The Executive Committee plans to meet on June 7 at two o’clock in Conference room A to develop a strategic plan for implementing technology changes. At it’s meeting on March 15th, the comittee discussed our current computer an network systems with Ashley Price a leading Consultant with Central Technology services, who we hired on Gina’s recommendation.
Ms. Price agreed to apprise our situation, and to report back to us.2 weeks ago Ms. Price called Rick in our Personal Department and asked whether she could interview 5 Managers and about 20 experienced knowledgeable computer users early next week? Rick is scheduling 45 minute slots for managers and thirty minute slots for computer users. The interviews will be held at our new facility on Highway Ten on the South side of the city. This sight is more convenient for staff then the building at 1 Main Street.
All managers should do they’re best to acommodate requests form Rick for staff and managerial time. If you are unable to schedule an interview please call me immediately so i can choose someone else to participate.
Ms. Prices has prepared a preliminary report which is attached. As we might of expected, it recomends extensive changes. To slow and lacking sufficient memory, the report states that our 486’s cannot meet our projected processing and storage needs. It also points out the that computers cannot run the newer (8.0) version of our office suite. Ms. Price thinks we should replace it with Pentium IV computers with 256 MB or RAM, 40-GHz hard drives, and nineteen” monitors. She also proposes that we upgrade our office suite and invest in top of the line Firewall and Virus Protection Software. In addition Ms. Price suggests switching to broadband Internet connections.
The report also analyzes our data storage and and file-sharing problems. According to Ms Price an NAS (network attached storage server is the answer. On Page 8 of the report, she says “an NAS server will plug into your network easy. It will appear in users desktops as an extra drive.An NAS server can back up any type file, and can offer you’re employees quick easy and secure access to shared files.”
Ms. Price adds that NAS servers are cost-effective, and can be upgraded easily to meet our data storage and file-sharing needs.
The cost of all these improvements are 27% higher than anticipated. If we except Ms. Price’s advise, our Long Range Budget committee will have to determine the affect these expeinditures will have on our budget before we precede.
This upgraded technology will sure save our empoyees a grate deal of time and make them even more productive. We must compliment our investment in hardware and software with a investment in our personal. We have invited 4 companies to submit proposals to provide us with Web based training materials. I will review these materials. And will report on all these developments at the June meeting.
Please review Ms. Prices report; and be prepared to coment on it at the meeting. You are welcome too right or stop by before then to discuss their conclusions and your department’s needs. We appreciate the efforts you have made to insure that the technology we choose will work good, grow with us, and be cost-effective.
The Executive Committee plans to meet on June 7 at two o’clock in Conference room A to develop a strategic plan for implementing technology changes. At its meeting on March 15th, the committee discussed our current computer and network systems with Ashley Price, a leading Consultant with Central Technology services, who was hired on Gina’s recommendation.
Ms. Price agreed to evaluate our situation, and to report back to us. 2 weeks ago Ms. Price called Rick in our Personal Department and asked to interview 5 Managers and about 20 experienced knowledgeable computer users early next week. Rick is scheduling 45 minute slots for managers and 30 minute slots for computer users. The interviews will be held at our new facility on Highway Ten on the south side of the city. This sight is more convenient for staff than the building at 1 Main Street.
All managers should do their best to accommodate requests form Rick for staff and managerial time. If you are unable to schedule an interview please call me immediately so I can choose someone else to participate.
Ms. Price has prepared a preliminary report which is attached. As we might have expected, it reccomends extensive changes. The report states that our 486’s are too slow, lack sufficient memory, and cannot meet our projected processing and storage needs. It also points out that computers cannot run the newer (8.0) version of our office suite. Ms. Price thinks we should replace them with Pentium IV computers with 256 MB or RAM, 40-GHz hard drives, and 19 monitors. She also proposes that we upgrade our office suite and invest in top-of -the-line Firewall and Virus Protection Software. In addition, Ms. Price suggests switching to broadband Internet connections.
The report also analyzes our data storage and and file-sharing problems. According to Ms Price an NAS (network attached storage server is the answer. On Page 8 of the report, she says “an NAS server will plug into your network easy. It will appear in users desktops as an extra drive.An NAS server can back up any type file, and can offer you’re employees quick easy and secure access to shared files.”
Ms. Price adds that NAS servers are cost-effective, and can be upgraded easily to meet our data storage and file-sharing needs.
The cost of all these improvements is 27% higher than anticipated. If we accept Ms. Price’s advice, our Long Range Budget Committee will have to determine the effect these expenditures will have on our budget before we proceed.
Of course you understand that because we did your homework for you on Yahoo Answers, you missed your opportunity to learn the material and therefore will flunk the test.
This upgraded technology will surely save our employees a grate deal of time and make them even more productive. We must compliment our investment in hardware and software with an investment in our personnel. We have invited 4 companies to submit proposals to provide us with Web based training materials. I will review the materials and report on all these developments at the June meeting.
