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MANAGED SERVICES: Why your company needs IT
A truly comprehensive Managed Service Provider will allow you to focus on more important and pressing business matters without having to worry about the technology aspects of running a successful company.
As such, many organizations have discovered that hiring a Managed Service Provider (MSP) is the most effective and least expensive option to meet their often varied IT needs and requirements. Most companies will experience faster response times, better performing networks and fewer critical issues within their technical infrastructure. These are just a few of the benefits of using a leading company to support your Tampa Bay Area Business.
Data-Tech can provide you with predictable IT results for a predictable monthly fee therefore allowing you to more easily determine your IT budgets. For most small business, being able to accurately determine and predict your IT costs as a percentage can provide a tremendous benefit as opposed to procuring your IT services on an as needed basis.
You can also reduce other costs within your organization. For example, many companies decide to outsource the maintenance, support and updating of their technical environment to a leading MSP simply because of the huge cost saving realized from not having to hire an IT person or build an entire IT department In addition, most MSP’s are able to not only more quickly respond to requests for technical assistance, they are able to support a much more varied and complex infrastructure. Because they support the needs of organizations comprising varied industries, size, scope and complexity, they are frequently more qualified to determine what will work, and what won’t work, when it comes to supporting your end-users, infrastructure and business.
Having a dependable, reliable and knowledgeable Managed IT Services partner will allow you be unburdened with all IT and technology related aspects of running your company.
Since 1995, Data-Tech has worked with hundreds of small to medium size businesses in the Bay Area and beyond, to expand their IT investments through proven and responsive computer services that lead to reduced costs, improved system stability, and enhanced end-user satisfaction.
Contact sales@datatechitp.com for more information
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Dallas, TX, Dec. 8, 2010 – 2X Software today announced that iPad and iPhone users can now access Windows applications and desktops seamlessly from their devices with the 2X Client for iOS. Businesses of all sizes can now use the 2X Client for iOS with their iPad and iPhone mobile devices to access their enterprise applications remotely from any location.
Until now, Apple iPhone and iPad users could only access full Windows desktops on their iOS devices. By using the 2X Client for iOS, any Windows application or desktop can be seamlessly published to any iPhone or iPad device via a secure SSL remote connection. The 2X Client for iOS is effortless to install, and compatible with any Microsoft Terminal Server, Microsoft Hyper-V as well as VMware ESX and ESXi Server.
“With the 2X Client for iOS, we are targeting companies that want to integrate iPads and iPhones into their IT infrastructure, but at the same time need to access Windows applications and desktops from these devices,” stated Nikolaos Makris, CEO of 2X Software. “With the 2X Client for iOS, companies can easily and securely access Windows applications and desktops virtually from any location. In the coming month we will introduce additional mobile device management tools, as we continue our commitment to provide seamless application and desktop delivery and management to business customers around the world.”
The free 2X Client for iOS is available here for download: 2X Client for iOS Download.
The 2X Client for iOS supports the 2X VirtualDesktopServer, which helps companies experience the full benefits of desktop and application virtualization by improving desktop manageability, security, accessibility and performance.
About 2X VirtualDesktopServer
The 2X VirtualDesktopServer delivers secure, centrally-managed access to virtual desktops (VDI) and applications hosted on Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware vSphere, ESX, and ESXi, Parallels Virtuozzo Containers, Citrix XenServer, Oracle VirtualBox, Windows Remote Desktop Services/Windows Terminal Services and other leading virtualization platforms.
Prominent features include:
- Publishing virtual desktops and applications to Windows, Linux and Mac, rather than installing locally
- Hypervisor vendor-independence
- Publishing desktops and applications based on username, group or IP
- Universal printing and scanning…and more
Please see our 2X VirtualDesktopServer features list for more information.
Obtaining the Free Version
2X offers a free 3-connection license of 2X VirtualDesktopServer, available by visiting: 2X VirtualDesktopServer Free Download. Organizations can use the trial version to seamlessly tunnel up to 3-connections per server to remote desktops.
About 2X
2X Software Ltd. develops enterprise server-based virtual computing software, enabling desktop virtualization and application streaming on personal computers and thin client devices. Its product line, which includes the award-winning 2X VirtualDesktopServer and 2X ApplicationServer, is easily scalable, installable, and manageable with straightforward licensing, resulting in product prices far below those of competitors. For more information, please visit: http://www.2x.com.
About Data-Tech
Data-Tech is a 2X partner based in Tampa, Florida. Please contact for a free consultation on how to utilize the latest and greatest mobile technology.
When most people think about problems with copy machines, images from the movie Office Space come to mind.
Paper jams, running out of paper and replacing toner cartridges are all problems that we associate with these sometimes problematic, yet vital machines.
However, these are minor inconveniences compared to the biggest problem that can come from copiers: identity theft.
