A client found a stack of old floppy disks and asked if I could copy the data. Pulled out the USB floppy drive, called the kids into the room and showed them what these 3D printed save icons could do. My 16yr old was intrigued. He started calculating how many floppy disks it would take Read more about Floppy Disk Throwback[…]
As an MSP we thrive on the challenges of business I.T. We work to make your life easier. As with life, there are numerous things that have to happen with your network and data in death. A morbid topic, necessary nonetheless. A while back a sole proprietor owner client passed away suddenly. The company was Read more about Death and the MSP Conundrum…[…]
Yes and very reliably! Tidewater Techs recently deployed a full wifi solution to a small legal firm in Virginia Beach. The challenge was an old structure with no existing wiring and a budget that did not allow for wiring initially. We put together a solution that was 98% wireless. Wireless desktops, wireless printers, wireless phones. Read more about Can an office function solely on Wifi?[…]
Was looking for a product that was both simple to deploy and manage and with cloud based controls and reporting. Came across SimpleWAN. It looked like just the appliance needed to help ease the managed service provider’s woes. Ordered one. They require you to have a base unit installed at your NOC center to manage Read more about SimpleWAN… GRRRRR[…]
A client called to discuss helping them setup their account with web.com marketing services. We met via phone and went through the process with their sales rep and account rep. The client had already requested Tidewater Techs grant web.com management access to their google business account to tweak some things. While on the call the Read more about web.com marketing – a case study[…]
Was toying around with a Dell t320 with H710P raid card. The system originally had ESXi running a VM environment and just didn’t need the VM server any longer. Went to install the OS to bare metal and ??? Error “We couldn’t create a new partition or locate an existing one…” Mind you this was Read more about It’s the little things… OS Installation issues with Dell T320[…]
We needed a store solution that would run on an isolated instance of windows server. Short of building a custom solution, we came across nopCommerce. Starting with version 3.5 which lacked a certain ability to prevent spam registrations we have finally upgraded the client to 3.9. Hop to see some improvements with it’s “honeypot” feature. Read more about nopCommerce has some very resourceful features for an e-commerce back end[…]
Crisp morning in Springfield, VA. Finally a chilly start to the day. Attending a VTLA conference to see what new techniques and marketing ideas are being discussed in the legal community. Everything references ethics! Guess I need to read VA ethics in detail, especially those rules pertaining to marketing and advertising. My ears perked up Read more about Law Marketing Event in Northern VA[…]
PowerShell is a wonderful tool that allows you to run scripts and commands on newer servers with Windows 2008 and newer. But what about over systems like Windows 2003? PowerShell was not introduced until Server 2008, luckily we can install with a few simple steps to Server 2003 or any system that can run the Read more about PowerShell on older systems[…]
We all love new products especially those that save us money. This one is not new, just not well known either. Obihai is a Sulicon Valley based tech company founded by the people who first introduced the analog telephone adaptors as Komodo Technology (acquired by Cisco) in the 90s. Obihai makes VoIP phones that can Read more about Obihai VoIP phone for Google Voice[…]