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Review internet service:
Similar to voice service package. If you have the same Internet service package for the last 3 years, you should find out from your Internet service provider (ISP) offers a better value package.
Review Web Hosting service:
They used to be $20-$50 from a few years ago. Web hosting service is as little as $5/month nowadays.
Review monthly phone bills:
Look for unknown phone lines that you can cancel. You will be surprised to see unused phone lines they you have been paying in the past.
Review voice/phone service package:
If your voice package hasn’t been changed in the last 3 years, chances are your voice service provider has more competitive packages. If you don’t ask, they won’t tell you there are better value packages for you. If your voice service provider doesn’t offer any better value packages, give us a call. Our voice service partners offer very competitive packages. Free or low cost voice over Internet (VOIP) to replace traditional long distance service.
Posted at 9/15/09 by ewong in GGGroup, Industry Trends, News & Views, Tips Tags: Budget, IT Cost Saving | No Comments »
SnagIt:
It’s the easiest to use screen capture tool. It’s the perfect tool for documentations. It cost $49.95 per license.
www.snagit.com
X1:
The most flexible searching tool for Outlook & files. It allows you to index multiple
PST files as well as Public folders. It cost $50 per license.
www.x1.com
pdfFactory:
This is the fastest pdf creation tool. It cost $49.95.
www.fineprint.com/products/pdffactory/index.html
Posted at 8/13/09 by ewong in GGGroup, Tech Tips for the Office, Tech Tips for the Small & Home Office, Tips Tags: PDFFactory, SnagIt, Tools, X1 | No Comments »
› Blackberry plan with your Wireless Service Provider
When you buy a new Blackberry device from your Wireless Service Provider (Verizon, T-mobile, at&t or Sprint), make sure you ask for “Blackberry Enterprise” feature with “Unlimited Data Usage” data plan.When you are ready to travel abroad, you need to call your Wireless Service Provider to enable “International Data Roaming”. Keep in mind that not every Blackberry device will work in the country you travel to and coverage veries. See following resources:
Posted at 7/21/09 by ewong in Security-Mobility-Accessibility, Tech Tips for the Office, Tips Tags: Blackberry, handhelds, mobile device | 1 Comment »
› Using Skype in office network
Skype is well known as free voice & video calls over Internet. Aside from free voice calls, Skype also allows users to send large file of up to 2GB. This feature can be very handy to bypass email attachment size limitation. However, this feature can leak out your business trade secret without any traces.
Posted at 7/4/09 by ewong in Industry Trends, News & Views, Tech Tips for the Office, Tips Tags: Skype, Voice, VOIP | No Comments »
Don’t connect to “Free Public Wi-Fi”
“Free Public Wi-Fi” is broadcasted by hacker’s laptop. If you connect to “Free Public Wi-Fi”, for sure you won’t get Internet. You can be sure that your laptop is being hacked.
Be aware of Wi-Fi without passkey
When your laptop or PDA discover a Wi-Fi network without the need of passkey, be extra careful about using the connection to browse websites that require passwords. Unsecure Wi-Fi networks may be put up by hackers. Even your website that you are browsing, like bank or shopping sites are protected, your password may be captured easily. Instructions of how to hack users who connected to unsecure Wi-Fi network are widely available on Internet. So, be aware and safe browsing.
Posted at 7/2/09 by ewong in Security-Mobility-Accessibility, Tech Tips for the Office, Tech Tips for the Small & Home Office, Tips Tags: Security, Wi-Fi, Wireless | 3 Comments »
Yammer:
This is the best tool that you can update your co-workers about your status. All you need is Internet connection on your desktop, Blackberry or iPhone. It’s easy to install and use.
Go to www.yammer.com to activate accounts for your own company. You can pay Yammer to get more features.
Spark:
Want an in-house only Instant Messenger? This is it. It does require software installation on server and desktops.
www.igniterealtime.com
SyncToy:
A free file synchronization tool from Microsoft. This is a simple tool to keep files on your laptop synchronizes with your file server.
Browse to www.microsoft.com/downloadand search for “synctoy”. Download “SyncToy v2.0″.
Posted at 6/13/09 by ewong in GGGroup, Tech Tips for the Office, Tech Tips for the Small & Home Office, Tips, User Reports Tags: Spark, SyncToy, Yammer | No Comments »