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What you are looking at is the first edition of a monthly newsletter to be published by Altrim Systems, to keep our clients, prospective clients, and others up to date on topical issues regarding Office Automation and Networking. Please let us know what you like or dislike, and any issues you would want to be addressed. Send comments to info@altrim.com. We (Altrim Systems) have completely redone our Website, and plan to have useful and interesting information included and updated periodically. Please let us know if there anything that you would like to see contained in the Website in future updates, or in our Newsletters.
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2004 heralded the implementation of Canada’s first privacy legislation “Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA)”. This legislation has very broad implications for businesses from the smallest to the largest. Essentially it makes businesses and their owners responsible for the data they collect and host on their computer systems. It is not obviously apparent how Canada’s new privacy commissioner will go about enforcing this legislation, but it is our opinion that at a minimum, procedures should be put into place as to what data a business is allowed to collect and how this information is being secured.
“Organizations throughout the globe are concerned about new and emerging security threats to their businesses that surpass typical network level attacks, according to results of a security study commissioned by NetScreen Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: NSCN) and conducted by independent research firm, Vason Bourne, Ltd.”
In order to secure data not only are business now strongly advised to have internal procedures in place, but also to protect against Internet Attacks with some type of “Firewall” in place. Another imperative would be company wide Anti Virus Protection.
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The recent release of Microsoft Windows Small Business Sever 2003 (SBS) puts incredible power and flexibility in the hands of almost any business. With Microsoft’s new pricing, businesses with up to 75 users get the power of Microsoft’s Windows 2003 together with much of Microsoft’s Back Office product Suite. The total investment for 5 users can be less than the cost of a workstation computer. For this you get a server that can handle file serving, email, SQL databases, shared faxing and a fax server, a Web Internet or intranet (internal) web site.
Small Business Server 2003 is the easy way for small and medium sized businesses to get the power of the Windows Server operating system plus Microsoft server-based solutions for e-mail, fax, database and security-enhanced, shared Internet access – all in one integrated, simplified solution at an affordable price.
Bottom line, Small Business Server 2003 helps small and medium size businesses work smarter with fewer resources.
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Altrim Systemsemail: info@altrim.com
1 Promenade Circle, Suite 300F,
Thornhill, ON, Canada, L4J 4P8
phone: (905)763-2912 fax: (905)763-2914
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April, 2004 |
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e-news
What you are looking at is
our monthly newsletter published by Altrim Systems, to keep our clients, prospective clients, and others up to date on topical issues regarding Office Automation and Networking. Please let us know what you like or dislike, and any issues you would want to be addressed. Send comments to info@altrim.com. We (Altrim Systems) have completely redone our Website, and plan to have useful and interesting information included and updated periodically. Please let us know if there anything that you would like to see contained in the Website in future updates, or in our Newsletters.
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The US security financial reporting
legislation (Sorbanes-Oxley act) has
been with us for some time now, and
Microsoft have recently announced a
compliance tool that users of Microsoft
Office systems can use free of charge.
Many Canadian companies doing business
in the US must comply with these
regulations, and can also now take
advantage of this compliance tool. 2004 heralded the implementation of Canada’s first privacy legislation “Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA)”. This legislation has very broad implications for businesses from the smallest to the largest. Essentially it makes businesses and their owners responsible for the data they collect and host on their computer systems. It is not obviously apparent how Canada’s new privacy commissioner will go about enforcing this legislation, but it is our opinion that at a minimum, procedures should be put into place as to what data a business is allowed to collect and how this information is being secured. “Organizations throughout the globe are concerned about new and emerging security threats to their businesses that surpass typical network level attacks, according to results of a security study commissioned by NetScreen Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: NSCN) and conducted by independent research firm, Vason Bourne, Ltd.”
In order to secure data not only are business now strongly advised to have internal procedures in place, but also to protect against Internet Attacks with some type of “Firewall” in place. Another imperative would be company wide Anti Virus Protection.
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Microsoft Small Business Server 4.5 and
2000 users can now upgrade to the new
2003 version of Small Business Server.
This comes with much stronger built in
security, as well as support for
wireless networking. Functionality
includes Internal and Internet e-mail
hosting, File Serving, allowing users to
send and receive faxes through Outlook,
and the ability to host an Intranet and
/or Internet Website. In fact an
Intranet Website is installed as part of
the regular installation procedure; and
is extremely easy to use, allowing group
collaboration on documents and projects.
