Entries by Garin Livingstone

More ergonomics from Marty Reed

Marty Reed of Top Enterprise, an ergonomics specialist, visited Bryley early in September for a demonstration on proper ergonomics.  She then visited our cubicles and made individual recommendations. Her overall suggestions included: Monitor: Set distance at one arm-length from body to monitor. Set height so eyes focus at about 2” below top of monitor. Keyboard: […]

Recommended practices – Part 2: Web browsing/Internet usage

This is a multi-part series on recommended practices for organizations and their end-users.  Additional parts will be included in upcoming newsletters. End-users browse the web; it’s usually the fastest way to get an answer, search for an item, or make a purchase.  But, browsing comes with some risks: Potential liability from browsing ill-advised sites at […]

Bryley Basics: Get ready for USB Type C

USB (Universal Serial Bus) has been part of the computer world since 1998; it typically connects peripherals (printers, scanners, cameras, etc.) to computers. A new USB cable, USB Type C, should hit the shelves next year.  It will use the USB 3.1 standard, which is backward-compatible with USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 and permits data […]

Why do organizations ignore information (cyber) security?

I read an interesting article by Don Jones of Redmond Magazine titled: “The Quest for a Culture of Security”.  In it, Mr. Jones notes (via my paraphrasing): Security gets limited attention and even less funding from decision makers Security hacking has become a profession with significant financial rewards Every company is a target and has been, at […]

Recommended practices – Part-1: Storage of unstructured data

This is a part one of a multi-part series on recommended practices for organizations and their end-users. Additional parts will be in upcoming newsletters. Organizations create and consume data constantly, but not all have formal policies or practices that define the value of this data and restrict its amount and location. Quality is difficult to […]

Bryley Basics:  Print from your mobile phone

CNet has a video demonstrating how to setup printing from your Android phone at http://www.cnet.com/how-to/print-from-your-android-to-any-printer-cloud-print/ using Google Cloud Print; we tried it and it works! Turns out there are also options for iPhone users. wikiHow offers these three methods to print from your iPhone: Use AirPrint with an AirPrint-supported printer Find a third-party printing application […]

Anna D. achieves VMware Sales Professional certification

Congratulations to Anna who completed the significant training and testing to become certified as a VMware Sales Professional. VMware is the global leader in virtualization and a key partner of Bryley Systems. A certified VMware Sales Professional has general knowledge in VMware products and business practices. Anna has been with Bryley since 2010. She moved […]

Password manager

The days of widespread, biometric-based security (voice recognition, fingerprint reading, eye scanning, etc.) are coming, but passwords are still required in many organizations and at most websites.  The problem:  How do I manage (let alone remember) all of the different usernames and passwords I have out there? Personally, I use Tasks within Microsoft Outlook, which […]