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I’ve worked on several web applications recently and I’ve been using pieces of the Zend Framework for them. A while back I reviewed a number of PHP libraries and decided that for our needs, the Zend Framework was ideal. Now that I’ve used it for a few applications, I’m convinced ...
Still struggling to stay productive in the age of distraction? Tony Wong recently sat down and discussed the top 7 ways in which your organization can keep productivity and focus while still staying connected.
On November 5th, SureTech took part in the Princeton Arts Councils Dining by Deisgn event. Check out some highlights from the night, including a slideshow video of the amazing art created by many of the programs participants.
If you just bought the new iPhone 4s, Apple's latest update to iOS 5 may fix your battery-draining problems - or it may make them worse. iPhone users across the country are split down the middle; some claiming "my battery life is awesome!" and some, well, aren't so lucky.
With a multitude of developers and smart phone manufacturers pumping out newer phones, it is becoming harder to update older versions. We explore the wonderful world of Android Fragmentation. Myth? Legend? Horror story told to junior software developers? Check out our post and see how these smartphones match up to one another, and more importantly with Apple's iPhone.
The new HTC Droid security flaw proves that when you download an open-source app, you're inviting the developers into your home, taking off their shoes, and giving them a foot massage (so to speak.)
Mistakes are inevitable but we strive to learn from them, making them a point of growth and not a set-back. Below is an article illustrating principles and an attitude we at SureTech.com stand behind and work to emmulate.
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10things/10-immutable-laws-of-mistakes/2633?tag=nl.e099
We created an ecommerce website for Amstrong Industrial Hose's new garden hose line. Fun colors of hose and great durable product.
The days where Macs are the one impenetrable place for viruses unfortunately seem to be over. New malware attacks are popping up more frequently on Macs these days. We now recommend AntiVirus for your Mac as well.
via ZDnet.com
What a Mac malware attack looks like
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Safe Internet Use Tips
Avoid Worms | Big Files | Email Chains |SPAM | Using Outlook
A client recently sent us a copy of an email that warned her in capital letters of a terrible virus that is going around the internet and steps to take to protect herself ...New systems can frustrate any user.
We like to think no user question is too small for a quality and calm answer from our HelpDesk!
Potential customers say to us all the time as we describe our services "So THAT'S what cloud computing means." Cloud computing can really mean lots of different things to people, but most basically it is a hosted solution to a technology need that traditinally resided on a local ...
The tools don't make the soul. Merry Christmas :)
One of these days I'd love someone to tell me the story of how Minority Report got ahold of the UI for the iPhone 5 years before the iPhone was released...
We just helped Antoine Amrani Chocolates launch a new shopping cart so check it out and enjoy!
As chocolate lovers, we could not be happier to support a client that makes the most exquisite and delectable chocolate we've ever had.
Most IT Budgets just maintain your status quo
In this age of constant change why do most budgets contain very little room for improving efficiency and communications?
Because most IT budgets are maintaining 90% of what they don't need to get the 10% the actually use.
SureTech.com's mission is ...
Do You feel Overwhelmed by Data, Information and Emails?
You're right, you are overwhelmed.
Essentially infinitely overwhelmed, in fact.
The cost of diseminating information is nearly zero, so information you could never have imagined 20 years ago now finds its way to you. Storing information is very cheap, so ...
Our goal is to eliminate break/fix to the greatest extent possible.
Complexity and Onsite Maintenance are EXPENSIVE
The vast majority of IT costs for the typical organization are related to emergency repairs and the labor, equipment and primarily, lost productiviyt costs associated with a system not functioning optimially.
Proper maintenance ...We were delighted to be part of the Arts Council of Princeton's Pinot to Picasso - Vintage 2010 fund-raiser this year.
Operating a successful business in todays economic times is difficult, even for a well-managed company. Now, add the complexity of the worst recession since the Great Depression. It is no surprise that commercial bankruptcies, among the nation's more than 25 million small businesses, have increased by approximately 44% from the third quarter of 2008 to the third quarter of 2009, according to Equifax Inc. So what is a business owner to do? Avoid these SEVEN DEADLY SINS!
Love, Peace, Joy and all best wishes to you from SureTech.com and Topaz.
Small Is Beautiful
I tend to like to write on my keyboard on my lap or on a lap bench...
Cloud Buzz
Everybody's heard the buzz, but most people I talk to are confused about how to understand "The Cloud." Even for many that understand the buzz or work with Cloud computers, explaining The Cloud can be daunting.
Cloud Explanations and Illustrations
I usually explain it using a napkin network diagram of the internet which is ...
My cell phone provider lost a sale yesterday because they gave me too many choices (and not enough information at their store). Luckily for them, I’m not about to switch cell phone providers, but it is an example of how providing your customers choices without information about why they’d choose ...The NY Times magazine goes so far as to call datacenters, the cloud, which is a slightly different focus than the napkin network diagram I like to draw...
Safe Internet Use Tips
Worms | Big Files | Email Chains |SPAM | Using Outlook
A client recently went to a meeting where he assumed an email he sent had arrived at his client's inbox. When he learned it did not, he became alarmed and called us.
We investigated ...
13 Hours and $1,400.00 To upgrade my Hard Drive?!?
We’ve always said that Managed Services for IT is usually a flawed business model. Pretty much the better job you do the less you make. Kinda like lawyers, I guess, except at least we talk about ...
American based, for american customers - and email.
That's pretty much the price of excellent service these days. If you outsource your service to a place that doesn't care about your customers ... - view comments
Who are we to argue with Genius? Einstein was ahead of us on the internet AND SureTech.com! - View Comments
When you type in somedomain.com your internet service sends a message to a machine called a name server owned by your internet service and asks this machine “hey, where do I find the website for somedomain.com?” - view comments
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Cloud Computing: Is It Safe?
By Alan Cohen from Law.com
Corporate Counsel
October 31, 2008
If there's one tried-and-true way to tackle a problem, it's to make it someone else's problem. It's the strategy that's given us plumbers, fluff-and-fold laundry and lawn services. Yet for a long time, corporate ...
We are pleased to share these trends via Baseline:
Organizations are increasingly looking to next-generation social networking tools to conduct sophisticated business intelligence and analytics. In many cases, they are mining data and looking for trends and patterns, such as which salesperson has the relationships to pull off a deal ...
I just picked up “Love is the Killer App” at a café wherein Tim Sanders describes love as the ultimate competitive weapon in business. I have a friend who’s making a go for the fourth year working at home with her husband so they can be close to the kids. ...
Xobni which is inbox spelled backwards is an absolutely terrific plug in for Microsoft Outlook except for the small fact that it doesn't work... - view comments
"I might as well settle in," Anna told me one fall day in 1993. We had both moved to New York along with about a quarter of our graduating class the year before. "I kept thinking I would start my life someday, and was living out of boxes, ...
Talking not Terrabytes ...
When we think of hosting we think of having guests at our house. We think of music to play and finger food.
Our business is taking the time to understand the equivalent of tea time in the digital age. Our business is communication, the kind ...