We received a seemingly legitimate email from YGDNS.org professing to square-away the ownership use of our domains, Bryley.com and Bryley.net, in China; the email was marked “urgent” and came with a person’s name, business address, etc. I queried Mike Carlson, our CTO, who gave this reply: “No serious problems, but certainly a scam. If you […]
In part three of his interview with The Cleaning Crew, Bryley Systems President, Gavin Livingstone, answers the question “what are some of the threats associated with cyber security?”
The aging, magnetic-stripe credit cards are being replaced by EMV, a new standard with an embedded microchip that stores encoded user credentials with an optional PIN. These two capabilities combine to reduce fraud by making EMV cards harder to clone and more difficult to use if stolen. However, retailers and other merchants will need to […]
In part two of the interview with The Cleaning Crew, Bryley Systems President, Gavin Livingstone, explains why cyber security is sometimes overlooked within small businesses.
This is a multi-part series on recommended IT practices for organizations and their end-users. Additional parts will be included in upcoming newsletters. In general, software manufacturers update their products for these reasons: Resolve problems Fix vulnerabilities Make easier to use Provide new features The first two are of significant concern, particularly with operating systems (Microsoft […]
The crystal ball is still foggy, but here are my thoughts on Microsoft versus Google and (what I believe is) the battle for world domination. (Microsoft sales are around $77B, primarily from Windows software (25%), business software (32%), and server software (25%); Google is about $55B with approximately 87% of its revenue from advertising.) Notice, […]
In an effort to bridge the gap between current Windows 8.1 and upcoming Windows 10 (not sure what happened to Windows 9), Microsoft is shepherding a dramatic decrease in the prices of consumer PCs and Windows-based devices. These price decreases started in October with year-over-year reductions of 10% and falling, particularly for consumer-class PCs; higher-priced, […]
Tim Murray (President/CEO of the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce and former Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts) interviewed Gavin Livingstone (President of Bryley Systems Inc.) on Charter TV3 earlier this year.
Fixed-disk drives are located in most personal computers, servers, and even some copiers and printers; they store business data and confidential information. When retired, they require special handling and recycling to ensure that this information is not available to others. In addition, compliance and military standards dictate specific procedures regarding erasure and destruction. Most fixed-disk […]
VMware awarded Mike Carlson, our Chief Technology Officer (CTO), with the VMware Technical Solutions Professional 5.5 (VTSP 5.5) certification; a significant milestone in the VMware certification process that requires detailed product knowledge and the successful completion of six modules with corresponding tests.
