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December is
finally here, are you all ready for Christmas?
Ben has joined
our team of technicians. I have known Ben for over 10 years and
am very pleased to have him on board. Ben brings a wealth of experience
in IT support and also has cabling experience. Ben is currently
a registered open cabler and once he finalises his structured
cabling competencies, we will be able to offer the full range
of data and phone cabling services.
Chris has
also been doing some work experience with us and it looks like
he will also be joining us for 1 - 2 days per week in the new
year.
January is
next month and Windows 7, MS Office 2010 and Server 2008 is EOL
(end of life) on the 14/1/20. See our website
here for more details on what this entails and if you need
to upgrade your computers and / or servers let us know ASAP!
The SA Technology
Collective regular "Social Drinks" is on holidays until
next year.
I hope you,
your staff and family have a great Christmas and New Year. Instead
of sending out Christmas cards we have made a donation to The
People's Pantry. The donation is for their Christmas Day Lunch.
Sam is also making up some baskets of goods, so that The People's
Pantry can distribute them to people in need.
DP Computing
will be closing from midday on the 24/12/19 through to 6/1/20.
We will have technicians on call during this time for any emergencies.
I hope you
get some time off and I will catch you in the new year.
Regards
David Perkovic
- david@dpcomputing.com.au |
| Out
and About in November |
| Here
are some of our adventures from last month:
- Stefan
and Chris attended a training events on networking.
- Dave F
attended a training session on cloud technologies.
- All of
us have also done some remote training sessions / tele conferences
on O365, M365, AzureAD, multiple Internet connections &
SDWAN, malware, plus many more!
- David,
being a bit of a cricketing tragic, was pleased to meet ex test
cricketer Henry Olonga at a business breakfast.
- Sam and
David also attended the Fleurieu
Business Network's regular breakfast, now being held at
The Meeting Place in McLaren Vale.
- as well
as the "usual" computer issues and upgrades:
- a
clients main server went down around 4PM one weekday - we
had it back up and running that night.
- another
had their computer controlling a weigh bridge not booting
- we had it up and running in a few hours
- Ben
was busy updating computers across 16 sites, ranging from
Victor Harbor, through the Adelaide metro and CBD areas
right up to Tanunda.
- moving
a few clients file server's into the cloud using O365.
- upgrading
a few different clients old Windows 7 computers to brand
new fast systems with Windows 10.
- Stefan
attended a networking / Cisco job at the Department of Defence.
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Some
of the small form factor computers we setup for a client
last month. |
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David,
met ex test cricketer Henry Olonga at a business breakfast.
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Instead
of sending out Christmas cards we have made a donation to
The People's Pantry - the donation is for their Christmas
Day lunch. Here is Sam presenting the cheque to Richard. |
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Check out
our Facebook page for more details on our adventures:
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| Tech
Tips |
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This
months #TechTips have some great cyber security and search tips.
We publish these tech tips each Tuesday morning to our social
networks, so please join us on the following platforms:
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| Blog
Articles |
We
have a variety of great articles for you to learn from this month.
Check them out below. Remember that we have more blog articles
and eBooks available on our website at:
Blog -
http://dpcomputing.com.au/blog/
eBooks -
http://dpcomputing.com.au/blog/category/ebook/
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7 Things You Need to Know About Ransomware! |
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Ransomware
is when cybercriminals encrypt your data and demand a "ransom"
for the password to unlock it.
Here
are 7 things you need to know about this dangerous threat.
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| The
Pros and Cons of BCC |
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Carbon Copy and Blind Carbon Copy allow us to send a copy of an
email to multiple people at the time. But you need to be careful
to avoid this damaging and embarrassing mistake.
Check out
our blog
article on how not to get caught! |
| To
Upgrade Windows 7 or Not? |
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On
January 14, 2020, Microsoft will end its support for Windows 7
and Server 2008. But just because you can continue to use Windows
7 after the end of life date, it doesn’t mean you should.
Continue
reading here ... |
| What
Can You Do When Your Equipment Fails? |
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Equipment
failures happen, but what should you do next?
In this
article, we explain what you can do to reduce data loss and
get back up and running as fast as possible.
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| Our
Partners - SA Technology Collective |
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Computing are part of the SA
Technology Collective.
The SA Technology
Collective are a small group of experienced professionals based
in Adelaide, South Australia who have joined together to provide
a total digital solution for business. We are passionate about
supporting and enabling business owners to solve many of the challenges
they face using digital technology in this rapidly evolving field.
Due to Christmas
and other commitments the groups social drinks event will be held
in the new year. Check out our next newsletter for details.
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