Recent research finds that more than one-third of all businesses are now using a VoIP phone system, with the vast majority of those being businesses with fewer than 50 employees. How do you know if VoIP is right for your…
It is no secret that the telecommunications industry is experiencing rapid change.Major players like AT&T are changing their focus from land-lines to wireless and broadband data services. While new players are making their mark and grabbing market share. The buzz…
Well it has been a while since my last blog. With Huricane Irene and the snow storm Alfred it has been a crazy season so far. Also, we have been exceptionally busy for this time of year. We are working on…
There is an app for Smartphones that can capture passwords being typed on a keyboard that it is lying next to. It may seem hard to believe, but by using the accelerometer and orientation sensors built into the phones the app can deduce with…
Those of us who have just experienced Hurricane Irene were made painfully aware of the disruption to our business that can occur when there are significant infrastructure outages. Extended loss of electricity, telephone and Internet make it difficult or impossible…
Well it has been a busy 2 weeks here in the Northeast. While Irene was not as bad as we thought it might be, it did cause a lot of damage to the utility infrastructure. We had quite a few…
Hosted solutions are hot right now. Just like cereals, soaps and shampoos always have to come out with new and improved versions of their products, so too do technology companies. The latest is “hosted” solutions. Hosted or cloud computing and…
Hacking is not just limited to computers and data networks. While credit card theft and breaking into Pentagon computers gets all the attention, telephone systems are targets as well. Why would someone spend their time and energy hacking into a…
These days there are more choices than ever in the type of telephone to choose from.Those of us who remember rotary phones know that there was a time that phone sets were like Model T Fords: your choices were black, black…
Did you know that the squirrel causes the most damage to cable infrastructure, more than any other animal.I wonder if it is linked to the new “green” plastics that are made with soy oil. For some reason they like to…
