Archive for the ‘Vision News’ Category

The tenacity of malware

Some technology professional I am. After spending hours troubleshooting my own home computer trying to remove some nasty malware that somehow got on there I finally through in the towel.  I thought I could beat it.  I’ve cleaned viruses before… it was a simple enough process in the past.  Why, then, after 2 days of [...]

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5 Good Reasons to Switch Your IT Services Provider

There are a lot of business owners and executives out there who are overwhelmingly frustrated with their current IT company, and with good reason. If you are one of them, we understand your pain. But that doesn’t mean your relationship with your outsourced technology support team has to be the same way. Here are five [...]

5 Good Reasons to Switch Your IT Services Provider >>

Can the spam

There is a surplus of spam right now. In August, there was a two year high of malicious spam in terms of quantity.   A new post at M86 Security Labs showed this past week an average of 24% of spam volumes were considered “malicious” in nature.  Basically, one in ever 4 spam emails received will [...]

Can the spam >>

Intelligent Search of the Endless Apps

I got caught last week with a dilemma. Normally, when I want a new app for my iPad or iPhone I will typically tool around the App Store and see what’s popular or what’s new.  The challenge that occurred is I was hunting for an app that would do something specific – in this case [...]

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We have expanded to Ann Arbor!

Today is an exciting day for us at Vision Computer Solutions. As mentioned here, we have expanded our presence to Ann Arbor, MI and opened an office right in the downtown area.  Our team is ecstatic that the popularity of our services and our growth has allowed us to extend our physical reach to such [...]

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Mobile is the killer app

A couple weeks ago I attended Future Midwest 2011 – what a great event.  It has some of the best attendees, speakers, and sponsors that I have seen.  It excites and inspires as it showcases the creativity, innovation and energy of startups and new ideas in the Detroit area. One thing I noticed while at [...]

Mobile is the killer app >>

Collaborate online for free

I love free. Ever find yourself in need of quickly collaborating on some work with a peer and didn’t have a solution to do so?  A few weeks ago I ran across join.me, which is a free desktop sharing utility created by LogMeIn. I have used it with a few clients and have been very [...]

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Setup a meeting on the first try

I recently stumbled on this great website that synchronizes your Outlook calendar with their website, thus allowing people to instantly see your availability and coordinate meetings at times that work for you. Tungle.me is a free service that keeps an online snapshot of your calendar.  As an example of how I use Tungle, I basically [...]

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We welcome our new clients with a little mascot

Over the past month we have brought on board 3 more lucky firms who have had the pleasure of meeting this little guy, “Bendy Man.” This little guy has one sole purpose in life and that is to hold the direct support line information for all of the users we help and train on a [...]

We welcome our new clients with a little mascot >>

Free Ultimate Guide to Setting Up IT Systems for Remote Workers

If you are the owner of a small or midsized business that is considering implementing a “work from home” program for your employees, or if you want to install a virtual network to enable you and certain key employees and managers to work on the road or from a remote office, DON‟T….until you read our [...]

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