Business to business networking solutions provider, Data Source Solutionsis a Microsoft-certified, service-oriented Value Added Reseller/Systems Integratorspecializing in the design and implementation of high end digital networks providingthe latest in LAN/WAN technologies. http://www.datasourcesolutions.com/ http://www.datasourcesolutions.com/images/rsslogo.gif http://www.datasourcesolutions.com/ 123 30 The concept of cloud computing and cloud hosting is gaining much attention right now as companies are increasingly taking their proprietary information outside of their firewalls and trusting hosting providers to protect their information and its migration. While it may be an easy decision to move your back-office support to a Software as a Service [...] http://datasource.net/wordpress/?p=1090 March 1, 2011 Microsoft shocked the world when it announced that its Internet Explorer and Windows users were vulnerable to attackers. The software giant had left nearly 900 million users vulnerable to attacks from malicious persons seeking to steal information and tricking users into installing malware on their computers. The bug exists within the Windows’ MHTML protocol handler [...] http://datasource.net/wordpress/?p=1148 March 1, 2011 A quick evaluation of business priorities for any organization dependent upon computing resources reveals that there is more to meets the eye when it comes to the benefits gained from outsourcing traditional in-house IT services. Reason #1: Reduce Costs Immediately A dollar saved is a dollar earned, and every step taken to reduce expenditures translates [...] http://datasource.net/wordpress/?p=1105 February 4, 2011 The BitLocker feature was introduced in Windows Vista and allowed you to encrypt the content of your hard drive.  Now in Windows 7 they offer BitLocker To Go which allows you to encrypt portable USB flash drives. First open up My Computer and Right-click on the flash drive you want to encrypt and select Turn [...] http://datasource.net/wordpress/?p=1021 August 31, 2010 If you are like a number of companies today, you have more than one location to serve customers efficiently. While this helps to extend your reach in the market, it also creates complications if you have limited or no IT staff for all locations and most support is provided only to your central headquarters. If [...] http://datasource.net/wordpress/?p=965 August 30, 2010 Collecting responses from a group of people is something very common in an office environment. Whether you are trying to ask what type of pizza to order for a meeting, or taking a vote on who’s going to be the next CEO, what you need is a poll. What you might not realize is that if [...] http://datasource.net/wordpress/?p=1013 July 20, 2010 If you had a vault full of valuable information, you’d certainly put it behind lock and key. You might even hire a security guard to watch the door so that no unscrupulous person could peep in. And while that logic is clear, many small businesses treat their email—an incredibly valuable store of data—without much thought. [...] http://datasource.net/wordpress/?p=971 July 16, 2010 Are you hitting walls with your software testing environment, spending too much time reproducing, fixing bugs and tearing them down, only to rebuild and start all over again? This is a common phenomenon as the development of software solutions for use within the enterprise may or may not work as intended. When the result is [...] http://datasource.net/wordpress/?p=958 July 16, 2010 Let#8217;s start with your Inbox in Outlook 2010. For a long, long time your Inbox has been a lengthy, chronological list of all the emails you have received. We know that for many of our users, dealing with the sheer volume of email they send and receive each day is a daunting and sometimes impossible [...] http://datasource.net/wordpress/?p=987 July 16, 2010 Are you prepared to continue to serve customers, support employees and conduct day-to-day business in the event of a disaster that renders your servers useless? While natural disasters can easily occur, perhaps the more realistic concern should be fire, flood, mechanical error, human error or vandalism. If you haven’t implemented a business continuity solution, how [...] http://datasource.net/wordpress/?p=907 June 22, 2010 What is Identity and Access Management and why do you need it? Identity and access management, often called ID management or IAM, is an easy idea to understand. It means that only the right people should have access to the right parts of your network. Your marketing department should be able to view and retrieve [...] http://datasource.net/wordpress/?p=915 June 17, 2010 Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 has the ability for you to broadcast your presentation over the Internet for remote view or for viewers over the network. This allows you to show presentations even if there is no projector available. All you need is a Windows Live ID! The PowerPoint broadcasting feature allows you to quickly share your [...] http://datasource.net/wordpress/?p=797 June 17, 2010 The market in which every company competes is no longer limited by geographic barriers. At the same time, this global landscape is intensely competitive. No matter what the size of your business, efficient collaboration and streamlined operations are necessary and a robust Unified Communications platform provides for the necessary tools to overcome this