Some Top Tips for Using Google More Effectively

At Server Sentry we are obviously enthusiastically into anything IT related – and in a very big way. We work hard to keep ahead of the game as far as innovations and developments are concerned, particularly if they are targeted at making things easier. We know though that not everyone is as...

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Can You be Sure That Your Email Has Been Read?

There may be any number of situations within which you would like to know whether or not someone has read an e-mail you have sent them. We are often asked whether this is possible and the answer is “yes” but with certain common sense limitations. As there are a number of different email options,...

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Make Sure your Data is Fully Deleted

These days, many of our clients are becoming keener to reuse existing IT kit – especially the computers themselves. Whether this is due primarily to economic and cost cutting measures or to a more green and environmental approach to reducing the use of the planet’s resources is something that might vary from case to case. What is important though is to acknowledge that, for security reasons,...

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Cloud Backup Services – Bandwidth Considerations

Cloud backup systems can offer the ultimate in security for your precious data.  Depending upon the volume and frequency of your backups, it may be important to ensure that you have an adequate communications bandwidth in place to support this approach.  We are sometimes asked to explain the variations in cloud backup services and why they affect something called ‘bandwidth’. This is something...

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Why do Application Programs ‘Fall Over’?

If you are using an application (sometimes still called a ‘program’) then from time to time it may apparently ‘go wrong’. If the problem is sufficiently serious it may cease working altogether (called colloquially ‘falling over’) and need to be recovered by your operating system, such as windows etc....

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