| Articles |
1/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
As we go through our daily routines we encounter details that we feel need to be shared. We will post those here and make them available via our newsletters. We hope that you find this information useful in your daily operation. To sign up for our newsletters which will highlight changes to this area of our site go to http://www.rescueworld.com/subscribe.aspx. |
| Security Bulletins |
3/5/2009 9:21:00 AM
This area is a list of security threats known to be affecting our customers to be made available to our customers and newsletter subscribers. We will include the process we are using to minimize the impact of the threat. Note that solutions employing filtering only contain threats that go through our email servers and do not protect outside or unmanaged accounts. More... |
| Who's PC is this anyways? |
4/3/2009 10:16:00 AM
Are you surprised that a study found ‘Leisure Browsing' increased productivity? Ok, the study is on Australians and considered a reasonable amount of their total time 20%. This seems a bit extreme considering one fifth of your work day is what they consider a reasonable limit and the increase demonstrated is 9% (presumably a 9% increase over productivity without leisure browsing). It is very important to note that they recognized a difference between the average user and the addicted user. More... |
| Internet Access Redundancy |
2/10/2009 12:37:00 PM
Internet AccessHow important is it to your Agency?Is access to the internet important to your office's operation? Of course it is and you'd have a difficult time conducting business without it. For some, it means access to your management system...that hurts! For most if not all, it's access to carrier web-sites for quoting and issuance of new business, and processing of endorsements, claim submissions, policy, claim & billing inquiries. Let's not forget e-mail! More... |
| Got Web Presence? |
2/6/2009 1:30:00 PM
Can Customers Find You?How do our kids and grandchildren look for products and services today? Do they open the phone book? Yeah, that thick publication with white and yellow pages that's probably in your closet, collecting dust until the next one arrives on your door step. Chances are that you rarely open it anymore either. Let's face it, everybody's looking on the WEB...for pizza, plumbers, accountants, attorneys, and yes...insurance. More... |
| How Secure is your data? |
1/21/2009 9:52:00 AM
How Secure Is Your Data? Of course it's secure! Why do "I" need to worry about it? What information that I maintain could possibly interest anyone? I have "IT" people that handle IT. Do you? How secure is your data...really? More... |
| Did Your Tape Back-up Run Last Night? |
1/21/2009 9:50:00 AM
DID YOUR TAPE BACK-UP RUN LAST NIGHT?Would you appreciate a phone call letting you know that your back-up failed last night? Is access to CURRENT information on YOUR Customer Data Base important to you? Of course it is. If your file server had to be re-built, how current would the data be? Can you afford to lose one or more days work recreating the data? What would it cost you in lost time and productivity? If the prospect of losing data and subsequent time lost recreating it is unappealing to you, there's an easy solution. More... |
| PC Protection Tips |
7/25/2008 4:53:00 PM
The only safe PC is an unplugged PC!However, for those who need to surf the net... PC running slower than normal? Getting annoying pop ups? We used to refer you to programs like Spybot and Adaware but like all things technical there is change. The XP and Vista operating systems have more internal protection than ever before and adding these 3rd party programs may make some things harder to do. More... |
| Dual Monitors - opinion from the support team. |
7/25/2008 4:49:00 PM
Upadated 4-3-2009Are two monitors better than one? Well, yes. After you try it you will not believe that you were okay using just one. The reason, you are probably familiar with how to change windows from one to another, right? That is the reason. You could have one window open on one screen and another open on the other screen. This makes data entry from an electronic document easier (without resorting to printing it). More... |
| Battery Back-up Systems |
2/11/2009 10:07:00 AM
Battery Back-up'sWhere do you need them? A common misconception that we frequently run in to is that battery back-up/power surge systems are only required on a file server. What's the right answer? Almost everything on your network belongs on a battery back-up or power surge device! Whether you experience a power surge, "brown out" or complete loss of electrical service to your home or office, battery back-up systems provide both short-term battery power & power surge protection to key devices so that they can be properly shut-down when the need arises. Power "strips" afford protection for power surges, but won't help you in a brown out when power generation across the grid is less than what's needed to operate your equipment. You will damage your equipment not only with a power surge, but more frequently in a brown out. More... |
| SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM - Apologies to Monty Python |
3/13/2009 4:10:00 PM
Friday the 13th, 2009SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM...Are you & your staff inundated with SPAM? Who's sending it & how can you block it? Who's sending it... every e-marketing company on the planet that's been able to glean e-mail addresses to your company. More... |
| Computer Rescue to Offer Branding and Web Marketing Services |
7/7/2009 2:17:00 PM
When you are first introduced to a new business, what is the first thing you notice? Countless businesses, large and small, use branding design to make a solid, lasting first impression on their customers. The look and feel of their logo, Web site, business card, and more all relate to one another, and communicate something about the company. More... |