Jeff's Blog

About Jeff

Jeff is Best Technology's helpdesk technician. He has been solving customers' technology problems and improving their uptime since summer 2011. Jeff holds a degree in computer information systems from Lorain County Community College.

If it runs fine, why replace it?

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The old saying, “don’t fix what ain’t broke” is commonly applied to computer systems, with the expectation that a computer will run forever.  But this thinking isn’t very smart–you wouldn’t expect a car to run forever. Today, a third of small business computers are more than five years old.  Older systems are obviously less reliable, [...]

Never do System Maintenance Again

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Just like a car or a piece of factory equipment, maintenance is important to keep your network equipment and computer systems up and running. Though maintenance tasks vary from one type of system to another, they are all intended to avoid problems or downtime onyour network.  Have you recently had time to perform maintenance tasks [...]

Disposal of Old Computer Hardware

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Removing IT hardware is not as simple as throwing it in the trash.  Unfortunately, computer waste often contains lead and other poisonous contaminants that can hurt the environment–and that creates a liability problem for your business. But your computer waste–things like hard drives and discs–may also contain sensitive data related to your business.  Throwing them [...]

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