Small Business Technology Blog for Janus Networks
OpenSSL, an extremely widespread cyptographic library used for Internet security, has just announced a major security breach and the patch to fix it. How bad is it? Pretty bad. The … Continue reading Major Bug and Patch for OpenSSL
Last week, Microsoft unveiled Office for iPad, making the tech giant a multi-platform player. Versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote are now available as free apps that allow file … Continue reading Office for iPad Arrives
Source: Flickr/yubikey Are you curious about the two-factor authentication security technology recently adopted by popular online services like Twitter and Tumblr? It’s called “two-factor” because it uses a password plus … Continue reading Two-Factor Authentication
Long gone are the days when your email password was the only code you had to remember. Now, nearly every click you make leads to a login screen. With so … Continue reading One Password to Rule Them All
Today’s post is about a computing concept: the client-server model. In today’s era of cloud computing, many applications use the client-server model. So, by understanding what that means, you’ll have … Continue reading The Client-Server Model
What do you do if the founder of your business dies, taking all her passwords with her? Or when your IT manager has to move back east, and no one … Continue reading Account Credentials for Business Should Not Be in the Founder’s Name
The Windows Task Scheduler is a humble tool, but in its simplicity, it is powerful and versatile. It does exactly what it says on the tin: it schedules tasks in … Continue reading Windows Task Scheduler
In the world of internal communications and cloud-based collaboration, Enterprise Social Networks (ESNs) like Yammer and Salesforce are gaining traction as valuable tools. According to a recent survey by Deloitte, … Continue reading The private social network for your company
Knowing your website visitor metrics is useful for many different purposes. It lets you know how popular your website is. It provides you with a measurement point for marketing, SEO, … Continue reading Getting website visitor metrics
We’ve got smartphones, and we’re about to get smart watches. Cars are getting pretty smart, too. And TVs. And thermostats, freezers, lights, and medical devices. The Internet of Things is … Continue reading Rules for the Internet of Things
The makers of the popular Firefox browser entered the smartphone arena yesterday with a new Firefox mobile operating system. The operating system will be open source, which appeals to developers. … Continue reading A new mobile operating system from Mozilla enters the scene!
If you were holding off on making the switch to Windows 8 because it was just too different, you won’t have that excuse for much longer. Windows 8.1, which is … Continue reading Now is a good time to make the switch to Windows 8.1
