One morning, IRIS Solutions received a notification via our monitoring software that a client of ours had been affected by malware. Per our standard policy and procedures, the monitoring software isolated the infected computers by disabling the shared drive.
From my desk, where I sit day in and day out, here are three perks of a modern workstation:
We know we can’t control the weather. What happens if lightning strikes your business and fries your network? That’s what happened to a dental practice in Greensboro, NC.
We have a confession: we hoard broken and old computers.
One of our dental clients in Charlotte had a patient that needed emergency services on the weekend. The doctor went into the office and noticed that the network was down and he was unable to pull up the patient’s information. An IRIS Solutions Technician who was on call was already working on the issue before […]
Alright, so you have a Wi-Fi network for your office. Wonderful. Depending on how your network is set up and how many mobile devices are being used, the network strength throughout the office could be sufficient, or it might be weak in some areas of the office.
Backups are essential. Mistakes happen, and files get deleted. What can be done to recover the data, and what are the implications?
To save or not to save? Passwords are a necessary evil. Everyone hates remembering them. It’s so easy to stick to the same format of password or the exact same password for all of your logins (AKA -a huge security risk). Or you have these requirements that say your password must have an uppercase letter, […]
In the spirit of the recent holiday, I started to think about what I am thankful for. Of course, we are all thankful for those in our life who are family or friends. However, this blog post is about why we should ditch our family and friends and break bread with former IT geeks.