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Prophet Business Group is Winnipeg’s Microsoft Dynamics GP Gold Enterprise Resource Planning and Silver Desktop Partner. Our decades of industry experience implementing accounting software and reputation as a reliable network services provider makes Prophet the driving force behind many businesses seeking custom business solutions.
Prophet is aligned with industry best practices and our team of Dynamics GP software consultants provides expert advice for growing businesses in sectors such as distribution, service management, manufacturing, and job costing. Prophet implements a wide variety of complementary software to enhance Dynamics GP in areas of sales, reporting, and customer relationship management. Prophet delivers comprehensive business solutions to help you find efficiencies and elevate your business’ potential. Our experienced professionals work onsite and remotely with our customers during and after all Dynamics GP implementations to make sure all their needs are met.
Prophet’s network consultants use gold-standard industry technologies such as Microsoft, IBM, Lenovo, and HP to improve and modernize IT networks. We emphasize network security and our customized hardware implementations and software solutions will bring your business technologically up-to-date. Prophet takes Internet security very seriously and we offer a variety of Internet security solutions to help protect your business. Prophet's network consultants provide excellent onsite and remote support to all of its customers.
Plan for the future and put Prophet Business Group's experience to work for you. Call us at (204) 982-9890. |
| Time to upgrade from Windows XP |
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If your business still uses Windows XP as its operating system, it may be time to look into upgrading to Windows 7. According to Microsoft, all support for Windows XP will end on April 8, 2014.
Windows XP closed out 2011 with 46% of market share, followed by Windows 7 with 37% and Vista with 9%. Even though Windows XP still had the highest market share, it has declined in 2011 as companies migrate to Windows 7 which grew 13% since February 2011. Windows XP just celebrated its 10th anniversary and Microsoft says 10 years is a long time to have the same old technology.
So what will this mean for your business if you’re still running Windows XP? It means you will have to upgrade to Windows 7 or even Windows 8 (when it is released). The upgrade will require some time and money but in the end, Windows 7’s performance outweighs the inconvenience. Plus, Microsoft built in a Windows XP mode into Windows 7 that makes the transition easier.
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| Avoid attacks with stronger passwords |
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Using strong passwords is the easiest way to protect yourself and your business from being hacked. The trick is to know what makes a strong password and make sure everyone in your organization understands too.
Many websites and computer systems require a minimum of five characters for their passwords. Surprisingly, it’s not that uncommon for people to choose a password like “123” or “abc123”. It may be easy to remember, but it’s also easy to guess.
In fact, Imperva (a U.S.-based data security company) recently released a list of the most commonly used passwords. Among the top ten were: 123456, Password, iloveyou, princess, rockyou, babygirl, Nicole, Daniel, Qwerty and monkey.
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| Communication is key to business's success |
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Effective communication is essential to getting things done. Businesses need to communicate with other businesses; they need to communicate with customers and the employees need to communicate with other employees.
With that said, there are so many different ways to communicate these days, how does a person decide which is the most effective way? Here are some things to consider when it comes to different means of communication...
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