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Have a Little Culture, Please

Last Friday night while sitting at the final performance of the 91st season of the outdoor summer music festival at the Redlands Bowl, I marveled at the talent and expertise of the artists on stage. We had come to hear the Redlands Symphony Orchestra perform directed by Frank Fetta and

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Setting eTop Apart

In business today it’s difficult to separate yourself from the masses. What makes you different? What makes you better? What are your shortcomings? All of these are questions that businesses face and continue to face throughout the life of the company. As eTop has grown, these questions have been at

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eTop Virus Alert

Yahoo ad network is being used to spread cryptowall. BE CAREFUL WHEN CLICKING ON YAHOO ADS!   The Yahoo advertisement network has been selected by cyber-criminals to carry out a malicious advertising type of attack on unsuspecting users, by steering them to malicious pages serving a strain of CryptoWall ransom ware. BE

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What I’ve learned in the last year

In the last year in building eTop Technology the learning curve of building a business has been awesome yet occasionally terrifying. The things I know now vs even just 6 months ago seem substantial. Here are a few things I’ve picked up along the way. Always have a good accountant

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New Server vs. The Cloud?

Whats right for your business? As a small business owner in today’s world there are a lot of decisions to be made regarding technological investments. One of the largest investments that is commonly made is the purchase of an internal server. Recently the use of cloud computing (an Internet connection

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Why Managed Services?

Is entering into a managed service contract with your IT professional a good financial decision for your company? Until more recently the most common mode of service offered by IT companies was an hourly “pay as you go” service. Granted, it will always be important to fix problems as they

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Springing a Leak

When you think of all the catastrophes that could befall your small business usually a fire, earthquake or power outage comes to mind. While any one of those disasters can be a major threat, its most often the little things that cause the biggest problems. For one client this was

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Disaster! IT Happens…

Disaster! IT Happens… Can your business survive? In April, 2014 a fire broke out on the second floor of an Oxnard Medical Plaza. Being the workplace of about a dozen private practice doctors, dentists and chiropractors the aftermath of the event was catastrophic. Although the fire never spread to the

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Small Business and Cyber Security

Many small business owners hold the belief that problems don’t need to be dealt with until they arise. In most situations this is an excellent approach to take, as small and mid-size businesses face challenges unique from those faced by larger corporations. This rule is not universal however – the

Read More

Have a Little Culture, Please

Last Friday night while sitting at the final performance of the 91st season of the outdoor summer music festival at the Redlands Bowl, I marveled at the talent and expertise of the artists on stage. We had come to hear the Redlands Symphony Orchestra perform directed by Frank Fetta and

Read More

Setting eTop Apart

In business today it’s difficult to separate yourself from the masses. What makes you different? What makes you better? What are your shortcomings? All of these are questions that businesses face and continue to face throughout the life of the company. As eTop has grown, these questions have been at

Read More

eTop Virus Alert

Yahoo ad network is being used to spread cryptowall. BE CAREFUL WHEN CLICKING ON YAHOO ADS!   The Yahoo advertisement network has been selected by cyber-criminals to carry out a malicious advertising type of attack on unsuspecting users, by steering them to malicious pages serving a strain of CryptoWall ransom ware. BE

Read More

What I’ve learned in the last year

In the last year in building eTop Technology the learning curve of building a business has been awesome yet occasionally terrifying. The things I know now vs even just 6 months ago seem substantial. Here are a few things I’ve picked up along the way. Always have a good accountant

Read More

New Server vs. The Cloud?

Whats right for your business? As a small business owner in today’s world there are a lot of decisions to be made regarding technological investments. One of the largest investments that is commonly made is the purchase of an internal server. Recently the use of cloud computing (an Internet connection

Read More

Why Managed Services?

Is entering into a managed service contract with your IT professional a good financial decision for your company? Until more recently the most common mode of service offered by IT companies was an hourly “pay as you go” service. Granted, it will always be important to fix problems as they

Read More

Springing a Leak

When you think of all the catastrophes that could befall your small business usually a fire, earthquake or power outage comes to mind. While any one of those disasters can be a major threat, its most often the little things that cause the biggest problems. For one client this was

Read More

Disaster! IT Happens…

Disaster! IT Happens… Can your business survive? In April, 2014 a fire broke out on the second floor of an Oxnard Medical Plaza. Being the workplace of about a dozen private practice doctors, dentists and chiropractors the aftermath of the event was catastrophic. Although the fire never spread to the

Read More

Small Business and Cyber Security

Many small business owners hold the belief that problems don’t need to be dealt with until they arise. In most situations this is an excellent approach to take, as small and mid-size businesses face challenges unique from those faced by larger corporations. This rule is not universal however – the

Read More

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