Wirelss Internet Issues

Wireless Internet can be a a real convenience when it works as it's supposed to and a terrible inconvenience when there's lag, dropped signals, and issues with downloads. This is true of both home users and individuals who utilize wireless Internet within an office.

When wireless Internet goes wrong it can result in not only frustration but loss of productivity as well. Many people will simply chalk it up to wireless technologies not really being up to snuff yet. Nothing could be further from the truth however. As any professional will tell you wireless Internet works very well once the routers that deliver the wireless signals to both homes and offices have been configured properly.

If you are a business owner or a home user and having problems with wireless Internet you'll want to contact a professional in order to have them evaluate your network set up. Things like firewalls and interference from neighbors and other computers can degrade a wireless signal to the point where it becomes unusable. A professional IT service should be hired to make sure that a router is delivering its wireless signals on a channel that isn't being used by neighbors and in some situations make sure that computers and other device that needs to be connected to the Internet doesn't need to be in DMZ mode.

If you're currently experiencing wireless frustrations and aren't sure how to correct the issues please don't hesitate to contact us so that we may be of assistance. A functional wireless router in both homes and offices can be extremely convenient and save some money but only when they are configured properly.

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Off Site Data Protection Services: Of Great Importance To Businesses

Many businesses, regardless of size, spend a great deal of time debating whether or not to utilize off-site data protection services. Like life, nothing in business is perfect and businesses can expect plenty of problems from their networks and computers as time goes on. While most computer network issues can be fixed relatively quickly, data loss is far more detrimental to a business than any other type of computer problem. Not only does the company's network house its own information but it stores information on employee's, finances, programs, and of course customers. Losing any of this type of data can result in decreased productivity, loss of clientele, and plenty of downtime.

While some businesses may remain apprehensive about utilizing off-site data protection services the truth is that those that don't are essentially playing with fire. Not only that but it's only a matter of time before they get burned or the fire rages out of control. Once important data has been lost or damaged on on in house servers it can be expensive and sometimes impossible to retrieve. By utilizing off-site data protection services not only is in-house data protected by outside services but the company's data is stored off site as well and can be restored as needed.

There are those business owners who've weighed the risk of storing all company data on site and who remain steadfast in their desire to keep the status quo. In most circumstances these business owners believe that off-site data protection services are a waste of time simply because they may never need it. While it is true that business may never need to restore lost data from an off-site location chances are very high that they will at some point. Even in the rare instance where a business never utilizes their backed up off-site data, paying for such a service gives peace of mind to business owners, negating the need to ever have to worry about losing any important data. It essentially boils down to the old quote from Franz Kafka that says "“Better to have, and not need, than to need, and not have.”

There is also a group of business owners who resist off-site data protection services simply because they believe that paying someone else to back up their data is a waste of time and that it can be done in-house by employees or themselves. While it's true that data can be backed up in house and employees can handle the task, a business will not get the additional protection that off-site data services provide. Not only is data backed up but it can be encrypted for safekeeping as well. Keeping businesses data safe from hackers and other potentially unscrupulous individuals should be enough to convince business owners in this group to employ a backup service.

In this day and age no data is safe, be it from hackers or from failing hardware and business owners would do well to remember that their data is essentially their businesses lifeblood in electronic form.

Any business owner who aims to be successful must consider some type of off-site data protection services lest they be faced with a possible disaster at some point in the future.
TH2 specializes in Orange County IT Support, Orange County IT Services and Orange County data protection.

Slow Computer? Check Your RAM

It's an inevitable reality that all computers eventually begin to slow down. Over both short and long periods of time computers become bogged down with not only a number of different processes they must run but with things like spyware and malware as well. Of course even computers that are kept free and clean of these things eventually become slow.

Many businesses and even individuals will become frustrated and rush out to purchase a new computer in order to alleviate the problem. This course of action however is often the most expensive one anyone can take. Before any business owner, IT manager, or even personal home user rushes out to replace their existing computer with a new one they should first have a professional look at it to determine if improvements can be made to the PC in question.

One of the most common causes of slowdown over longer periods of time is a lack of RAM. While a computers processor is often equated to a human brain, the RAM in a computer is more or less the engine that drives that brain. As new and intensive programs are installed on a computer its resources are used to run those programs. As more and more are installed and most people multitask while working on a computer, individuals will begin to notice slowdown after some time. Adding more RAM however is often the cure to what ails a sluggish computer.

They're also other things that professionals can look at inside of a machine that will help them determine whether or not a computer's life can be extended through these types of additions though RAM is usually the first thing they'll check and one of the most important aspects to any machine.

Should you have a slow computer in your home or office or have questions about RAM please be sure to contact us so that we may be of assistance!


TH2 specializes in Orange County IT Support, Orange County IT Services and Orange County Computer Support.

O365 now at TH2

We have a lot of exciting things going on here at TH2 as of late, and we’ve been very busy getting it all ready for our users! We’ve upgraded our own Hosted Exchange offering and are in the process of moving our own accounts over to it. We are confident that we can provide a more seamless cutover to Hosted Exchange than ever before as well as being able to say that our uptimes are going to be better than ever. Also, you can be surer that your messages are recoverable in the event of a catastrophic event because of geo-redundancy that we now have as well. We are now also capable of hosting several other services for you as well, including SharePoint, SQL, Office (Web Version), and Lync! All the services have the ability to integrate into your Hosted Exchange account, so it’s a single sign-on for all the services. We are very excited to start migrating users to the new infrastructure, and sign new clients up. We’re sure you won’t be disappointed. It’s just one more way TH2 is working to remove your technology headaches.

Existing users will have a planed migration soon, so if you're already on TH2's Hosted Exchange solution, you'll be some of the first to reep the benifits of the new offering!

TH2 specializes in Orange County IT Support, Orange County IT Services and Orange County Computer Support.