Business Systems Support

Frustrated With Outlook Meetings

Posted by on August 26, 2010 at 9:47 pm

I participated in an interesting poll today about the proverbial back and forth with trying to schedule a meeting in Outlook. I’ve tempered my response with the slow performance of Outlook 2010, probably a good topic for another day. Anyway, here’s the current poll from Linkedin. (Login Warning) I’m moving more and more to the [...]

QuickBooks Server Remote Applications On A Shoe String

Posted by on May 23, 2010 at 6:00 pm
Three Simultaneous QuickBooks Sessions on QuickBooks Server

They say one picture’s worth a thousand words. Check out this screen shot of my QuickBooks Remote Application Server, a QuickBooks multi user terminal server on a shoe string. You can plainly see three users’ remote desktop QuickBooks Multi User sessions and an administrator desktop session simultaneously working on an XP Pro based terminal server. [...]

$44,000 for using an EMR

Posted by on April 21, 2010 at 11:06 am

You get $44,000 for using an EMR. Practice Fusion’s EMR is entirely free. Do the math. It doesn’t get any better than this. But free doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s free. Practice Fusion requires a solid local network with robust Internet connectivity contingent upon your office size and number of simultaneous Practice Fusion sessions. Your [...]

Slow Hosting Poor Email End Of A Network Solutions Era

Posted by on March 27, 2010 at 4:02 pm

You know what they say… everything changes. And change includes Network Solutions, after undertaking a major face-lift and product reposition last year. Whatever you think of the new look, it’s a distraction at best for the difficult position I find myself in. During the early  ’90s, I frequently completed the mail-in applications for domain names [...]

Preaching Backup Again

Posted by on February 19, 2010 at 7:00 am

The Western Digital My Book World Edition 4 TB (2 x 2 TB) Network Attached Storage Drive is WD’s latest device to add a remarkable amount of storage capacity to your local network. Although the design squarely hits the home network sweet spot, it would be a great economical addition to a small office network [...]