Archive for June, 2009

Beware of Bogus Microsoft Update Emails!

In the last few days, I have received this email to alert me of a critical Microsoft Outlook update.

If you have received this email, or one like it, DO NOT CLICK THE LINK IN THIS EMAIL!

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Acroment Technologies is excited to announce that we have completed a deal to acquire the business assets of Pervasive Support Systems. Assets of Pervasive Support Systems include the assets of Hal-Com Inc. and MCF Information Services (dba fastwebupdates.com).

This is an exciting opportunity for us on several fronts. First, Hal-Com Inc. had been providing IT support solutions to Cleveland businesses for over 20 years. It has a very diverse background of offerings which include website hosting, Domain Name Management, and Apple Macintosh support.

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First, let me start by clearly pointing out that no matter how much data you have, you always should have a backup. No matter what that backup is, online or offline.

What is an offline backup? An offline backup is any kind of backup where your data is stored on removable media such as a memory stick, CD-ROM disk, DVD disk, or external hard drive. Years ago, the primary storage device for offline backups were tapes. Tapes are no longer a viable solution for a lot of backups because they lack the storage capacity and are more expensive per gigabyte than other forms of storage.

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