08Sep2020

Pants on Fire

Whether it’s business or politics, there’s a tendency to point fingers at other parties or make excuses. Some people will do anything to avoid responsibility. Yes, stuff happens, especially with technology and especially in these times, with so many people using more technology for work, school and entertainment. We believe this places a premium on

• 8 Sep, 2020
• Norman Rosenthal
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• migration, technical support, technology, update, upgrade,

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19Mar2020

COVID-19 Crisis – Keeping Your Technology Safe and Productive

A letter to our Clients and Friends: It’s time to step back and take a deep breath. Yes, breathe in. Exhale slowly. Relax. We don’t know how long our public health crisis with the coronavirus will last nor how it will end. But we’re in it together, and we at Sterling Rose want to offer

• 19 Mar, 2020
• Norman Rosenthal
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• COVID-19, internet safety, public health crisis, update, work from home,

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11Feb2020

Home is Where the Hack Is

Don’t think your home is too small to be a hacker’s target. The recent invasion of a young girl’s bedroom through a camera system has sparked a lawsuit and some hot discussion about who’s at fault. Ultimately, you need to make you cover all the bases, and the Department of Homeland Security offers some help

• 11 Feb, 2020
• Norman Rosenthal
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• backup, data secutiry, defualt password, hacker, IoT, privacy, security, security patches, update,

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08Jan2019

It’s All About the Switch

As data pipelines and Wi-Fi networks get bigger and faster, you need to pay attention to the switch, the connector that brings the service into your office or home and sends it to your network. You may need a hybrid system that includes an up-to-date switch and some hardwiring to unleash the full power of the internet service that you pay for.

• 8 Jan, 2019
• Norman Rosenthal
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• 10/100/1000 switch, GB connection, ISP, network performance, network speeds, network switch, update, wifi booster, wifi performance, wired network, wiring,

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11Dec2018

New Company, Old Stuff…Old Company, New Solutions

A recent acquisition of a company by one of our clients illustrates the problems you can face with old software as well as old hardware. And our onboarding of a new client illustrates the problems that compound each other after neglect and poor shortcuts. Here’s how we tackled them together. The software issue, which involved

• 11 Dec, 2018
• Norman Rosenthal
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• Microsoft, performance, quickbooks, small business, update, upgrade, Windows 10,

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10Oct2017

Tips from Orlando

Although we played as much as anyone who visits Orlando, we got a lot of work done at Microsoft’s annual tech conference. When I looked at my calendar, I had booked 21 sessions for the week, each session some 75 minutes long, and I probably walked some 40 miles in the expo. I narrowly avoided

• 10 Oct, 2017
• Norman Rosenthal
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• cloud computing, Microsoft, OneDrive, performance, update, Windows 10,

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