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Information Security: A Cause for Concern for Blackberry Users

Ben Foster — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:02:00 GMT

Recent promotions, their sleek stylish designs, and the every present desire for innovative technology have made smart phones, especially Blackberrys, a commonly used...

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Massachusetts Privacy Laws: New standards for Information security

Ben Foster — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:14:00 GMT

The state of Massachusetts recently approved new regulations to mandate privacy and security...

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New England Data Services News Update

Matt Carroll — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:09:00 GMT

Record Setting Hacker Albert Gonzalez is being charged in three cases of identity theft by the federal government. Gonzalez, who once helped Secret Service catch hackers like himself, was first...

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Cloud Computing Security

Matt Carroll — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:41:00 GMT

Cloud computing is a way of computing where resources such as infrastructure, platform and software are provided as a service over the Internet. A user usually uses a third party provider for...

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Video Game Software Industry's Future Gives Opportunity to Hosting

Matt Carroll — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:38:00 GMT

The Video Game Software industry is a low concentrated market with major companies involved. But, we cannot only speak of the Video Game Software industry alone when involving data...

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The Economies Impact on the IT Services Industry

Matt Carroll — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:17:00 GMT

While the failing U.S economy is certainly creating worries for most; for some the tanking market is creating growth opportunities. Many companies view IT related tasks as the most expendable...

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IT Outsourcing in Today's Economy

Matt Carroll — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:11:00 GMT

Anyone who has turned on the news in the past four months, or has picked up the newspaper, can tell you the American economy is in quite a decline. Because of all the issues within the market...

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Computer History: From Start to Art

Matt Carroll — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:58:00 GMT

I remember my family's first computer was an Apple Macintosh design where playing an 8 bit Oregon Trail was the future and almost seemed it could not get better. Now, technology has...

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Intern’s Wish List: 7 products on my Wish List

Matt Carroll — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 08:55:00 GMT

Being an intern and college student does not exactly give you the luxury of the most disposable income. I have tasted the fruits of expensive gadgets (I have an older Ipod that works...

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Simplifying Virtualization, It Could Be the Option For You

Matt Carroll — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:10:00 GMT

First hearing virtualization, the movie matrix came to mind and thought my boss was going to offer me a blue pill or a red pill. After some research and failed attempts at flying,...

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Firewall? Do I Really Need It?

Matt Carroll — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 10:03:00 GMT

So there is a pop up saying my firewall is not turned on, does it matter? Yes. Firewall is a term taken from firefighting where a firewall is used to prevent the spread of a...

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10 Useful (and mostly Free) Programs/Websites

Brian Duke — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:26:00 GMT

Tis’ the season to give, right? Well with that sentiment in mind, I have put together a list of useful programs/web sites for your PC/Laptop that can help your productivity, increase speed, provide...

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Baseball and Backups: Covering the 4 bases of Your Business’ Data

Brian Duke — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:36:00 GMT

As we just saw the conclusion of the MLB playoffs, crowning the Philadelphia Phillies the new World Series Champions after a great season in which baseball has seen so much parity, I had an...

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It’s Only Protocol

Glen Hamilton — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:25:00 GMT

I find it amazing how often something is taken for granted. Like for instance, right now, do you know how many protocols you have activated just to access this site. Before I get into...

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Redundancy in Data Centers: How Redundant Became a Good Thing

Glen Hamilton — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:01:00 GMT

When I personally think of something that is redundant, I think of something, anything that has been overused or overdone, to the point where it has become a negative thing. As there are...

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Venture Capitalists vs. Angel Investors

Glen Hamilton — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:02:00 GMT

When it comes to starting or expanding your business, odds are, if you’re not a subsidiary, you will need to find a source that can provide you with proper funding. There are many ways to go...

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Security Risks of Portable Storage Devices

Taylor Seymour — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:07:00 GMT

Most companies place a significant investment in securing network data/ information. IT staffs are created and service providers are hired with the goal of keeping business data functional and...

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NEDS Partners with Waterfield Business Center!

Brian Duke — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:35:00 GMT

We have established a partnership with Waterfield Business Center to provide our Small Business Essentials service offering at a discounted rate for all Waterfield Business Center tenants. We are...

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How to Choose a Data Backup Provider

Brian Duke — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:33:00 GMT

We gave a presentation at the Waterfield Business Center in Woburn, MA earlier today on how to choose the right data backup provider for your business. As promised, I have put our Power Point...

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4 Ways to Combat Malware

Brian Duke — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:10:00 GMT

We've all heard it before. "Make sure you have anti-virus, a firewall, anti-spyware, anti-malware, etc, etc, etc." Sadly enough though, there is still a good portion of the public that...

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What is a MAC Address?

Max Baun — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:33:00 GMT

If you are a resident of the United States you probably have a social security number. It is a unique number that is a unique identifier. Nobody else in the world has the same social security number...

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The Difference Between POP and IMAP

Max Baun — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:45:00 GMT

When some people hear POP or IMAP mail server, they get confused. Basically these are two different methods for delivering email. Let's use a post office mailbox as our example to explain the major...

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What Is Safe Mode?

Max Baun — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:55:00 GMT

So you sit down in front of your computer, turn it on, and you start to hear the Jaws music?!?!?! It gets louder and louder until, the Blue Screen of Death (BSoD) appears on your monitor. It says...

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When Data Centers Go Wrong

Max Baun — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:44:00 GMT

As the IT Manager, your job is to effectively be in charge of all IT aspects while staying under budget as much as possible. You decide (or the decision is made for you) to cut back on expenses this...

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What Is Cache?

Max Baun — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:33:00 GMT

So you’re sitting at your desk to doing some work. You are just about to sign a contract, but there is no pen on your desk. Remembering that the company keeps all the pens 3 floors down in the...

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