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TiGra Networks Showcased in Windows Vista SMB Supplement
Our customer St. David Recruitment Services, based in Cardiff, were interviewed recently by Windows Vista Magazine to get their views on how Windows Vista helps their business every day. The case study appeared in Windows Vista SMB Supplement, which went...
Credit Crunch Thwarting Your IT Investment?
Businesses may be deterred from making investments in technology in the current economic climate, especially those planning to use finance to minimise cash flow impact and spread the cost over the life of the assets. With banks unwilling to lend to each...
Introducing LiveCRM.biz
TiGra Networks is proud to announce our new joint venture with Master Place Ltd, which we are calling LiveCRM.biz . Based on Microsoft Dynamics Customer Relationship Management, our solution provides a quick and easy way to revolutionise your sales, marketing...
Microsoft MVP renewed
In July 2007 , TiGra's founder Tim Long received Microsoft's Most Valuable Professional award for technical excellence and community participation. The MVP award lasts for one year and we're very proud to announce that Tim has been re-awarded...
Does Your IT Provider Rely On Your Systems Going Wrong?
When choosing an IT provider, ask yourself this question: "Does my IT provider rely on my systems going wrong to make money?". If the answer is "yes" then perhaps you should consider a new IT provider. If your IT provider bills you...
Small Business Server 2008 is Coming
Microsoft formally unveiled its upcoming server solution for small businesses this week and first indications are that the price will be "about the same as the 2003 version". There is no news on upgrade pricing yet and the product release itself...
Instant Messenger Viruses
It seems there is an instant messenger virus at large at the moment. The virus sends messages similar to these (the URLs are deliberately obfuscated): "Hot or Not? hxxp://mymsngallery.my.funpic de/viewimage.php?youremail@someplace.com" or "this...
Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 Go Gold
The 2008 launch wave is gaining momentum. Microsoft announced a few hours ago that both Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 have been released to manufacturing. Windows Vista service pack 1 will likely impact most users in the short term...
Don't be caught out by the domain name registration scam
I saw this article in Microsoft's UK Security Newsletter (which you can subscribe to online). Ed Gibson, chief security advisor, relates the following story: The owner of a '.com' web domain name is telephonically contacted by someone claiming...
BNI Presentation
This is the slide deck (actually a superset of the slide deck) that I presented to my BNI chapter on 29th January 2008. The PowerPoint file is included as a file attachment below. The case study linked from the slide deck is this one: http://www.microsoft...
Are You Being Criminally Negligent With My Personal Information?
The recent spate of announcements from the government and others regarding "lost" confidential information has really annoyed me. I'm so angry because every shipped business edition of Windows since 2000 has included encryption technology...
Wrong Tools for the Job
I was driving along the M4 today and I passed this DHL delivery truck. I snapped a photo with my mobile phone but unfortunately I didn't capture what someone had written with their finger in the grime on the rear of the trailer: Don't ask the...
Why You Shouldn’t Forward Chain Email
I received the following email today, which is clearly a rather crude hoax: From: <deleted> @hotmail.co.uk To: <24 MSN/Hotmail addresses removed to protect privacy> Subject: PLEASE READ Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:48:22 +0000 Hey it is tara...