challenge to [...] http://datasource.net/wordpress/?p=763 June 8, 2010   Do you have multiple printers connected to the system and want to use each of them for different print jobs? Suppose you want to use “Printer A” when printing a PDF document, “Printer B” when printing an image, and so on. Instead of having to manually switch the printer, wouldn’t it be easy if [...] http://datasource.net/wordpress/?p=810 June 8, 2010 Welcome to a new series on virtualization, where we will explore consolidation of your IT resources, business continuity, branch offices and labs. Today, we will look at consolidation and what it can mean for your business. A move to virtualization can be a daunting task, especially when trying to identify opportunities to move systems together [...] http://datasource.net/wordpress/?p=761 June 8, 2010   Network Access Protection It starts with a frozen screen or the computer mysteriously shutting itself off. It ends with a system wide failure that paralyzes your business, destroys valuable data, and leaves clients in cyber limbo. Your company’s system has been compromised by the computer equivalent of a rear flank attack – invaders have [...] http://datasource.net/wordpress/?p=677 May 27, 2010   This article walks  you through creating sparklines in Excel 2010 using a sample table from the book store demo file: In the table we have the sales for the month of June: a column for total sales for the month, multiple columns for each day’s sales, and rows that break out different book categories.  Sparklines [...] http://datasource.net/wordpress/?p=750 May 26, 2010 Office 2010 vs. 2007   To upgrade, or not to upgrade? That is the question – and dilemma – facing small and midsized companies currently using Office 2007. Companies looking to improve productivity; enhance communication with, and between, employees and clients; and reduce costs by providing more efficient enterprise solutions will be attracted to Office [...] http://datasource.net/wordpress/?p=702 May 26, 2010 More than just your data There are few things more paralyzing, and costly, to a business than a server or network crash. While traditional data-based methods of backup may preserve or recover previously-saved individual files and documents, they are not equipped to effectively backup a server. The productivity lost during a time-consuming restoration requiring reinstalling [...] http://datasource.net/wordpress/?p=548 May 11, 2010 Comprehensive Security The importance of having a comprehensive network security strategy is literally as old as the Internet: when The Morris Worm was unleashed in 1988 by a curious Cornell student, programmers realized the Internet was a small and dangerous world after all. Today, a single breach of confidential data can lead to financial losses [...] http://datasource.net/wordpress/?p=588 May 11, 2010 Lock down your PC with these essential Windows security tips Type in #8216;tips for securing your computer#8217; into any search engine, and it#8217;s surprising how many times some curiously similar basic advice crops up. They#8217;re almost always the same tips, in the same order, looking as if they#8217;ve been cut and pasted from site to [...] http://datasource.net/wordpress/?p=615 May 10, 2010 A famous old saying reminds us that the best-laid plans often get, well, fouled up. All the precautions in the world can#8217;t take into consideration thousands of variables in a complex computing system, and today#8217;s office computers, networks, servers, routers and communications infrastructure are nothing if not complex. Of course you need preventive measures, but [...] http://datasource.net/wordpress/?p=531 April 22, 2010 Your company’s data grows every day. More emails, more reports, customer leads, invoices, projects, planning—the list goes on. You can’t shove this growing amount of data into the back closet. Data retention has to be secure, available when you need it, and comply with auditing and privacy standards. But how do you scale these ever [...] http://datasource.net/wordpress/?p=386 March 1, 2010 Help and advice for your Windows 7 PC Windows 7 lets you search online repositories as well as your PC // Windows 7 is out and if you#8217;ve either just installed it or bought a new PC running Windows 7, then we#8217;re here to help you get the most from it. Look beyond the headlines [...] http://datasource.net/wordpress/?p=406 March 1, 2010     Virtualization is one of those technology buzzwords that actually lives up to its hype. It not only  “greens” your data center by saving energy and space, it saves you green on your monthly bills. Let’s talk about the basics: what virtualization is, how to make it work for your company, and how to get [...] http://datasource.net/wordpress/?p=295 February 23, 2010 What if you could backup all your data every minute? Actually, you can. And you should. The consequences of losing any of your valuable company data are tremendous. It causes a sudden loss of productivity, difficulties meeting your customers’ needs, losses in revenue, subjects the business to costly recovery solutions, and sometimes even legal trouble [...] http://datasource.net/wordpress/?p=285 February 10, 2010 Businesspeople like you can become inundated with mountains of data #8211; on the internet, in data systems, in documents, in e-mail, and on desktops. Business intelligence (BI) means making the right information available to the right people