Please review Ms. Price’s report; and be prepared to comment on it at the meeting. You are welcome to write or stop by before then to discuss her conclusions and your department’s needs. We appreciate the efforts you have made to ensure that the technology we choose will work well, grow with us, and be cost-effective.
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whats a good antivirus, firewall and antispyware software for my netbook?
What is the operating system on your netbook? There are many Linux netbooks out there along with the Windows models.
If it’s Linux, you can use avast, AVG, or ClamAV for antivirus. You can find instructions for installing Avast in Ubuntu on my blog at http://linugadgetech.blogspot.com/2008/09/how-to-install-avast-in-ubuntu.html
For firewall you can use Firestarter. http://www.fs-security.com/
For Windows XP I like AVG or avast for the antivirus. AVG is easier to set up automatic scanning. Get AVG from http://free.avg.com/download-avg-anti-virus-free-edition
For firewall I like ZoneAlarm – http://download.zonealarm.com/bin/free/1025_update/zaSetup_en.exe
For antispyware try Spybot or AdAware.
AdAware – http://www.lavasoft.com/
SpyBot – http://www.spybot.com/index2.html
I’ve had a problem for a few weeks now where my DSL will randomly kick me off at different times, like 3-5 times per day. Durations also vary, but it’s usually 5 to 30 minutes… sometimes longer. Even when it works, like now, if I load a new page or even one I’ve already been to I’ll sometimes get "Address Not Found", but if I refresh it’ll go right through. Anyway, the cable company came by and said it’s nothing from them, but they gave me a new modem to be sure. I thought my wireless router was the problem but I’ve been wired for days and nothing’s changed. Haven’t installed any new software. I reviewed my connection settings and they’re all normal. When internet’s down and I run Windows Diagnostic on my connection it says it can’t communicate with the DNS servers. Is something from my computer blocking it (filter, firewall, etc.), something else entirely, or should I call back my ISP? Any solutions or tricks? It’s getting annoying. I run Vista btw. Please and thanks!
You would benefit greatly by chatting on line with tech support. If you are using AT&T Yahoo! DSL high speed internet services and getting your monthly bill each month in your telephone bill as most people I think do, you can contact them using chat method. If you are getting U-Verse services then the issue may be directed to their U-Verse support team.
I already have Avast! so now i would like a free firewall that does not slow dont my system. Does anyone know where i can get one?
I also use Avast and have been running Comodo Pro along side it flawlessly and would highly recommend it, my computer is 4 years old and isn’t slowed down at all by Comodo or Avast, I’d recommend changing to the Firefox web browser if you haven’t already its a lot safer and easier to use then IE.
Avast Anti-Virus Home Edition
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
Comodo Pro 3 Firewall
http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/
Firefox 3:
http://www.mozilla.com
I have been having difficulties implementing m0n0wall for my office firewall. Somehow it just does not want to recognize my internet and work with the adsl modem. My adsl modem uses pppoe to connect to the ISP and it will dial itself and govern the NAT settings. Do I miss anything? Is there any comparable or even better firewall software out there or which one is best?
Thanks
Rendra
Did you try …
http://www.smoothwall.org/
http://www.ipcop.org/
Both are mostly the same, Ipcop has a lot of addons out there more than Smoothwall 3.0 (the one that I’m using at home). But smoothwall has kernel 2.6 with more and better hardware support.
http://www.snapfiles.com/
http://www.computeractive.co.uk/downloads/
i would like to know what is the best firewall software to use and if it is free what is the website to go and why you say it’s a good firewall software thanks
I just use the plain old basic windows firewall and sometimes no firewall at all. I never had any huge problems, and for a while now I have been virus free. So as long as you run regular virus scans, you should be just fine.
Do you need both firewall and anti virus software? I just removed some viruses using SpywareDoctor; however, SpywareDoctor does not have a firewall. I want to disable McAfee because it did not stop the viruses and it has a firewall. Is a firewall really necessary now that I have SpywareDoctor Anti virus software?
Yes. Firewalls protect against certain kinds of Internet attacks, but don’t protect against viruses. Anti-viruses protect against viruses, Trojans and worms that get in through emails and downloads.
Firewalls also try to keep malware that does get onto your machine from communicating with its master somewhere else.
If you’re angry at McAfee, there are several other free firewalls you can get instead.
Hope that helps.
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Most routers these days perform NAT and contain a firewall
Swiss cheese
USB devices, other computers, DVD’s, etc
Good admin password – not factory default
A firewall is not “a silver bullet” that takes care of all your security at once.
Use an advanced firewall that examines traffic on multiple layers to help protect you from malware.
Ask your qualified IT security professional which firewall they like best. That way, when there is an error message, your professional will already know what to do to fix the problem.
Software firewalls are programs that run on your workstation to protect you from other devices near you on the network.
You may choose to increase your protection with a more robust firewall that integrates with your anti-virus and anti-spyware solution.
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