CTC attended the WAY-FM Networking Breakfast this morning, held at the Jason's Deli in Cape Coral this morning. It was very well organized, and Kristen, Bethany, and the crew at Jason's Deli did an outstanding job. It was encouraging to see so many people attend, and I found myself wondering where the time had gone when it was time to leave.

If you haven't attended one of these events, you should definitely try to attend the next one. Not only does it give you a great way to connect with other businesses within our community, but the casual atmosphere made it more relaxing and fun too.

Kudos to WAY-FM and Jason's Deli for hosting this event!

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This week's newsletter focused on why Disaster Recovery Plans (DRP) are so important for your business. We discussed some of the more common reasons on why and how your data is lost, however, as Southwest Florida learned on Tuesday, employee sabotage is becoming more of a threat for business owners as well.

From NBC-2's website:

"A Golden Gate Estates woman is accused of living out what many fired workers only fantasize about.

Naples police say she deleted dozens of computer files - everything from documents to spreadsheets to internal memos - costing the company thousands of dollars."

For many businesses, DRPs are one of those items that you know you need to do, but who has the time to actually do it? Don't think of DRPs as another item on your 'To Do' list...think of them as security for your business. It is imperative that you protect your data from the many forms of sabotage that exists in today's marketplace.

CTC can assist you in coming up with a basic DRP that will protect your data. Contact us today for a free one-hour consultation.

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Why Is My PC So Slow?!

There are two main reasons that a PC loses its optimum performance capability: heat and clutter on the hard drive.

Heat - As PCs have become more powerful, they naturally generate more heat. The manufacturers have made every attempt to implement cooling systems into the PC in order to minimize the ill-effects of heat. Aluminum heat sinks attached to the CPU chip dissipate the heat, then fans blow the heat out of the case. Air circulating through the case is a very important part of the cooling system.

Unfortunately, in addition to air, the fans also pull dust through the case. This dust clogs up the fans of the heat sink and also reduces the amount of air flowing through the case. This reduces the efficiency of the cooling system, and therefore reduces performance.

Hard drive clutter - The hard drive has always been the slowest component of a PC. Although there have been many improvements in recent years to make hard drives faster, they still don't compare with the speeds of modern CPUs and RAM.

The limitation is based on how a hard drive works. Data is stored on platters that spin on a motor and a series of read/write heads have to move in and out locating that data and putting it in the correct sequence to make sense of it.

Clutter on your hard drive makes this process even slower because there is more junk to sort through in order to get to the useful data. This will drastically affect the performance of your PC.

Click here for 'before' and 'after' pictures.

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Over the course of the next few months, CTC will be emailing a free eNewsletter that will contain tips in achieving top-notch performance from your PCs and servers. If you aren't receiving the newsletters, you can sign up here, or access our archives by clicking on the link located in the sidebar.

Last week's newsletter introduced you to our 'new' website, and outlined some of the features that are now available on this site.

This week's newsletter concentrates on why simple maintenance of your PCs and servers should be a top priority for every business - small and large. We have also revealed our new affordable pricing structure for Maintenance Plans, so if you haven't signed up for the newsletter yet, be sure to do so as soon as possible.

If you have a question or suggestion for a future newsletter, please drop us a line.

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