speakers including the ‘Gadgetguy’ and local business presenters extolling the virtues of our technological age and all things that connect to the Internet. The advantage of these technologies […]
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Complex Long-Term Contracts No Guarantee of Customer Service Our article last week was about the plethora of call centre companies (many of which are based off shore) wanting to take your money in exchange for looking after your computer – and the dubious worth of these schemes. This was particularly relevant to home users and […]
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Hello to any new readers that have not previously seen my ‘Byte Me’ IT articles. Australian Provincial Newspapers has many publications and they have decided, as a group, to pick up my Byte Me articles as a weekly column. My name is Bruce Kerr, I am 46 (almost antique by IT standards) and my company […]
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When the Expert Help Doesn’t Quite Work A day in IT can mean a big difference. This is certainly the case for a local mechanical business who first called us around 10am one morning with ‘computer problems’. An hour later I was onsite with Brad – one of our computer techs finding an absolute kaleidoscope […]
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Low Power Rating Will Slow Down Your PCCPU’s Matter 9 March, 2013 It’s happened again – my pet peeve! I was called to a new customers’ office because of a ‘few’ things going wrong. One of those things was a new PC which was reported to be running slow. I had a look at this […]
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Businesses Behind in ITBusiness IT Special 2 March, 2013 Yesterday at midday the ‘Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland’ held a Webinar (called – Digital Readiness Study: The Results) to – discuss the results of a study! The study involved a sample of 700 businesses and how they have or haven’t adopted digital technologies to […]
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Check specs before buying a PC– Power Ratings 15 December, 2012 I was out doing my Christmas shopping on Thursday night and found some interest in checking out the IT offerings from some of the retail outlets. The choice is astounding but if I wasn’t already firmly planted in the IT industry then I would […]
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– Be wary online at Christmas time Christmas 2012 is approaching faster that a jet powered Santa sleigh! Even our shop has got in on the act – with decorations and flashing USB powered Christmas trees, which one of techs loves so much! However amongst this cheer we also see a huge increase in the […]
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Backing up to dependability 24 November, 2012 I am constantly amazed by the number of new customers who do not have a backup copy of their important data. This is an essential thing not only for businesses but also for the home user that values their photos, documents and emails. We also see around one […]
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