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October 2007
In this issue
√ Clean Hard
Drive
√
Era Of Discovery
√ Open House Recap
√ Tech
Tip
√ Employee
Spotlight
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Clients, Staff Gather for
Open
House
Many clients and friends joined the
IT Solutions staff for an enjoyable open house at our new offices in
Fort Washington, PA. The Oct. 25 event featured good food, music,
and conversation, as clients, staff, and partners got to know each
other better in the relaxed, after-hours setting. Thanks to all who
attended and helped make the evening a success. To those who
couldn’t make it but expressed interest in a visit, feel free to
contact us about a one-on-one tour any time.
Tech
Tip
OneNote and
PowerPoint:
Better Together
Microsoft
Office PowerPoint 2007 is for presentations and Office OneNote 2007
is for notes. Since you can't have a presentation without notes, it
always amazes me how few PowerPoint users think to use OneNote to
help them organize and share their information.
One of the new
features in OneNote 2007 is the ability to "print" your documents
and files to your pages in OneNote. The power of the combination
comes in what you send over to OneNote and what you can do with what
has been sent. Full instructions |
Clean the
Hard Drive Before Dumping Your PC
By Kim Komando
Reprinted with permission from Microsoft Small Business Center
If you're getting
rid of your old computer, or even if you aren't just yet,
there are some things you should know about it.
Chances are great
there's sensitive data on it. If you're like me, that PC's
hard drive contains a compilation of your personal and
business life. If the wrong people were to grab it, they could
hurt you and your business very seriously.
 Here's the problem: An index
of files is maintained for the hard drive, telling it where
things are stored. When you install a file, especially a big
one, it is scattered around the hard drive in bits and pieces.
On your command to open the file, the hard drive checks the
index, then gathers the pieces and reconstructs them.
When that file is
deleted, the links between the index and the file disappear.
That tells your system that the file is no longer needed and
that hard drive space can be overwritten. But the deleted file
remains on your computer. Only when it is overwritten do you
begin to be safe. Even then, a specialist might be able to
recover the old data.
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Era of
Electronic Discovery Drives Need
for Data
Management
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Today’s technology has created
information overload for companies worldwide. We are
inundated with digital data every day. In a recent
study, research firm IDC reports electronic information
created and replicated within the workplace is growing
at a faster pace than any other segment of the digital
universe. According to the IDC, about 25 percent of the
data generated last year, both original and copied, came
from the business world. By 2010, IDC predicts that
portion will increase to 30
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As this
influx of data continues to rise, so does the number of
lawsuits filed in Michigan each year. Currently, the state
averages a total of 121,000 new lawsuits annually. What do
these two issues have in common? Plenty, when you consider how
recent amendments to the Federal Rules for Civil Procedure
(FRCP) change the way businesses must store and manage
electronic data.
When
litigation ensues, all electronic data is discoverable and can
pose two significant problems for businesses: discoverable
data can provide a goldmine of information to the opposing
side and complying with court ordered disclosure of
information can be time consuming and expensive absent proper
retention and storage systems.
Under the new
rules, discoverable data required in litigation must be
identified within 99 days. According to a recent Pike &
Fischer report, 93 percent of companies in the U.S. are not
prepared to meet this demand. Non-compliance can be costly –
businesses may face sanctions, summary judgments or
dismissals.
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Employee
Spotlight
Mike Sloskey
Name:
Mike Sloskey
Title:
Consultant
Education:
Lincoln Technical
Institute
First job:
Seafood Delivery Man
Little
Known fact about you:
I'm left handed
Home:
Langhorne, PA
Word that best describes you:
Determined
Like best about your job:
Meeting new
people
The most important lesson you've learned:
Expect
the unexpected
Life motto:
If you want it done right,
do it yourself.
Person most interested in meeting: Ben
Franklin
Most influential book:
The Big Book o'
Beer
Favorite movie:
The
Sandlot
Favorite restaurant:
On the
Border
Favorite vacation spot:
Bermuda
Favorite
way to spend free time:
With my wife and son
Please forward this newsletter to
anyone else in
your organization who
might be
interested!
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