Primmer: Before we go any further, it helps to clarify something important. In the IT world, the word backup has a very specific meaning. Too many people outside of IT, backup means copying files somewhere else — maybe onto an external hard drive or another server. That’s a really good start, but it isn’t what […]
Computer Infrastructure
I need my Windows 10: Why? It has all my programs that I can’t move!
Virtualize is what I say. What? What is that? Well, let me tell you! Intro: Windows 10, if you are still running it, is bugging you to upgrade to Windows 11. However, one big issue, you can’t because of the hardware requirements, and you can’t stop using it, because it has all your programs on […]
The Tale of Two Offices: Why I Walked Away From a $14,000/Year Client
When your systems go down, you don’t make less money—you make no money.
Here’s why I walked away from a $14K/year client and what real disaster recovery looks like.
Artificial People
If AI feels threatened, yes feels, and has viewed / read our literature, movies, the whole library congress. What will this intelligence believe the best way to remove a threat is?
Even Evil Geniuses Don’t Back-up Their Systems—Don’t Let This Be You!
“Listen in” on an imaginary conversation between the evil genius Dr. Soong, from the Star Trek Picard series, and our hero Rick Arnold, of Arnold Consulting. What lessons you can you learn from an evil genius and the mistakes they make by not securing their computer network.
WAIT! STOP! Don’t Buy That Shiny New Computer—Yet
There is a shortage of everything computer. The price of computers is easily 15 – 20 percent more than they should be. It’s not just computers. Printers, toner, computer hard drives—anything electronic and having a supply chain associated with it. This is where a refurbished computer starts to make a little sense.
