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Ways to Keep GREEN During the Holidays

Choose LED Christmas lights. LED (light emitting diode) Christmas lights use 10% of the energy of typical incandescent Christmas lights. They are safer than the typical lights, as they do not generate heat. LED lights are inexpensive and beautiful, and when you use...

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Keeping Your Data Safe during Holiday Travels

Keeping Your Data Safe during Holiday Travels

The last thing that you want to happen during your holiday travels is to have your data compromised by hackers. There are ways to protect yourself from a hackers attack and tools available to you in case they do. Below is a short list of tips to consider before you...

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Common Tech Problems and DIY Solutions

Common Tech Problems and DIY Solutions

Problem: Cannot open an email attachment. Possible solutions: The most common cause for this is not having the correct software installed. To see if this is the case, you can look at the file extension to see what program is required. For example, if the extension is...

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Emergency Prepareness

Emergency Prepareness

Recent record rainfall in our area led to flash floods and record river levels, which damaged businesses, homes and agriculture. Add to that our 'normal' spring tornado season and here at DCR the topic of emergency preparedness and business continuity  is at the...

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Budgeting for GREEN in 2016

Budgeting for GREEN in 2016

Shorter days, colder nights, and higher energy bills will soon be upon us. In the United States, energy bills are on a steady climb with nearly a 20% increase since 2005. This year, be proactive about saving money by budgeting and cutting costs. You can start making...

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Cybernetics – Solid State Drives (SSDs)

Cybernetics – Solid State Drives (SSDs)

Decision makers may spend time comparing the performance of one computer or server to another before purchasing it, but, what about the speed of the storage system? Think about it like this. You’re getting paid to haul a valuable load of cargo from inside one...

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