Entries by Garin Livingstone

We Have A Winner!

Congratulations to Geary at USI!  You’ve won the drawing for “Roy’s Almost 20th!” For those who may have missed the news, Roy Pacitto, our Director of Sales, has been an employee at Bryley Systems for nearly 20 years!  Since we tend to get excited about this sort of thing, we decided to have a little […]

3 Simple Steps To Secure Your Mobile Device

Three simple steps to keep your mobile device secure: Turn off the Wi-Fi capability when not using it Turn off GeoLocator when not needed Logout and lock when finished See Ray Ramon’s article at http://www.smallbiztechnology.com/archive/2014/02/3-simple-ways-to-be-secure-no-wifi-no-geolocation-logout.html/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Smallbiztechnologycom-SmbNewsAndInsight+%28Smallbiztechnology.com+-+small+biz+tech+news+and+insight%29 for more information.

Bryley Basics: Encrypt your iPhone

iPhones, versions 3GS and later, offer hardware encryption; it is activated through the data-protection feature by enabling a passcode: Tap Settings > General > Passcode. Follow the prompts to create a passcode. After the passcode is set, scroll down to the bottom of the screen and verify that “Data protection is enabled” is visible. Note: […]

Maintaining your dynamic website

Guest writers: Al Morel, Carlos Ramos, and Dan Rouse of www.CommAreUs.com Your car, house, and most things in life, take some amount of maintenance. Add to that list your website. A website can be comprised of thousands of files working with all kinds of tools and underlying code. The days of ‘static’ websites, i.e. built […]

Google’s ChromeBook – A realistic alternative to a Windows Ultrabook?

Google introduced its Chromebook in 2009; sales have increased and it can be considered a low-cost alternative to the pricier, Microsoft Windows-based Ultrabook, but Chromebooks have significant limitations.  Some also say that a Chromebook can replace a tablet, but comparison1 suggests otherwise. Chromebooks run Chrome OS, Google’s Linux-based operating system integrated with Google’s Chrome web […]

Roy Pacitto works almost 20 years at Bryley Systems

Bryley employees were recently celebrating Roy’s 20th anniversary when someone pointed out that it was a year early.  Since we already had a 20th-year cake, we ate it anyway. Roy, a key member of the management team, started as service manager in 1995. He moved to the sales team in 1997; in the mid-2000s he […]

What is the business case for Windows-Server virtualization?

Windows-Server virtualization, the deployment of a virtual version of a Windows-Server operating environment, is used to reduce hardware costs, gain efficiencies, and improve the availability of computing resources.  It refers to installing a virtual environment onto one or more “virtualized” hardware servers (termed Physical Hosts) and deploying multiple virtual Windows-Server operating systems (termed Virtual Guests) […]

Deploying software systems to manage a growing organization

Most organizations use software to manage at least these items: Accounting – Perform vital bookkeeping and accounting functions Contacts – Organize and manage clients, prospects, vendors, etc. Operations – Match assets to organization’s need on a daily basis In organizations with funding limitations, deployment of a software-based system to manage specific functions often starts as […]

Comparing Cloud-based services (Complete Overview)

Many Cloud-based services fall into one of these categories: Productivity suites – Applications that help you be more productive Storage – Storing, retrieving, and synchronizing files in the Cloud Backup and Recovery – Backing-up data and being able to recover it Prevention – Prevent malware, typically spam and related components Each category is represented below […]