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Port Mobile/home phone numbers to Google Voice

Google is currently in the process of testing the ability to port over your mobile/home numbers into their Google voice system. It is a $20 fee payable through Google Checkout. At this current time, this functi...

Slow computer? Check for bloatware

Have you ever wondered why that brand new computer you just bought doesn’t run as fast as advertised?  The answer may be bloatware, all that pre-loaded software that the manufacturer so helpfully provides...

Mobile Security

Have you ever thought about mobile security for your business? Well you should? Mobile security is going to be a huge concern for companies in the next few years because of the masses of new smartphones and tab...

BVA Cloud Offering – Virtual Servers – Cloud Servers

For about 2 years now BVA has developed and tested an offering that allows organization the opportunity to move their physical servers off-site into the cloud.  There are several advantages with this type of ar...

Microsoft SharePoint Online Not Ready

BVA has taken an active role in trying to take organizations in the cloud and it has been an upward battle to say the least.  BVA (technology consulting companies) has had some great success with Microsoft Exch...

Fix Cached Credentials over VPN

Ever had a remote user who uses a laptop outside of the company network and their cached credentials somehow do not work or have been lost from the cache? I recently faced this same issue and with a little advi...

Removing Fake Microsoft Security Essentials

In today’s world of spyware, viruses, and malicious attacks, there are very few that have given me the thought that they could actually be real. Typically you get the one that pops up saying you have 95 viruses...

Fixing Backup Exec Advanced Open File Option VSS Snapshot errors

  For several weeks, I had been receiving the error message below on most of my backup jobs for servers on my network.  The errors seemed to have started all of a sudden, and I want to share my research and tro...

What Was The Average Internet Speed In 2010 – BVA Internet Speed Analysis 2010 | BVA IT Consulting Blog

FCC study has shown that the average bandwidth (internet speed) for consumers and businesses in the commercial sector was approximately 4 Mbps, which si higher than the previous year of 3 Mbps (2009).  This int...