How To Reduce Your Energy Consumption, and Save Money

How To Reduce Your Energy Consumption, and Save Money

Most organizations are aware of how much energy their IT infrastructure consumes, but there are a few not-so-obvious ways to save energy, cut costs, and reduce your overall carbon footprint. Switch to Flat-Panel Monitors Using flat-panel monitors over CRT (cathode-ray tube) monitors can significantly reduce energy costs.  Georgetown University’s IT Department replaced its CRT monitors...

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Duleep Pillai
November 18, 2013
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How To Reduce Your Energy Consumption, and Save Money

Minimizing the Damage Incurred by a CryptoLocker Infection

CryptoLocker is the latest and most damaging ransomware, encrypting the user’s files using asymmetric encryption, which involves a public key and a private key. The public key simply encrypts the data, while the private key is required for decryption. The attacker offers the private key to users’ who pay the $300 ransom fee within the...

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Duleep Pillai
November 14, 2013
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The Complicated Migration Process from Microsoft Exchange 2003 to Office 365

When an organization was ready to migrate to Office 365 from Microsoft Exchange 2003, the process became confusing and difficult when the organization received conflicting opinions from their license provider for Office 365 and the existing on-premise technician. The existing on-premise technician suggested the organization perform an active directory sync, in order to migrate all...

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Duleep Pillai
November 13, 2013
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What Every Business Must Know About Section 179 of the IRS Tax Code

Section 179 of the IRS tax code was designed as part of the U.S. government’s incentive to encourage businesses to purchase equipment and invest in their business. Section 179 allows businesses to deduct the entire purchase price of qualifying equipment and/or software financed or purchased during the tax year. Section 179 doesn’t increase the amount...

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Duleep Pillai
November 12, 2013
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Recent HIPAA Breach Involves PHI Stored on the Affinity Health Plan’s Photocopiers

HIPAA Security breaches often involve computers, emails, and servers. However, a recent breach involved photocopiers, resulting in a $1.2 million resolution agreement. Affinity Health Plan’s violation was discovered by the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR). The health plan failed to make sure the data was erased from the photocopier’s hard drives before switching the...

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Duleep Pillai
November 11, 2013
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