PDF files have become the de-facto standard for sending documents. We think of them as being relatively innocuous because they are generally not editable. The specs for these documents are very powerful, though. Contained within these specifications is the power to run code within the document. If that sounds a little scary – it should.…
DetailsI’m sure you’re asking yourself how software development can help you go green. Look around your desk, see all those sticky notes, requisitions, forms you need to complete – all paper that needs to be completed and either archived, sent back to other team members or other companies. We’ve helped many companies do this. One…
DetailsHave you ever switched hosting providers and discovered just how grueling a process this is? Nerds On Site offers a unique service to all our future clients – we’ll move you to our service completely free of charge! Allow our team to handle all the technical details of such a move. Our team will also…
DetailsAre virtual machines more or less secure than their physical counterparts? The answer, of course, is YES. Several Nerds have asked for my perspective on recent research from Gartner indicating that 60% of virtual servers are less secure than the physical servers they replace. This research has gotten a lot of press and raised some…
DetailsI sat down to write an article on Virtual Machine security / insecurity (coming soon), but there was just too much interesting news to pass up. Charlie Miller – hacking genius, good guy, or bad guy? Charlie Miller, perhaps the best-known white-hat hacker, took the $10,000 prize for the fastest compromise of OS X 10.6…
DetailsWith over 125,000 people living in St. Thomas and Elgin County, the needs of the Elgin Health Unit have grown exponentially. This is where Nerds On Site came in. We helped simplify business needs and transitions through our innovative software and technology. We created a custom content management system (CMS) to allow staff to manage…
DetailsI am somewhat shocked that I’m writing this article. Who would have thought that in 2010 there are major hosting companies that still do not provide FTP services to their clients? Does yours? First, what is FTP? FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol, the standard way to move website files to and from a hosting…
DetailsOver the past 7 days, we’ve tried to explain some of the features of our NerdCare Assurance packages. We’ve talked about our monitoring, backup, disaster recovery, hack detection, preventative maintenance and content updates, and these are just the major points in our Assurance packages. Our packages are designed to increase your Productivity, Pleasureability and Profitability,…
DetailsIn our continuing series on Hosting NerdCare Assurance, we want to mention an incredible feature of our Silver package. Monthly content updates allow your business to simply shift the responsibility and burden of updating your website to our team, freeing up you and your staff to work on other aspects of the business. A regularly…
DetailsYour grandmother could run a botnet. Really? You probably thought hacking skills and technical know-how were needed to be botmaster. Nope – just $2500 US, an email address, and a desire to do some evil. Don’t worry – Nana’s (probably) not herding bots, but it’s not because she lacks the necessary skills. This may explain…
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