Year-end cash? Some keys to making good tech purchases
2019 is coming to a close and you’ve got some budgeted cash to spend. What should you do with it? Server or cloud? If you already have a server and…
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Katherine Elrod
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The good, the bad and the ugly of location services
You’ve probably noticed popups on your iPhone advising you of how apps are using your location and offering preference changes. This big change has come largely because tech providers and…
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Mobile technology expands payment options for small businesses, NGOs
How do you get paid? I’m talking to solopreneurs, freelancers, nonprofit organizations who want to collect payments or donations quickly and provide low-barrier options that go beyond checks or cash.…
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1,300 new voting machines arrive at County Square ahead of November elections
This week, seven tractor-trailers arrived at County Square heralding a new era of voting for Greenville County. The 1,300 new voting machines and 160 optical scanners will be uncrated and…
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Got Vendors?
Vendors. We’ve all got them. And we’re pretty careful who we do business with. Right? Or are we? I’m not talking about price or value or previous customer satisfaction, but…
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Data Privacy Reminder: Five risks and remedies
Privacy and security may seem unattainable. Every day, we learn of some new hack, some new incidence of a trusted partner or service exposing or selling our information. Securing your…
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Importance of testing technology
New year, new stuff. Many companies steer clear of major system upgrades in the fourth quarter. So depending upon your industry, it’s very likely you’ve got an implementation coming up.…
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Archive or backup? Answer these four questions
Whether you’re thinking of moving your business data to a cloud-storage solution or you’re already there, there may be a potentially costly consideration you’ve overlooked: Archiving versus cloud storage and/or…
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Inbox Zero? You don’t need something new; just learn how to use Outlook
Who among us isn’t tortured by that nagging mail icon with the red badge of horror above it? Is it possible to have 1,600 unread messages? Or no unread messages…
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Has technology fulfilled the promises of 2012?
This column is appearing exactly six years to the day since the first one I wrote for the first issue of Upstate Business Journal. As I approached this milestone, it…
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