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It’s been a tough last couple of weeks but the Australian spirit is shining through. Our thoughts are with friends and family of those who have sadly lost their lives, homes and personal belongings in the recent QLD floods. The recovery of our state is in full swing as we see the suburbs affected one by one emerge from the carnage and move forward towards what we hope to be a bigger and better 2011. For IT Associates response to the qld floods please click here Technology plays a huge part in small businesses day to day running and IT Associates would like to offer our services free to help get businesses directly affected by the floods back up and running as soon as possible. In March IT Associates will partake in The Leukaemia Foundations World’s Greatest Shave. IT Associates has been forming an association with the Leukaemia Foundation - more on this story is below. IT Associates and the World's Greatest Shave
 Over the recent year, IT Associates has been forminga close association with the Leukaemia Foundation, as a result, we have been chosen as one of their ICT ambassadors for 2011. Every hour, someone in Australia is diagnosed with leukaemia, lymphoma or myeloma. In an attempt to support these patients, thousands of people shave, colour and wax their hair to raise funds for the Leukaemia Foundations “World’s Greatest Shave”. The money raised by this foundation is used to fund services to support patients and families living with these unfortunate disorders. If our Technicians turn up on site after Monday the 13th March with shaved heads or brightly coloured hair, please don’t be alarmed, this just means we have succeeded in our appeal to support the World’s Greatest Shave! If you would like to show your support and sponsor the IT Associates team please click here. If you would like to make your own team or find out different ways to get involved and support this worthy cause please click here.
Top Mobile Applications for your Businesses
Social Applications - WordPress, TypePad or Drupal Blogging Platforms: Interested in writing a blog from your hammock, your sailboat or home office? You can do it with these mobile apps. Productivity - CamCard: Let’s you scan business cards and automatically add that information to your phone’s contact list and/or your Outlook or Gmail account. Financial Tools - Expensify: Takes some of the hassle out of creating expense reports by allowing you to report expenses as they happen while you’re on the move. Organisers/Time Savers - PageOnce: Use PageOnce to track credit card transactions, check your bank account status, monitor frequent-flyer miles and itineraries, and get alerts when bills are due and itineraries change. Utilities - Wi-Fi Finder: A must-have for travellers, Wi-Fi Finder is a directory of paid and free Wi-Fi hotspots in over 280,000 locations in 140 countries. As a part of the evolution of phone application, an IT Associates App is currently being developed. The App will allow clients, prospective clients and partners to log in and lodge tickets, send emails, gather information from our website or used to call us directly.
Brain: 25th anniversary of the first personal computer virus
The brothers told TIME magazine they had written it to protect their medical software from piracy and it was supposed to target copyright infringers only. The virus spread rapidly across the world infecting one floppy disk at a time. Brain would bury itself in the part of the disk necessary for running programs and infect any computer it was inserted into. It would then sit in the computer's memory and infect new disks inserted into that machine as well. Although this virus is long gone, many new viruses threaten to attack our systems daily. If you are concerned about the protection of your technology call IT Associates today for advice on data protection and virus avoidance.
Backup and recovery systems for your business
As we have seen through the recent QLD floods, data is one of your business’s most valuable assets. Losing valuable customer details, records and orders can cripple your company, but with business data escalating by an estimated 30% annually it is increasingly difficult to keep up with critical backup schedules. That’s why IT Associates offers a comprehensive solution to enable the efficient backup and effective recovery of critical business data in the event of an outage, theft or other unforeseen circumstances. IT Associates team will design a customised solution to match your present and future needs based on a thorough assessment of your business environment, specific risks, and based on industry best practices. What’s more, the recommended solution can be installed onsite or even remotely. Find out more about how IT Associates can help you protect your valuable data with a tailored solution by contacting our team of data backup and recovery experts on 1300 662 811 today. Follow IT Associates:
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Hundreds of new apps are available for download every day, but how do you sort the useless from the useful? Below is a list of top phone applications which may become useful for you in your workplace environment.
On the 19th of January 2011, The ‘Brain’ virus turned 25 years old. The virus, developed by two brothers in Pakistan, was formed to catch out software pirates. As it turned out, these men created one of the greatest annoyances in the modern world.
