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Bitdefender cleans up end-of-year AV awards

Anti-Virus software company Bitdefender has once again showed it’s chops. In their end-of-year review awards, AV-TEST.ORG gave Bitdefender the best performance award for both corporate and consumer clients, as well as the best overall ANDROID security app. AV-Comparatives.org also awarded Bitdefender with Advanced+ ratings in every tested category throughout the year 2015, and only held…

Microsoft only supports Internet Explorer 11 now

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http://www.zdnet.com/article/millions-of-internet-explorer-users-face-patch-security-showdown/?ftag=YHR70d1a2a Microsoft has officially dropped support for all versions of it’s supported internet browser, Internet Explorer, except for it’s most recent version, IE 11. Full details are in the article linked above by Zack Whittaker over at ZDNet.com. What this means is that if you and/or your business uses any version of IE below 11,…

Windows 8 is DEAD!

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http://www.zdnet.com/article/still-running-windows-8-time-to-upgrade-or-else/ Windows 8, released in 2012, will no longer be updated by Microsoft after their usual update roll-out tomorrow, Tuesday, Jan. 12th. See the attached article over at ZDNet for the exact details. At Monarchy IT, it’s our job to keep our clients and potential customers secure and efficient in the workplace. With Windows 8…

SHAME ON DELL

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http://www.zdnet.com/article/dell-admits-preinstalling-root-certificate-and-pledges-to-remove-it/ http://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-remove-dells-superfish-2-0-root-certificate-permanently/ http://www.zdnet.com/article/dell-in-hot-water-again-as-second-superfish-root-certificate-surfaces/ A week ago, Dell was caught, (and later admitted to), knowingly installing not one, but TWO root certificates, (certificates enable secure transmission of data over the internet), that are vulnerable to exploitation. Liam Tung and Asha Barbaschow over at ZDNet.com were on it from the jump, and linked above are the two…

The importance of I.T.

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http://www.zdnet.com/article/the-rise-of-the-global-digital-corporation-why-it-matters/ Check out the great article linked above by Tom Foremski over at ZDNet.com. In it, he highlights the transformation of businesses over the last 10 years to technology based companies, and how that will only keep becoming the case. If you feel that your business is at a competitive disadvantage because of a lack…

Stay Compliant! Create a Guest Wireless Network

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At Monarchy IT, we specialize in the compliance verticals, i.e. healthcare, finance, etc. Among the many requirements mentioned in the various compliance laws that govern these industries is that all internal data must be separate from any outside client internet connectivity. Time and again, though, businesses have clients or prospective clients connect to their internal…

Tips to stay safe while on Public WiFi

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http://www.zdnet.com/pictures/top-tips-to-stay-safe-on-public-wi-fi-networks/8/ Check out this great article from Charlie Osborne over at ZDNet on how to stay safe while using public wi-fi. As our use of the internet grows to almost consume our entire day, whether at home or at work, the great accommodation of public internet networks is being offered by many corporate retail and…

Back-up, Back-up, Back-up! Have a plan since you don’t back-up!

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At Monarchy IT, we strive to help our business and residential clients from facing the situation of extended downtime due to a device going haywire. The best form of protection from having to re-build a new device from scratch if the one you’re operating goes down is to back-up! Backing-up has come to mean just…

Shame on AVG

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http://www.zdnet.com/article/avg-releases-transparent-privacy-policy-yes-we-will-sell-your-data/ As Charlie Osborne puts clearly in her excellent article linked above over at zdnet.com, AVG, the leading free anti-virus in the world, hit their goal of a one page privacy policy. However, it contains information that should be dreaded by each of their users and the cybersecurity community at large. AVG confirms that data…

Digital Trends for Business

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http://www.zdnet.com/article/the-digital-trends-for-business/ Check out this great article over at zdnet.com by Sven Denecken for UberTech. In it, he touches on the recurring theme that we at Monarchy IT have been pushing to our clients, which is business technology/digital transformation. The four main pillars of business plans for tomorrow are customer-centricity, operational excellence, global networks of commerce,…