I recently had the opportunity to test another hosted service, Draftix.com. I found it by searching for some software that would help with season ticket group distribution. I was creating a new season ticket group of varying ownership and figured there had to be someone out there who's already figured out how to do it easily using software or even Excel.
After doing a quick...
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Tech Notes
It’s 2009, do you know where your data is?
In this post I want to talk a little about our data. By our data I mean any information that is unique to us: files we've created that can contain personal or important information that we may want to keep private and/or that we want to have backed up. Examples include your email files, your photos, tax files, resume, letters, school papers, even your MP3 files.
One of th...
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Livin’ in the Cloud
As I embrace the concept of cloud computing, I've been asking myself if it's possible to live completely in the cloud. To get a picture of what I'm talking about here, imagine doing all of your computer-related work at an Internet cafe or on a diskless netbook. And I mean "all" of your work.
My revelation that living in the cloud could be a real possibility came to me abou...
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The Trouble with Untrusted Sites
It seems that rogue web sites will always be a part of our daily lives. You run into them most often when searching for a particular topic and click on one of the listed sites from your search: suddenly your browser takes on a life of its own, spawning additional browsers and taking you places you'd rather not go. More often than not, these sites will start a fake antivir...
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PayPal and two-factor authentication
I've been a huge proponent of two-factor (something you know and something you have/are) authentication for several years now. I understand that nothing is 100% secure, but I haven't seen anything better come along.
I'd like to see more services provide this type of authentication option. PayPal has a feature called Security Key that allows you to add two-factor authenticat...
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What is cloud computing?
What is "cloud computing"? After writing my last post, I feel that it is necessary to define my opinion of what cloud computing is.
The simplest way of describing cloud computing is any web page you use to perform a function or store data. Social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter are part of cloud computing, as are online storage sites such as Mozy.com.
The mos...
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Cloud computing is the future?
The consultants at Claritech have been embracing the concept of Cloud Computing for the last several months, from hosted Exchange and backup solutions to online employee scheduling and document storage. This site is being developed as a portal to our clients to provide easy access to some of our recommended Cloud service providers.
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