Archive for October 31, 2011

Your Work Computer Is Not A Toy

Can you afford to be without your work computer for a few days, even weeks?  Read the following email we recently received from one of our clients pertaining to this vary situation:

“Hello,
My husband’s computer is down and he used mine to check his email and opened a
message that may have contained a virus (it appeared to be from his father).  I immediately shutdown and upon reopening all
things appear okay, but as you can imagine, I cannot afford to have my computer
inoperable even for a day.  Not sure what you can do, but thought I’d better ask.
Thanks,
Customer XYZ”

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Why “Free” Email Isn’t Really Free

In today’s modern world just about everyone has an email account. We use it to communicate with loved ones, friends and for work. Many users receive an email address from their employer but separate personal and work related emails by setting up a personal email account at one of the MANY free email providers. The majority of users don’t find it acceptable to “pay” for a personal email account and thus one of the free email providers is utilized. The problem is just because you don’t pay a subscription fee for your email doesn’t mean you don’t end up paying for it!

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