I can be reached in so many ways these days. I’m so plugged in I can never get anything done. My calendar is full of meetings, time slots, and reminders – all synced to my laptop, my PC, my PDA/ my cell phone and my head – OUCH!

When you share an external IP address you not only share the address but you share the viruses too. We get calls asking for help because someone cannot browse the Internet because their service provider has shut down their access due to a virus on their network, or their mail server is no longer able to deliver mail to all recipients because it has been black listed for sending spam.

There seem to be two camps when it comes to the issue of server replacement. Some sources take the better-safe-than-sorry route and replace/upgrade their servers every three years.

The biggest IT mistake a small business can make is to have a reactive IT plan. A “reactive” IT strategy is usually synonymous with no IT strategy at all, which can be costly and frustrating.