With the recent changes to the Facebook profile, it was a certainty that the way certain programs, websites and apps interacted with the social media giant would change as well.  The online world is moving to a space where people share what they’re doing, where they’re doing it and who they’re with.  Music super-app Spotify is following this creed and allows you to connect with your Facebook account so you can share what you’re listening to with your Facebook friends and see what they’re listening to.  Rather than posting these updates to your wall, they’re posted to your activities and show up almost like little news blurbs such as:

• Greg created the “Remember the 90′s? They Were Awesome!” playlist
• Greg listened to “The Touch” by Stan Bush

But what if you don’t WANT your friends to know what you’re listening to?  Never fear… if you want to keep your Britney Spears obsession under wraps, there is a quick and easy way to turn off this setting so you can once again enjoy your Justin Bieber, Nickelback, Def Leppard or [insert your guilty pleasure here] without getting ridiculed by your friends. Read the rest of this entry

I’m often confronted by other technology professionals about product X being better than product Y. The fact of the matter is that there is no magic bullet for IT. There is no single product available that solves all of the issues around a particular problem. There are always trade offs.

So, it is my pleasure to bring you some of the most common enemy IT is better than your IT arguments and my take on it. Read the rest of this entry

About 20% of our clients request that employees use a specific password for their computer/email or that they let managers know what their passwords are and they keep a list of employee passwords. The reasons for this seem logical – managers want quick access to their employees emails or files when they are out of the office. But the effects of this type of policy can be harmful to the health of your business.

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The PC and I have been BFF’s for years. For Christmas, my wife got a unibody Macbook to replace her aging Dell. Knowing my wife uses her computer mostly for photos, music, email and web browsing, the Mac was a safe choice and gave me an opportunity to fully appreciate the Mac operating system – OS X.

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Established in 2004, Acroment Technologies provides information technology solutions, managed it solutions, and strategic it consulting to the Cleveland, Ohio small businesses community. Our staff is Microsoft, Cisco, and CompTIA certified with over 40 years of combined experience in these technologies. We have been recognized as a Microsoft Small Business Specialist and a Certified Microsoft Business Partner demonstrating our qualifications as Networking Infrastructure Specialists.

Certifications

• Microsoft Certified Partner
• Microsoft Small Business Specialist
• Microsoft Networking Infrastructure Competency
• Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
• Cisco Certified Network Associate
• Citrix Certified Administrator
• CompTIA A+ Certification
• CompTIA Net+ Certification

Community Support/Sponsorships

• The Mid-American Athletic Conference (MAC)
• The Greater Cleveland Sports Commission
• University Settlement
• Cleveland Young Professionals 20/30 Club
• Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad
• The John Carroll University Entrepreneurs Association