In this highly computerized world, more and more people of all ages are experiencing aches and pains that come from sitting in front of a screen for long periods of time. These aches and pains are felt in the neck, shoulder, upper and lower back, write and elbow joints.

There has been a lot of talk lately about the cloud and its ability to put small to midsize businesses (SMBs) and startups on a level playing field with large global enterprises. Can this be substantiated or is it a load of trendy hype to push SMBs to cloud-based solutions? We

Over the last few blogs I have spent a fair amount of time talking about cloud computing.  This is because it seems to be an area where a large number of business people experience

confusion and have difficulty trying to decide, should they cloud or not? 

As covered in a previous blog most business are already using the cloud in some form or other but have just not seen it labeled that way.

When you live in the world of IT Management, like we do here at CDN Technologies, sometimes you forget where many of the business processes we see each day have come from. 

If I think back and look at what many current business owners and managers may have experienced in their careers I realize that the world we take for granted now is substantially different.

It should come as no surprise that many small to midsize business owners take pride in overseeing every aspect of their startup business. Naturally, many are apprehensive when it comes to surrendering control of their servers, their data, and their applications.

It's a fast paced world. Not only do people want things, they want things right now. This sometimes unnerving need for instant satisfaction has only intensified now that we have WiFi and mobile devices that keep us connected regardless of where we are, what we are doing, or the time of day.

So what is the cloud? 

Accessing needed information using only  Internet access is working in the cloud. The management of daily tasks online can be referred to as cloud computing.  Online banking,  You Tube, using websites to book travel

It is less than one week before the new Canadian Anti Spam Legislation, CASL, comes into effect.  Among other things this new act regulates how email and text messaging is used when contacting the public.  The public in this case includes all consumers whether in a consumer or business context.

Technology is full of difficult jargon. To further complicate things, certain terms are often used in a different context between one publication or service provider and the next. An example of this is the usage of backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity.

You still have Windows XP running on some (or all) of your computers.  You know you should upgrade but you're not sure what it entails and what you should do.  Here are some things to think about and some steps you can consider.

Your XP computers are old

If your computers are running Windows XP then they are definitely old.