Many people may not know that copy machines are equipped with an internal hard drive that saves a copy of all documents that are scanned. According to a CBS article from February of this year, many used copiers for sale have not been wiped clean of the documents they hold on their hard drive.
Imagine that all of the documents that your company has ever scanned and copied are now available to whoever buys the used copier that you have just sold.
Used copiers can be a gold mine for an individual who will commit identity theft. The CBS article found several examples of documents re-printed from used copy machine hard drives that gave away customer information such as names, date of birth, address and even social security numbers.
A group called Digital Copier Security, Inc. is doing its best to raise awareness of this problem, but is largely greeted with indifference when notifying organizations about this problem.
What can your company do?
The CBS article states that there are security software available that a company can use to protect the information stored on their copiers hard drives, but notes that these security features are hardly ever used, and aren’t 100 percent effective.
The moral of the story: if you are going to be disposing or selling a used copy machine, make sure to wipe clean the hard drive first. The instruction manual for your machine should come with instructions for how to do this.
From a customer perspective Disaster recovery and business continuance are a form of Insurance.
Disaster recovery is the process by which you resume business after a disruptive event. The event might be something huge-like an earthquake or the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center-or something small, like malfunctioning software caused by a computer virus. A Disaster Recovery Plan insures a company can recover from such a disaster. However, it does not put a time-line on how fast business operations will resume. That’s where Business Continuity takes over.
Given the human tendency to look on the bright side, many business executives are prone to ignoring “disaster recovery” because disaster seems an unlikely event. “Business continuity planning” suggests a more comprehensive approach to making sure you can keep making money. Often, the two terms are married under the acronym BC/DR. At any rate, DR and/or BC will determine how a company will keep functioning after a disruptive event until its normal facilities are restored.
The first step in a sensible business continuity planning process is to consider the potential impacts of each type of disaster or event. This is critical – how can you properly plan for a disaster if you have little idea of the likely impacts on your business/organization of the different scenarios?
Data-Tech Services can partner with you to:
Cost-effectively recover across distributed multi-vendor environments. Whether your platforms are all-hosted or mixed-vendor – we have services to suit your needs.
Ensure nearly continuous availability. Our disaster-tolerant technologies and services help you to avoid data loss and practically eliminate downtime.
Maintain continuity amid IT and business change. Obtain ongoing protection with program management, business continuity audit, change management, and training services from Data-Tech.
Comply with the latest regulations mandating business continuity. Let us show you how to satisfy the requirements of Basel II and HIPAA, the Turnbull Report recommendations, and more.
Safeguard enterprise application suites and strategic business processes. Protect applications such as SAP, MAS90, QuickBooks, BAAN, PeopleSoft, Oracle Financials, Microsoft SQL, Microsoft Exchange and Siebel, as well as processes in critical areas like your call center, order entry department.
Business Continuity with a difference, Data-Tech
Protect your mission-critical operations against diverse downtime threats, and ease your recovery if an unforeseeable catastrophe strikes. We can help!
Every time your computer makes a file, it puts little bits of information in different spots within your computer. This eventually slows down your computer’s response time when you use it. The defragmenter recognizes the hard drive by putting all those bits of information back in a straight line so that files are organized in a contiguous fashion and a lot easier for your computer to read. When it’s easier to read, the computer is quicker to respond to your commands. “Defragging” will also leave the computer’s free space in one big chunk, allowing new files to be saved in an orderly fashion.
1. Prepare your computer for Defragmentation
- Make sure your work is backed up to another media – copy or backup all work files, photos, email, etc., to another hard drive, CDROM, DVD or other type of media.
- Make sure the hard drive is healthy – use CHKDSK to scan and fix the drive.
- Close programs currently open – including virus scanners and other programs that have icons in the system tray (right hand side of the task bar)
- Assure your computer has a constant source of power – The important thing is to be able to stop the defragmentation process, if there is a power outage. If you have frequent power brown outs or other outages, you should not use a defragmentation program without a battery backup. Note: If your computer does shut off while defragmenting, it may crash the hard drive or corrupt the operating system, or both.
2. Open the Defrag Program
- Click the start button
- Click the programs icon
- Click the accessories icon
- Click the system tools icon
- Click the Disk Defragmentation icon
3. Determine if You Need to Defrag Your Drive
- Click the Analyze button – the program will analyze your hard drive
- Do what the result screen says – If it says your hard drive does not need defragmentation, you probably will not benefit from doing it. You can close the program. Otherwise, proceed to the next step.
4. Defrag the Hard Drive
- If the program says your hard drive needs defragmenting, click on the Defragment button.
- Allow the program to do it’s work. It will take anywhere from 30 minutes to several hours to defragment your hard drive depending on: the size of the drive, the amount of fragmentation, the speed of your processor, the amount of your operating memory, etc.
- When the program has completed, close the program window. If there are any error messages make note of the error and print the log of this process to use in future maintenance or repair of the hard drive.
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