[nsao] NSAO Newsletter December, 2003 : Issue #7
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December, 2003 : Issue #7
In this issue:
NSAO is Partnered with GTA
NSAO Services
Electronically Archiving Paper Documents
Did You Know?
This month's giveaway!
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NSAO is Partnered with GTA
GTA, Global Technology Associates, is a leader in the development and
production of firewalls for business computer networks. GTA provides a
large line of products scaleable to almost any size business and can be
configured to meet the computer and network needs of any business. We
have partnered with GTA so that we are able to provide effective and
cost efficient firewall solutions to our customers.
If you have questions regarding firewalls or computer and network
security in general please contact us today.
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NSAO Services
Do you often work from home but still need access to information on your
computer at the office? Or do you have multiple office locations that
need to be connected? If so NSAO can recommend and implement the best
solution for you. We understand that in today's business world it is
absolutely necessary to have all the information you need at your
fingertips at all times.
NSAO can also setup your PC or server for remote administration. You may
ask, what is remote administration and why would I be interested? Remote
administration gives us the ability to login from our office to help
troubleshoot and fix problems you may be having. This helps us respond
faster and often save you the cost of an on-site call.
For your solution to these and related needs contact us today.
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Electronically Archiving Paper Documents
Electronic filing is being used in business today more and more for many
reasons. First saving paper documents can consume large amounts of space
in your office and require you to continually add new filing cabinets or
purchase boxes designed for archiving documents which can be expensive
and time consuming. Secondly paper documents are difficult to protect
from loss due to fire or natural disaster. Thirdly how many times have
you have you not been able to find a file because someone else has it or
it has been lost or had to make copies of a file because more than one
person needs to use the file. And finally trying to locate an old
document that has been filed away can often be difficult and time
consuming.
How do you get started electronically filing documents? The answer to
this question depends greatly on what you intend to accomplish through
electronic filing and what computer/digital hardware and software you
already have. With this in mind start by determining what you will be
electronically filing and what equipment you already have. Then
depending on the complexity of the project and your experience decide
what you are lacking or contact NSAO to help find or develop and
implement a solution.
Instead of trying to cover way too much information I will go a bit more
in depth with a possible solution for a relatively simple situation.
Take for example a business that may need to convert a relatively small
number of paper files into electronic documents mostly for archival
purposes and will not have need for searching capabilities. The hardware
needed in this case would be a scanner preferably with a document feeder
and a PC with enough unused disk space to store the documents and some
means of backup like tape or a CD burner. In addition having Adobe
Acrobat would add the ability to create digital documents directly from
almost any Windows based application without scanning and many other
useful tools.
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Did You Know?
Spyware Prevention
Think about how many web-based businesses have come and gone in recent
years. Even companies with real staying power, like EBay & Amazon, have
changed their looks- and often their owners. The less-than-legitimate
businesses have changed right along with them, and for that reason it's
important for anyone who uses the web with any regularity to stay up on
at least the most current batch of e-threats. In the good old days of
two or three years ago, a good firewall and updated virus protection was
enough to keep most of us safe online. The web, in its unbridled
free-for-all marketing, has recently spawned a vicious new breed of
entrepreneur who operates in the legally-gray area of "spyware." They
exploit cutting-edge technology, shielded by a
not-very-tech-savvy-legislature- lawmakers who are still too busy
debating the P2P file-sharing thing- to invent software that makes popup
windows look like kid stuff. Geographical location (usually a country
that doesn't observe NATO copyright laws) helps them even more, where
the arm of the law would have to be very long indeed to collar them.
They might even share an apartment with a spammer.
Spyware's thinking, in a nutshell, is thusly: 1. There's gold in them
thar hills! Consumer info is the currency of the new internet, and
spyware captures lots and lots of it. 2. What we're doing may be illegal
(but it isn't yet and there's no law on the books to cover what we do )
3. By the time the law catches on to us, we'll be living the good life
in... (insert tropical location here). Or, we'll just change our
product. Done. Want to see us change it again?
Spyware developers use technology that moves faster than the speed of a
judge's gavel. That means that web information mining isn't going away
any time soon, especially because there's such a ready market for the
information they gather.
So, what can spyware do to your computer? Sadly, that list gets longer
every day; here are just a few: 1. Hijack your browser's homepage (this
is very common and very annoying) 2. Track your internet usage habits;
which sites you visit, how long you spend there... and how much you
spend there. 3. Install programs on your computer that compile and send
detailed tracking information to a 3rd party, without your knowledge 4.
Install features and plug-ins to your browser, again without your
knowledge, that take up space and slow your computer down
Give NSAO a call and we can help you rid your PC of the ever growing
list of known Spyware.
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This month's giveaway!
Prizes are awarded monthly! Barb Weigand of Stark Dental Society won an
NSAO gift certificate good for 2 hours of in-shop service in last
month's giveaway. This month you could win a new digital camera!!!!
Included with this camera (Chameleon Mega by Largan) is everything you
need to start taking digital pictures. Included with the camera are a
USB cable to download pictures to your PC, a cable to view pictures on
your TV, camera case, wrist strap, batteries, software and user's guide.
To win this camera and all included accessories send us a tip or trick
you use that would be helpful to the rest of our readers. The tip should
be for Windows or any other commonly used Microsoft software like Word
or Excel. We will choose the best tip for next month's newsletter and
the person submitting the tip will win the camera. Submit your tip to
info@xxxxxxxx with the subject Newsletter Tip.
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Disclaimer: The tips and other information given in this newsletter are
researched and are believed to be accurate at the time of publication,
but we cannot and do not guarantee that all the information here will
work on your particular combination of hardware, software and user skill
level. All information herein is offered as-is and without warranty of
any kind. To the greatest extent allowed by law, neither Network
Solutions And Optimization, LLC (NSAO) nor its employees nor
contributors are responsible for any loss, injury, or damage, direct or
consequential, resulting from your choosing to use any information
presented here.
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