Another neat feature of Microsoft Small
Business Server 2003 is Remote Web
Workplace. Users can connect through the
Internet to read their e-mails, check
appointments, see contact information
and shared folders; they can even be set
up to access their own computers
remotely. Small Business Server 2003 is the easy way for small and medium sized businesses to get the power of the Windows Server operating system plus Microsoft server-based solutions for e-mail, fax, database and security-enhanced, shared Internet access – all in one integrated, simplified solution at an affordable price.
Bottom line, Small Business Server 2003 helps small and medium size businesses work smarter with fewer resources.
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Altrim Systemsemail: info@altrim.com
1 Promenade Circle, Suite 300F,
Thornhill, ON, Canada, L4J 4P8
phone: (905)763-2912 fax: (905)763-2914
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September, 2004 |
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e-news
What you are looking at is our periodic newsletter published by Altrim Systems, to keep our clients, prospective clients, and others up to date on topical issues regarding Office Automation and Networking. Please let us know what you like or dislike, and any issues you would want to be addressed. Send comments to info@altrim.com.
We (Altrim Systems) plan to have useful and interesting information included and updated periodically. Please let us know if there anything that you would like to see contained in the Website in future updates, or in our Newsletters.
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According to the Information Technology
Advisory Committee (ITAC) of the
Canadian Institute of Chartered
Accountants (CICA) the number one issue
for Canadian Business is INFORMATION
PRIVACY. From January 1, 2004 Canada’s first privacy legislation “Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA)”,
has been in effect, making all businesses
and their owner and officers responsible
for the data they collect and host on
their computer systems. In January
2003 the disappearance of a hard disk
containing customer information in
Saskatchewan, caused a scare across the
country. Fortunately the disk was later
recovered. Almost all business today
have some type of FIREWALL and
ANTI-VIRUS protection in place, or they
should have. But what about your
PHYSICAL SECURITY!! Is it possible for
someone to physically remove data. Two
clients of ours were recently robbed; in
both cases ONLY COMPUTERS were stolen.
Which begs the question, WHY? Computers
are not very valuable; are they after
the INFORMATION contained therein?
Information that PIPEDA makes all businesses
and their owner and officers responsible
for!
Altrim Systems has recently started to
offer security in the form of Security
Camera and Recording Systems, These
Systems can digitally record activity
from multiple cameras and multiple
locations, and archive theses videos for
months at a time. These extremely
affordable, commercial quality, Video
Surveillance and Management Systems can
be used not only to monitor computers,
but any area of your business (inside or
outside). Among the many features and
benefits are:
- Live and recorded monitoring of
multiple sites both locally and
remotely. over Broadband Internet or
Dial-up.
- Up to 540 days of video
recording storage.
- Motion detection triggering of
alarms, e-mail, pagers etc.
- Events and Access Logs, with
security rights assigned.
- H.263 Video Compression.
- Live video monitoring using a
standard web browser via Web
Casting.
- The ability to have two way
audio between a remote client and
the monitoring server.
- The ability to have Pan, Tilt,
Zoom (PTZ) - remote and local - with
specialized cameras.
Securing your valuable data and in
fact the total enterprise consists of a
planned approach which we at Altrim
would be more than pleased to be a part
of.
Security means more than Firewalls
and Anti Virus Protection.
The PHYSICAL SECURITY of your data
and other business assets must also be
part of the overall plan. Automating
this PHYSICAL SECURITY may also in fact
reduce Insurance Premiums.
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Microsoft Small Business Server 4.5 and
2000 users can now upgrade to the new
2003 version of Small Business Server.
This comes with much stronger built in
security, as well as support for
wireless networking. Functionality
includes Internal and Internet e-mail
hosting, File Serving, allowing users to
send and receive faxes through Outlook,
and the ability to host an Intranet and
/or Internet Website. In fact an
Intranet Website is installed as part of
the regular installation procedure; and
is extremely easy to use, allowing group
collaboration on documents and projects.
Another neat feature of Microsoft Small
Business Server 2003 is Remote Web
Workplace. Users can connect through the
Internet to read their e-mails, check
appointments, see contact information
and shared folders; they can even be set
up to access their own computers
remotely. Small Business Server 2003 is the easy way for small and medium sized businesses to get the power of the Windows Server operating system plus Microsoft server-based solutions for e-mail, fax, database and security-enhanced, shared Internet access – all in one integrated, simplified solution at an affordable price.
Bottom line, Small Business Server 2003 helps small and medium size businesses work smarter with fewer resources.
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Altrim Systemsemail: info@altrim.com
1 Promenade Circle, Suite 300F,
Thornhill, ON, Canada, L4J 4P8
phone: (905)763-2912 fax: (905)763-2914
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