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Sistem
News, General Edition
January,
2002
New Product Addition:
digitalPersona!
From Eric
Muench, President
Companies are looking for more comprehensive methods of
security - not just data security, but physical
security. A growing number of
biometric
security solutions - technologies that recognize unique
human identifiers like fingerprints - are being used by
more businesses. Genesistems has joined with
digitalPersona
to bring you their award winning product line.
digitalPersona
offers
PC/Network/Internet security systems. By the simple and
easy use of an employee’s fingerprint, security that is
unique to the individual and that can’t be stolen,
guessed or shared is achieved. Also employees don’t have
to remember passwords. A few of the additional benefits:
Protect telecommuters/remote workers’ PC’s at home -
Protect corporate network PC’s against unauthorized
attacks - Protect lost or stolen laptops containing
sensitive information. Companies spend an average of
$200-$300 per year per employee due to password issues.
Call Genesistems for additional information… and peace
of mind!
Project Your Company's Image
By Jim
Palladino
 When
you correspond with customers and vendors, do you
project your best image? Are your statements printed as
if they were professionally prepared documents?
Genesistems now offers an addition to your current
software applications:
Kprint.
Kprint
can produce professional looking
documents automatically from any current report you
prepare.
Imagine sending your customers a statement that appears
like the document to the right. This is done on plain
paper if you have a color printer, or on letterhead
paper if you have a regular laser printer. The software
produces all shading, lines, boxes, graphs, and even bar
codes. You can even print checks with multiple logos and
bank account numbers.
For more information on
Kprint,
contact Genesistems today!
NT 4.0 Farewell Party
Microsoft plans to officially withdraw NT 4.0 on July 1,
2003. From that day you will not be able to buy it
anymore, and support will slowly be phased out.
Microsoft has already started to phase out NT, as
reported in W2Knews issue #311, by stopping the sale of
NT volume licenses. That effectively forces anyone
rolling out new servers to get the higher priced W2K
licenses.
And last month Redmond unveiled their long-term support
plans, which indicate that it really goes away. The
“shrinkwrap” NT Server and NT Server Enterprise Edition
boxes disappear from shelves July 1, 2002. The rest of
the Phase Out Schedule goes as follows:
January 1, 2003: Introduction of fee-based support
for bug fixes and Windows NT non-security hotfixes.
January 1, 2004: Redmond ends non-security hotfix
updates.
January 1, 2005: Online Windows NT support
disappears.
This will obviously make people think about moving to
W2K a bit faster these coming two years. MS is cutting
off NT's life simply because they want people to
upgrade, and to get out of supporting the now 5-year old
code base.
NeoNexus Tips
By Mark Harrison
Most people who work at home are dependent on
their computers. We communicate, keep our books,
research new opportunities, and do much more with our
PCs. In many cases, the work we produce is a computer
file, whether it’s executable code, a written document,
or an electronic design. So don’t forget the simple,
effective ways to prevent a disastrous loss of data.
Back up your hard disk on a regular schedule, or at
least save the files you’re working on to a diskette.
Buy, use, and regularly update an antivirus software
package. And be wary of power surges: a surge suppressor
is a good start (check for higher joules ratings), but
the best protection during a thunderstorm is to close
your files, turn off your PC, and unplug it.
716 or 585?
Rochester, NY is currently undergoing an area code
change from our old code of 716 to the new 585. The
change began on November 14, 2001 and the 716 area code
will continue to function until August 16, 2002. After
that time 716 calls will receive a recording reminding
them of the change. We have received word that not all
areas have been updated to complete calls to area code
585. For the time being, please use 585 and if your call
can’t be completed, please use 716. |
