Sophos is a Leader (again!) in Gartner Magic Quadrant for UTM

We are so happy that Sophos Products are recognized as a leader in the Security Industry. That is one of reasons their products are part of security product offerings. Security is such an important issue we need to be concerned with that you’ll always will to include the best for your business. Gartner helps us keep track of those company’s products that we should consider at the top of our list of choices.

Gartner has named Sophos as a Leader in the Magic Quadrant for Unified Threat Management – for the third year in a row.

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TechSmith Snagit–Graphics Screen Grab Software

Snagit has been a part of my tool box of applications that I use for many years. I am not sure how I would work if I didn’t have it available to me. Some of the features that I like include scrolling back through screen grabs to reuse an image, editing and image either by cropping or creating special effects. This is great for inserting an image into a quote or a document quickly with little work.

TechSmith’s library of tutorials are especially helpful to get you up and running or get a quick refresher on how a particular part of the program works. They have both written and video tutorials to draw on for all of their programs so don’t be shy accessing them since they are free for your use.  http://www.techsmith.com/tutorial-snagit-current.html

Microsoft sets Windows 9 reveal for Sept. 30

Are you ready for a new update? Most of the world says yes but what will it look like? Invitations went out on Monday for a September 30th event where Microsoft will show off the next version of Windows. One of the ongoing questions being bandied about is how much is the new version going to cost. If they decide to give it away for free or very low nominal cost then it would go along way to heal the rift that has opened up on how Corporate Users look at version 8 and 8.1.

Microsoft is going to presumably release it sometime during the first half of 2015. Corporate users as a whole don’t much care for the split personality (User Interface) of Version 8 and if Version 9 converges the functions within a single user interface than it might be a more widely accepted product. If Microsoft doesn’t provide a product that Corporate wants to use than we might see a real decline in Microsoft’s presence in the workplace.

There have been some images leaked showing what the new operating screen is going to look like but I still take a wait and see attitude before I jump aboard. What everyone is saying should happen will hopefully happen and we will get a good product that makes us all very happy users.