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You may have received a notice from Sage with an updated End User License Agreement (EULA). There are important changes in Section 9. Now more than ever, it is important to keep your license current. Sage is now charging and enforcing a penalty fee if your renewal is not received on time. Further, if your fees are not received within …
Sage and Abenaki products are both examples of databases that do require regular maintenance after they are installed or upgraded. One important part of database management is backup. Your databases should be backed up frequently (daily) and a copy of the backup be stored off-site. Another key aspect of database management is database size. Databases can grow and contain and …
Network security is one of the most important aspects of your organization’s day to day operations. Imagine the worst case scenario: someone mistakenly opens an email attachment from an untrusted source, and, before you know it, your entire network is compromised, essential applications, and even your data, are all inaccessible or corrupted. What do you do? Well, if you’ve been …
Sometimes the worst can happen when you least expect it. Fire, flood, or emergency community evacuations can put your organization under extreme pressure with little to no time to prepare. Your valuable data can also come under risk from something as seemingly simple as downloading corrupt install files that can infect your system with a virus. Or, perhaps you’re at …
We are asked this question often, and recommend a daily backup of critical data. These backups should be tested and also kept off-site in case of disaster. While Incremental backups may be alright for some of your data files, this type of backup has never been supported by Sage (Accpac). Sage backups should be performed using a daily DBDUMP , …
Many of you may be receiving prompts and message on your computers, instructing you to download and/or install Microsoft Windows 10. Although we are really excited about this new Operating System, we are suggesting that you do not upgrade to Windows 10 on any of your Business computers if you have one or more of the following applications on your …
Wow, hard to believe we are almost through for first week of August already! I wanted to remind everyone of the custom courses we have coming up in Sudbury, ON this September. We have extended our Early Bird rate that saves you $100 off registration fees, but only until August 12th so don’t miss out and register today! We are offering: Case …
We’ve been in this business a long time, and one thing we’ve come to learn is that every computer inevitably becomes outdated and obsolete. Purchasing a new computer for yourself can be a daunting task in and of itself, but when you’re in charge of purchasing computers for your entire staff it can be downright frightening. Nobody wants to go down in …
In recent years, housing in First Nations communities has been at the forefront of countless news pieces from coast to coast. Unfortunately, much of this coverage has been negative. Overcrowding, inadequate access to clean drinking water, dilapidated structures… the list goes on and on. While part of this problem lies in the logistics of living in remote areas and lack …