at the right time, so that you and the people in your organization can make more informed decisions [...] http://datasource.net/wordpress/?p=189 February 1, 2010 Billions of dollars in revenue are lost each year fraud and abuse due to poor risk management and resilience plans. Detecting fraudulent activity is not easy, but DataSource has developed solutions to respond to this challenge. (source: IBM) To thrive in a changing marketplace, you want to optimize your IT infrastructure to enhance resiliency, ensure continuous availability [...] http://datasource.net/wordpress/?p=125 January 20, 2010 Green computing has been in the news all year, but most businesses don’t know what to make of the trend. We all want to help the environment and the company’s bottom line — and the truth is that green computing can do just that. According to VMware, for every server virtualized, customers can save about [...] http://datasource.net/wordpress/?p=28 January 20, 2010 Gain insight to strengthen your business Today it is more important than ever to know what is really happening in your business and to know it fast enough that you can make the right decisions when it counts. Business intelligence means simply turning the data you already collect into useful information and reports to support [...] http://datasource.net/wordpress/?p=52 January 18, 2010 During the #8220;Forum on Modernizing Government#8221; summit in Washington D.C. last week, President Obama joked that the nation#8217;s capital is #8220;the city where I had to fight tooth and nail just to get a Blackberry#8221;. Over fifty CEOs came to the summit to offer suggestions on how to improve the antiquated IT system for the Federal Government. Here [...] http://datasource.net/wordpress/?p=31 January 15, 2010 Hacking and computer crime isn’t a hobby, nor is it a profession. It is more like an obsession, and computer criminals never take a day off. Every minute of every day, thousands of them are scouring the Internet for those proverbial “back doors” (and the growing number of side doors) to other people’s networks. There [...] http://datasource.net/wordpress/?p=26 November 13, 2009 Share your internet connection with this clever Windows 7 feature // Sharing your Windows internet connection via software has traditionally been a tricky business. There are programs that can help you do it, but they#8217;re often awkward to set up, and prone to complicated security and reliability issues, so most people don#8217;t even try. But [...] http://datasource.net/wordpress/?p=442 November 8, 2009 The stuff that makes the upgrade worthwhile Windows 7 will ease your Vista pain // From Windows 3.1 to Windows Vista, the Windows operating system has taken many giant leaps. And while Vista received a lukewarm reception from some users, Windows 7 is likely to be remembered for addressing those criticisms. In fact, there aren#8217;t [...] http://datasource.net/wordpress/?p=417 October 27, 2009 Recent news has been abuzz this past week about notorious hacker “Albert Gonzalez, indicted for stealing 130 million credit card numbers, and social sites like Twitter increasingly favored by hackers as a place to plant malware. Is your network safe from these malicious activities? At DataSource we want to make sure you are. http://datasource.net/wordpress/?p=21 August 7, 2009 Data source solutions serves valuable purposes. Primarily, it is an internal resource that safeguards your Information Technology system against security threats from hackers and viruses. Its secondary function is to optimize your business technology system, expediting how and when you meet your business objectives. http://datasource.net/wordpress/?p=19 July 15, 2009 Our clients work all across the nation and benefit from onsite and remote support nationwide. Still, we are constantly getting requests to expand our branch locations and, this morning, DataSource is proud to announce the opening of two new regional offices to serve Northern California. Headed by our experienced Regional Sales Manager, Jim DeLosada, and his knowledgeable technical and support staff, these Bay Area branch offices are available to handle your requests immediately. http://datasource.net/wordpress/?p=13 March 23, 2009 Protect your business from an ‘inside job’. Some security breaches may seem innocuous to employees, such as copying customer data, account histories and contact information for future use at a competitor. More malicious attacks might sabotage systems or delete critical data at a date in the future. The good news is that there are common sense things you can do to protect your corporate data, especially during layoffs. http://datasource.net/wordpress/?p=10 January 9, 2009 The recent outbreak of computer viruses and other malware has kept our lines busy. Our customers are asking a very important question, “How do I know if my network is safe?” The answer lies in how secure your network perimeter is, and the firewall solution you have to keep out malware like viruses and worms. http://datasource.net/wordpress/?p=5 August 10, 2008 The malicious Conficker worm is scheduled to activate on infected PCs all across the world this Wednesday, April 1, and DataSource Solutions wants to make sure that your business doesn’t suffer. Here is a quick QA about what Conflicker actually is, and what you need to do to protect your business from the worm. http://datasource.net/wordpress/?p=1 April 1, 2008