Gartner Web Development, LLC

What your Web Developer doesn’t want you to know.

Michelle Gartner — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:29:38 +0000

Not all web developers are created equal, with that in mind your business web site is often the first contact between your company and consumers still shopping around for goods and services. These pre-sale consumers will be visiting your company and your competitors online before actually contacting you in person for the resulting sale. Having an attractive, easy to maneuver business website is going to insure they call you and not your competitor. Shopping for a web developer can be difficult. Many professional web developers are priced well out of the league of small businesses with a limited marketing budget.

Three easy steps to secure your wireless network

Jerry Gartner — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:30:20 +0000

I recently performed a security audit for a local retailer that provided wireless internet access as a convenience to its customers. This wireless access point (WAP) was set up by a relative of the proprietor who "knows a lot about computers". Like many of these hot-spots, customers didn?t need a password, or any special configuration to get on the internet. I often see wireless routers configured like this even in businesses that have no intention of providing public access. I turned on my laptop and was easily connected. I had no problems getting on the internet ? very easy and convenient. I also had no problems getting on their internal network. In less than a minute, I was looking at the files on the company?s point of sale and inventory management computer ? files which I could have deleted, or altered, or copied. I didn?t use any special tools or secret scanning software to do it. In fact, a person with the very basic knowledge of how to read Windows network configuration information could have done the same thing. Fortunately, my intent was to find problems like these and get them fixed.

The Best Way to Send Email to Multiple Recipients

Jerry Gartner — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 15:49:49 +0000

Because worms and viruses are often spread through email, Gartner Web Development recommends multiple recipients not be placed in the ?To:? or ?Cc:? fields when emailing several people. When you place multiple recipients in the ?To:? or ?Cc:? field, all of the recipients receive the email addresses of all other recipients ? as does anyone else that your message is forwarded to.

What are your employees doing?

Jerry Gartner — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:16:03 +0000

Ask most people how to mitigate the security risks involved in connecting their computer to the internet, and they'll usually suggest anti-virus software with current virus pattern updates and firewall protection. While these two things are an absolute must for all systems on your company network, and single systems connected to the internet, alike, there are other "attack vectors" that are often overlooked. First, we'll take a look at exactly what it is that we are securing by loosely defining the expectations of most businesses regarding computer resources.

Windows Vista sure looks nice, but wait…

Jerry Gartner — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:30:21 +0000

We recently received our Microsoft Action Pack Vista “Upgrade”, and I was quite eager to test drive Window Vista Business Edition. Our accountant/marketing person has a pretty beefy system, so she was the perfect candidate for the upgrade… or so it seemed. Here’s the recommended hardware requirements for Vista Business: 1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor [...]