Technical

My Sage 50system seems to run slower now than it originally did. Is there any need for maintenance?

Many computer programs seem to slow down after a period of time.  Some are not so fast to begin with! Without getting too technical, this article suggests what you can investigate to help speed things up.

Has it always been this slow?

• If yes: Look at the Sage 50installation. Does your system meet the minimum requirements? If it’s below spec upgrade your computer. Sage 502010 uses Pervasive PSQL Version 10.12 which along with other database changes has definitely improved performance, so you might want to consider an upgrade.

Today your computer is working fine. Will it be as healthy tomorrow? The average PC user doesn't think much about the problems that can arise with a computer until one is experienced. Then, recovery can be both costly and time-consuming. This article introduces some proactive measures that you can take to decrease the likelihood and lessen the impact of future problems.

In business, and in nature, it is the strong that survive. Rather than trying to coast through the down economy, consider ways to strengthen, improve, and grow your business. This will better your chances of "survival" and enhance the future of your company.

With all the economic doom and gloom we're hearing these days, it's easy to forget that there are still plenty of organizations out there that continue to need new and upgraded IT products and services.

It's Saturday, or after hours a buyer lands on your website and discovers the only way to order your product is by calling you the next business day. You lost a sale and the real problem is you may not even know it. Would you like to have a website and manage the content without a webmaster? How about a website that takes orders and passes all the information into your accounting system with the push of a button? Here is a list of the tools you would need to purchase, all for a total investment of around $1,600 and a few days of your time.

Identity thieves aren’t the only prying eyes on the Internet. Mainstream Web sites and their advertising partners track our digital doings as well. Some of this tracking is innocent and even beneficial – for example, an Internet merchant might record which items we browse to that it can suggest related products the next time we visit. Unfortunately, online tracking can cross the line from welcome feature to worrisome invasion of privacy. Sites often sell information about us to other companies… install tracking files onto our computers without our permission…and allow ad-tracing companies to lurk unseen on their sites, gathering information about us.

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