DSC Secure Networking » Uncategorized http://dscnetworking.com Better Hardware, Better Support, at a Better Price! Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:52:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Free Business Computer Class! http://dscnetworking.com/free-business-computer-class/ http://dscnetworking.com/free-business-computer-class/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:52:32 +0000 Jenni http://dscnetworking.com/?p=162 Business 101: A Free Business Computer Class!

           We at DSC Secure Networking are proud to offer your business  this Free Computer Class.  We hope to help you find answers to your current computer problems by giving you the latest information to help your business operate smoothly.

           When your system is running slow, your business is running slow.  When your computers are down, your business is down.  And in this economy who can afford to lose time or money? 

           Correctly designed, engineered and supported systems result in greatly reduced overhead, increasing your bottom line.  Let us demonstrate how we can increase your quality of service, security and hardware.  We can show you how to cut your IT costs in ways you’ve never thought of, all without compromising your level of support.

          Join us and discuss all of your computer related questions. Wait until you hear how our Free Network Analysis can benefit your business! 

Sign Up Now

The class will be held on Monday March 8th, 2010 from 5:30-6:30PM at the North Port Family YMCA.

Date: Monday March 8, 2010

Time:  5 : 30 PM — 6 : 30 PM

North Port YMCA

5930 Sam Shoppes Way

North Port, FL 34287

Phone: 941-429-2269

R.S.V.P to reserve your seats as seats are limited!!! (941)564-6513 – jennifer.mccabe@dscnetworking.com

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UPDATE: Not just one, but apparently there is quite a selection!

]]> http://dscnetworking.com/walmart-sells-server-racks/feed/ 0 Pitfalls of Host Based Printers http://dscnetworking.com/pitfalls-of-host-based-printers/ http://dscnetworking.com/pitfalls-of-host-based-printers/#comments Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:55:41 +0000 Adam http://dscnetworking.com/?p=154 It is early in the morning, there is a line of clients waiting to check out. You hit the print receipt button in your management application, but nothing comes out of the printer. You sigh and clear the print queue, accepting this is an unavoidable consequence of network printers. Or is it?Traditional network printers accept commands from your computer and use their internal processor and memory to compute the necessary head movements and ink/toner levels to generate a page. A “host based” printer uses your computer’s internal cpu and ram to generate the page. This is what causes the print queue to jam, especially if a large job or many jobs are sent to the printer. Doing these computations are very costly in resources and as such, these printers should never be installed on a server and shared. Large jobs or many jobs can quickly overwhelm the server and bring printing to a halt. These printers are fine if you have a small network and computers are directly connected to them.

Why is this done? The main reason is cost. Leaving out the “brains” of the printer can cut $50-100 off the price, making them more attractive, but causing a nightmare for IT in organizations with more than 5-10 users. Unfortunately this is not well documented in printer marketing materials and makes it very hard to tell if the printer you are buying is host based or not.

How to tell? The best way to go to the printers support page and see what kind of drivers are available. If the drivers say something in them like PCL5/6 or Post Script/PS, then your printer is more than likely not host based. Another way is to dig into the printers specifications, if the print processor has some speed value (i.e. 500 mhz) then it is most likely not host based.

Having these problems at your company? Be sure to contact us, and we will find a non host based solution that will work for you!

]]> http://dscnetworking.com/pitfalls-of-host-based-printers/feed/ 0 1st Annual Christmas Party http://dscnetworking.com/1st-annual-christmas-party/ http://dscnetworking.com/1st-annual-christmas-party/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:13:13 +0000 Therese http://dscnetworking.com/?p=116 We had our First Annual X-mas Party on Saturday, December 12.  It was a lot of fun.  We all headed down to Ft Myers to board the Mystery Dinner Theater Train.  It was a 3 hour journey from Ft Myers to Punta Gorda and back.  Along the way, we were treated to a 5 course dinner and a show.  The show was titled “Nutcracker:  The Final Curtain”. It was a murder/mystery/comedy.  There were scenes between every course!  What a great way to spend time together!

Everyone had a great time!  We would like to give our thanks to Seminole Gulf Railway for giving us a great night, and to our own Jenni McCabe, who worked hard planning the whole night.

Waiting to board the train. DSC Secure Networking and our families. Mike looking happy to board the train. Steve and Georgette Therese and Colin! Adam and Kayla Mike and Nickie Adam looking forward to the evening. Jenni excited to start the night. Therese waiting to board the train. Steve: Anticipation! We are on our way! Everyone having fun! Greg and Jenni enjoying themselves Therese and Colin: Smile for the camera! Mike and Nickie seem to find something funny. The show! Hmm...no sign of the "cook"...where's Steven Seagal when you need him?! The wooden soldier and doll, Maria. Adam, Kayla and Taylor clowning around! ]]> http://dscnetworking.com/1st-annual-christmas-party/feed/ 0 Customer Referral Program http://dscnetworking.com/customer-referral-program/ http://dscnetworking.com/customer-referral-program/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:55:40 +0000 Therese http://dscnetworking.com/?p=106 DSC Secure Networking would like to tell you about one of our newest programs.  As a thank you for being such loyal customers, we are offering a Customer Referral Program.  Each new business referred to us will receive a Free Network Analysis to determine what their needs are.  At that point, if they become a new customer, you will receive a $30.00 credit on your bill. No matter how big or small the business, you receive a credit for each new customer you give us.

When you refer a business to us, just make sure they know to mention you and we will do the rest. We appreciate your business and hope this finds you saving even more every month.  This is just our way of saying thank you for the positive word of mouth you already give to us.

If you have any questions regarding the Customer Referral Program, call or email us and we will  be happy to explain it further. 

We appreciate you all and look forward to continuing to do business with you.

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If you are a medical establishment, HIPAA guidelines require that you have an offsite back-up of all your data. Do you currently back-up your data remotely?  We have a very affordable solution.  In case the unthinkable happened and you lost all your data and could not retrieve it, you would still be protected with this solution.  If you are depending on your back-up tapes to retrieve your data, we would like to let you know that in our experience 50% of the time the tape drives do not work.

HIPAA requirements, a theft of your computer system, a fire at your location, a natural disaster (i.e. hurricane) in your area, your sprinkler heads going off, a leak in the ceiling leading to water damage, your server failing:  All are examples of why you should have this solution to be able to retrieve your data.

The system requirements you need are a high speed internet connection.  If you do not have a high speed internet connection, we can come out to you and see what kind of alternative solution we can come up with.

Please feel free to call us with any questions you have concerning Offsite Back-Ups.

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