Update: 3/23/20 As the situation surrounding COVID‑19 continues to evolve, we want to assure you that we are here to support you. We are operational and supporting our customers to the best of our mutual abilities. We intend on [...]
What you will be doing: • Achieve results for a premier IT Services Organization • Install/troubleshoot Hardware and Software • Help Desk Support / Respond to Client Tickets • Support our Clients IT Staff • Travel when necessary to [...]
Tech Updates CTComp is Now Microsoft Surface Retailer! Connecticut Computer Service is now able to provide our customers with the full line-up of Microsoft Surface devices. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/devices/compare-devices Outlook 2007 Will Officially Go Out of Support with Office 365 October [...]
Tech Updates Microsoft introduces an Active Directory – Group Policy Object (GPO) Behavior Change MS16-072 This past patch Tuesday, Microsoft released a patch to prevent a theoretical “man in the middle attack” when GPOs are downloaded from your servers [...]
Tech Updates Multi-Factor Authentication & PCI Data Security Standard 3.2 What is multi-factor authentication? Multi-factor authentication is where two or more credentials must be used to authorize a person’s access to card data and systems. Examples of factors include [...]
Tech Updates End of Support for SQL Server 2005 The end of support for SQL Server 2005 was April 12th, 2016. Businesses running SQL Server 2005 are encouraged to migrate to SQL Server 2014/2016 (coming soon) or Azure SQL [...]
Tech Updates Ransomware A ransomware alert has been issued by both U.S. and Canada on March 31st 2016 in a rare join cyber alert warning about the recent surge in ransomware attacks. Infections can be devastating to an organization [...]
Tech Updates Disabling Windows 10 OS Upgrades As you might have heard, Microsoft is pushing the Windows 10 operating system upgrade through Windows Update. At first this was offered to home users and small business users that do not [...]
Connecticut Computer Service and CASE Partners Join Forces As of January 1, 2016, Connecticut Computer Service, Inc. (CTComp) and CASE Partners (CASE) have merged to provide customers a more comprehensive and integrated services portfolio. CASE will operate as a [...]
Tech Updates Wearable Tech - How Secure is Your Data? Symantec, the global leader in CyberSecurity, penned a whitepaper discussing the security holes that using “wearable tech”, like a Fitbit, MapMyRun, etc. can leave users vulnerable to. These devices [...]
Tech Updates Microsoft has announced the end-of-sale date for PC manufacturers to stop selling machines with either Windows 7 or 8.1 preinstalled – October 31st, 2016. Businesses that have a volume license agreement that includes Software Assurance on their [...]
CTComp has partnered with Paessler, the producer of the PRTG Network Monitor, a widely adopted tool for the comprehensive monitoring of IT networks. PRTG allows organizations to moitor up/down time, bandwidth usage, environmental atributes, QoS (for VoIP), networks with [...]
