Many comparisons of the two services pay a lot of attention to price, but for qualified non-profit organizations both services are available at very little cost. In a feature by feature comparison, the two services are fairly equal, so it comes down to ecosystem preferences.
Community IT February 2016 News promoting Idealware joint whitepaper “What Nonprofits Need to Know About Security: a Practical Guide to Managing Risk”
If you are having any trouble explaining what this “cloud” thing is or how it works, this article may help – or it may just complicate things farther. However, if you are interested in urban infrastructure, economics, and policy decisions on where data centers are located, read on.
In the slides and recording from this webinar we share some research from one of our security partners OpenDNS about the ways any computer network can be compromised. The good news is, you don’t need to just wait passively for the worst and hope for the best. Matt Eshleman and Steve Longenecker share what we’ve learned about risks, and present ways you can protect yourself by implementing a managed network environment.
Backups and Disaster Recovery are now an essential part of any organization’s IT strategy. In the slides and recording of this webinar Matt Eshleman and Steve Longenecker from Community IT walk through the approaches available to nonprofits, discussing pros and cons, particularly as they relate to the size and function of the organization. Backups can be on-premise or remote, full or incremental, and need to include remote devices and take security and access into account.
Perfect security isn’t possible, but practical security is within your reach. Is your organization doing enough to secure its most important data? In this new free report from Idealware, we cut through the fear and uncertainty to provide clear guidance.
We will be upgrading all managed clients to Internet Explorer 11 to take advantage of the most modern version of Internet Explorer so that computers will receive critical security updates to help protect against the steady stream of viruses, spyware and other malicious software.
Of all the tributes rightfully burning up the Internet, freaked out to ponder this: “…in 1996—yes, 1996—(Bowie) released his new song “Telling Lies” online and netted 300,000 downloads. Not impressed? Back then, people spent an average of 30 minutes online a month (and downloading a single song could take up all of that). Source: MIT Technology Review
Our Help Desk team ended the year on a very high note by receiving the Help Desk Institute team certification award, which we presented at our holiday party. HDI is an international professional association and certification body for the technical service and support industry. We are so proud to congratulate our Help Desk team on this achievement, and we are committed to continuing to provide outstanding customer service and maintaining our level of certifications.
It remains a great honor and privilege for us to be able to support organizations doing such positive work in our community and world. Wishing you a wonderful holiday season and all the best in the new year,
Johan Hammerstrom, President & CEO