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• 15.09.2010 | Costs of Data Roaming

  Smartphones are great tools for keeping in touch on the move. Recently, one of our customers got a shock when using their Smartphone in the UK. After checking that data roaming was included within the Vodafone Passport option before leaving Ireland, by just accessing email and web pages, the account was credited with €2,000 of roaming data charges. The problem appears to be that Vodafone did not advise the internet access point required changing on the phone before travelling to use the contracted bundled data within the Perfect Choice Access Plan. Vodafone I...

• 12.08.2010 | Windows 7 more popular than Vista

  Fears about changing from Windows XP can now be dismissed, as adoption of Windows 7 is gathering pace and now has more market share than Windows Vista. Windows 7, with increased security and improvements in performance is hitting the mark with consumers and businesses alike. Microsoft has announced continued growing sales of Windows 7, and most importantly, businesses are adopting the new operating system. "Importantly, customer satisfaction for Windows 7 is incredibly high at 94 percent and businesses are deploying Window 7 in the enterprise," Bill Koefoe...

• 12.08.2010 | Why to outsource your IT

  From small local businesses to large multi-nationals, the benefits of outsourcing your IT System support requirements can provide major benefits for a company and their staff. It would be easy to pin-point the reduced costs as a main benefit of outsourcing to a business. Outsourcing is more cost efficient than employing your own IT department. Outsourcing also removes the ongoing cost of staff training, sick leave, specialised skill sets etc. Reducing costs, whilst important, should not be the main driver to outsourcing. Partnering with an IT company can ope...

• 6.07.2010 | Catching Internet Pirate’s

  Eicom, Irelands largest broadband provider with over 750,000 subscribers, will start to indentify and punish illegal file sharers from this month. In an out of court settlement deal reached with EMI Records, Ors and the Irish Recorded Music Industry (IRMA), Eircom will identify customers who have infringed copyright by downloading files from the Internet. The account holder will be contacted by Eircom to warn of the infringement, a third warning will result in the ultimate sanction of termination of the internet account. IRMA research claims that for every l...

• 5.07.2010 | Data & Hacker Safeguard = Safe Computing

  From sole traders working at home to multi-nationals, protecting your equipment, data and passwords is essential. Best security practices take a multi-layered approach including polices, security products and the computer end user. Anti-Virus When a Doctor prescribes a drug, they do so knowing the medicine will work better than a free sugar pill. The same applies to Anti-Virus protection. Free Anti-Virus products are produced to try and up-sell the user to the paid product. These free products aren't regularly updated, and can be up to four weeks out...