Switchfast Blog: The Future of IT
Thursday, August 12, 2010 by Matt Hymel
It's hard to pick out a small business or entrepreneur that has
not had their fair share of technical difficulties. Technology has
evolved into an integral part of small business startups. Reaching
out to targeted audiences, communicating internally, and tracking
business protocol-plenty of actions require the careful integr...
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010 by Matt Hymel
We've seen some busy patches in the past but, with 14
bulletins, the latest Microsoft security advisory speaks to some
serious security vulnerabilities. To be exact, there are 34 serious
security vulnerabilities, including holes in Internet Explorer,
Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Silverlight, Microsoft XML
Core Servic...
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Thursday, August 05, 2010 by Matt Hymel
Unemployment may still be at high numbers but jobs within the
Information Technology sector are opening and filling up. According
to a Computerworld.com article, 71% of
professionals in charge of hiring or recruiting for technology
positions "expect to add more employees in the second half of the
year than they did in the fi...
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Wednesday, August 04, 2010 by Matt Hymel
We've noted that businesses are generally willing and excited about migrating to the
newest Microsoft OS, Windows 7. Both consumers and enterprise have
adopted the newest OS as a significant upgrade, whether on a user
interface or performance level. Whatever the case, small businesses
have quickly embraced the upgrade and ha...
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Monday, July 26, 2010 by Matt Hymel
While the debate on stimulating economic turnaround continues,
one industry is already returning to form. According to a
report from Forrester, "U.S. IT goods and services spending
will jump 9.9 percent in 2010, compared to 7.8 percent growth
worldwide." Not only is this number encouraging, but it represents
a 1.5 percent i...
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Friday, July 23, 2010 by Matt Hymel
Microsoft has seen its fair share of success recently. In a blog post, the Microsoft Windows Team revealed
that 175 million copies of Windows 7 had been sold, a record pace
of over 7 copies sold per second. Furthermore, 16% of all PCs in
the world now run on Windows 7, quite a feat for a product launched
less than a year ago...
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Tuesday, July 20, 2010 by Matt Hymel
While large corporations usually depend on certain hardware
manufacturers for their technology, today companies are adjusting
to their employees mobile and computer preferences. With the market
growing beyond Microsoft for operating systems and Hewlett-Packard
for technology hardware, consumer options have turned into
corpor...
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Tuesday, July 13, 2010 by Matt Hymel
While Apple concentrates on its newest iPhone and Google
continues its search engine dominance, Microsoft has seemingly sat in wait, quietly planning their next
mission into the evolving technology industry. One of the projects
introduced earlier this year, Windows Phone 7 Series (later renamed
without "series" in the title,...
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Monday, July 12, 2010 by Matt Hymel
Many factors contribute to the growth and success of a small
business startup: the idea, the demand, the innovation, the
determination, the passion, the resources, and much more. In a
struggling economic landscape, consumers turn to conservative
spenders, relying more on familiar consumer experience (word of
mouth) to aid in...
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Wednesday, June 30, 2010 by Matt Hymel
Emerging technology can be a burden on IT managers-as well as
employees. As new software updates and hardware innovations arise,
users feel overwhelmed after finally learning and committing to a
specific way of doing work. The latest piece of technology dubbed
the "tablet" has consumers all giddy as the iPad has set a standa...
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