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Cloud adoption is continuing as predicted. IT as we know it is changing and the cloud is the future. Make sure you are planning for the cloud today.

Learn how you can get on the cloud wagon here!

We talk a lot about new innovative technology here at TOSS sadly however, technology does not stay innovative for long. This raises a major question, what am I supposed to do with all of these leftover pieces of old tech? Well I'm glad you asked because the answer is simple, CRAFTS. Thats right, its time to take those old relics and turn them into something useful once more.

“Be an angel, take a look at my laptop – it’s not working.”  If you are a Business Admin, I bet you have heard that before.  What that statement really means is drop everything else!  This is a priority because this laptop belongs to my boss, who happens to be an Executive and is about to embark on a journey to New York to present to a great prospect.

This month I will cover computer worms. Over the years I have removed a lot of different types virus infections by far the toughest are worm infections. WORM stands for “Write Once Read Many”. It will attach itself by making copies to anything the creator wanted to infect like a cd-rom, thumb drive, network drive or email as an attachment.

A new cloud based technology could help to improve the vision of thousands of children around the world. The cloud has endless benefits for the healthcare industry but most of the time we only hear about benefits for the providers. Now we are seeing healthcare technology take advantage of the cloud to deliver improved healthcare to the masses.

Welcome to the 1970's, a decade full of Led Zeppelin, hippies and the birth of the personal computer. Watch as the lady in pink walks into the future (or the light at the end of the tunnel) with her personal, portable computer, and this brightly lit future can be yours for the low price of $1795! Sadly people don't look at me with the same expression when I walk into a room with my laptop.

The days of printer frustrations are slowly but surely becoming a thing of the past. As the cloud has been growing and developing the cloud printing industry has been growing right alongside. Services such as Google's Cloud Print, Ezeep and UniPrint are leading the way and making printing easier than ever.

Do you remember making a mixtape for that cute girl you liked in your English class? I bet you do and I'm sure she appreciated your collection of Rush and that one Bryan Adams song, you romantic you.

And even though there was something great about making a mixtape for that lucky lady I must say that personally an iTunes playlist is just so much easier.

As you read this post, keep in mind there is no “perfect” solution. All options – be it an in-house network or a cloud solution – have both upsides and downsides. Your selection has to be determined on a case-by-case scenario before you can come to a complete conclusion on which option will work best for you.

Long ago, (well early 1980’s) the inter-department memo consisted of a paper memo which was moved around the company with check boxes to ensure receipt. Thank goodness, email and distribution lists seriously advanced communication practices, however, data was still a challenge.