Posts by SynchroNet Team
State of the IT Industry
I wanted to take this opportunity to share with everyone my view of the IT industry as it relates to your business and its growth and say a few words about what’s in store for SynchroNet for the remainder of 2015 and into 2016. Best Regards, Jerry Sheehan Looking Ahead to Changes in Technology Technology…
Read MoreNetwork Issues: Using Too Much Bandwidth
Broadband Internet service has transformed our ability to conduct business-allowing us to work together, serve customers and share information from just about anywhere. Yet, Internet bandwidth is not unlimited. We may have to find ways to conserve, and we may need to rein rapacious users within our organizations. Here are a few suggestions: Block Streaming…
Read MoreMaking the Web Friendlier to Mobile Devices
In case you missed it, April 22nd was Mobilegeddon. (Technically it was also Earth Day, but we’re a technology company, so ….) On that day, Google unleashed a new algorithm that governs their search engine ranking of sites based on “mobile-friendliness.” Why mobile friendly? So why did Google make this change to the search engine?…
Read MoreDoes Your Email Deliver Full Value?
For many of us, email was the first computer application we ever used. The software quickly grew more sophisticated-becoming not just a way to send and receive messages, but also how we schedule meetings and set reminders. As it has continued to evolve, email can now be synced with smartphones and tablets and can gather…
Read MoreIs It Okay to Leave Your Phone Battery Charging Overnight?
We all know that leaving a gadget charger plugged in when not in use will kill polar bears and eventually cause the Earth to burst into flames. But more importantly, will it damage your smartphone to keep charging after the battery is full? According to an expert cited in this Digital Trends article, your phone…
Read MoreWhat is all this ‘Net Neutrality’ Stuff?
You may have heard that the FCC recently voted 3 – 2, to reclassify the Internet as a telecommunications service under a 1934 law. This would give the federal government very broad powers to regulate potentially every aspect of the Internet by telling ISPs how they may run their companies … though ostensibly the immediate…
Read MoreWho Can You Trust?
A great thing about getting a new computer is knowing it’s pristinely free of junk files and PUPs (potentially unwanted programs). Of course, nowadays new computers do come with a lot of “bloatware,”-a tradeoff for a lower price that most of us can tolerate. But, what if a well-known manufacturer sold you a computer with…
Read MoreSynchroNet Alert – Microsoft is NOT Calling You: Please Beware of Phony “IT Support” Calls
Three different incidents have come to our attention today alone… As a result, we are reprinting our January newsletter article. Please note, if you aren’t reading our newsletter, you may be missing out on news, tips and tricks you need to know. Phone calls from “Microsoft Tech Support” or from “Your IT support” are a…
Read MoreThe SynchroNet Way Sees Each Customer as Special
If you work with technology, you’re probably familiar with the ‘Everybody Stuff’: those are the things that ‘everybody’ in IT managed services does for their customers (i.e. security patches, backup … spam control). But we understand that businesses are looking for more than a cookie-cutter approach that fails to address that organization’s goals and unique…
Read MoreSpecial IT Newsletter – Show Your Hardware that You Care
If your computer ever achieves the level of self-awareness we see in popular science fiction-from HAL 9000 to Wall-E- the first thing it’s likely to do with that artificial intelligence is complain about being taken for granted. Here are a few things you can do to show your hardware some love: Keep it clean. In…
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