Posts Tagged ‘Data Security’
Document Management Mobility – a Window to Your Business from Anywhere in the World
In its purest sense, document management is the electronic conversion of your paper-based workflow. It’s taking what once required a piece of paper to move through your organization through inner-office mail, Fed-Ex, or hand delivery, and streamlining it to be an electronic, compliant document that can move freely online or through a customized software package.…
Read MoreMoving to a Hosted Exchange Solution? Verify Your Devices are Supported…
Believe it or not we will be entering the 2nd quarter of 2012 very shortly and the push to move applications to The Cloud has never been more prevalent. As an organization you may have decided to embrace various Cloud technologies within the past couple of years such as a hosted Microsoft Exchange Online solution…
Read MoreMake sure you’re down with down coding
Imagine that you are a handyman. What you charge is based on the type of job that you execute. So let’s say that building a deck will cost $2,500, and installing shelving will cost $200. You wouldn’t want to be paid $200 for building a deck that should cost $2,500 would you? Of course not!
Read MoreTriage in Real-time
This is a great example of how Advance employs various technologies and support techniques to correct issues within a clients network. Whether Advance is remotely monitoring your devices, performing remote support, or triaging issues on site, rest assured that we have the technology and resources to get the job done.
Read MoreProtecting Patient Information with PDF Encryption
The concept is that the PDF file can be “locked” from viewing, with a password, which encrypts the file. The recipient can only view and “unlock” the data by entering the password, which then decrypts the file.
Read MoreRadio-Frequency Identification (RFID) – Easy and Secure Access to Your Printer
Businesses are always looking for new ways to increase productivity, track costs, and secure their data. There are many methods available but none are as transparent to end users as card authentication, specifically RFID (radio frequency identification) which are better known as proximity cards.
Read MoreWhen Lions Attack
The biggest change was the discontinued use of the Samba suite which provided SMB functionality to your Mac. That affected the core technology that allowed communication from Mac to Windows as well as most MFD’s.
Read More“Advances” in Remote Support
Just the other day I overheard a conversation regarding a service provider and their inability to fix a simple network connectivity issue over the phone. I said to myself, “Why aren’t they using remote assistance tools to address these issues?” While Advance does indeed offer phone support, the bulk of service calls within our Network…
Read MoreSecurity tip: Change copier and printer passwords
Changing your default user names and passwords in network critical devices such as routers is a must. Your office equipment is a lot less vulnerable in this aspect but still carry some of the same default authentication options. All administrators are encouraged to change and keep track of their network appliance passwords, which includes printers and copiers.
Read MoreScanning to Email with your MFP? Gmail users beware…
Before your company considers making the leap to Gmail, don’t forget about the digital copier in your office that you may rely on to directly email paper documents as PDF, TIFF or JPEG files. Gmail requires the use of SSL over SMTP, and your machine, depending on its brand and age, might not have that ability. Simply put, SSL provides a higher level of data security, when communicating with the SMTP (mail) server, when compared to a standard protocol like POP3.
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