Joseph Moran

You may have heard the term NAS, or Network Attached Storage, but if you aren’t entirely clear on what NAS is, how it works and most importantly, how it can benefit your small business, you’ve come to the right place. Data is the lifeblood of firms large and small, and how effectively a business manages […]

Internet bandwidth is always a finite resource, and that’s especially true of upstream connections, where speeds typically range anywhere from 1/3 to 1/12 that of downloads. And when limited Internet connection bandwidth isn’t used efficiently, you can experience performance problems for certain kinds of applications – like VoIP – that rely on speedy data delivery. […]

The name may conjure up images of an evil galactic overlord, but fortunately Zonbu is not here to enslave us. Quite the opposite — the company aims to offer freedom from many of the headaches associated with owning and maintaining a conventional (read: Windows) PC. Zonbu’s notebook — also known as the Zonbook — runs […]

In Part 1 of our small-business networking story, we talked about the various parts that comprise a basic network. Now it’s time to discuss a wireless network (or WLAN, for Wireless Local Area Network), which serves the same purpose as a wired one: to link a group of computers. Because a wireless doesn’t require costly […]

The end of this month will mark the one-year anniversary of Vista’s launch. While Windows Vista has been met with a somewhat tepid response in some circles (most notably, businesses and hard-core enthusiasts), there are lots of people happily — well, contently, anyway — running Vista. If you’re one of them, read on for a […]

Whether your business is already running on a computer network or you’re thinking about taking that step, understanding how a network works is more important than you might think. Even if you hire someone set up a network for you, understanding the basics will help when it comes time to buy a new piece of […]

It’s the holiday season again, the time of year when much of our attention inevitably turns to gift giving–or receiving. If you’re looking for technology items to round out your shopping list, check out our collection of Wi-Fi-enabled products (all prices listed are MSRP) for use at home, work, while traveling, or for no particular […]

Using virtualization to run multiple operating systems on a single physical computer was once mainly the domain of ubergeeks and IT administrators, but these days there’s much more widespread interest in the technology, whether as a means to test a planned software deployment, kick the tires on a new OS, or just to continue using […]

If you’ve been detecting a stale odor around the office lately, there’s a good chance it might be your operating system. Although there have been a couple of service packs and numerous minor updates for Windows XP, there hasn’t been an entirely new version of Windows since XP debuted way back in October 2001. That […]