Managing Your Technology

Managing Your Technology

Let’s face it most people don’t manage their I.T. assets at all they just come in and maybe check the backup and hope the computers boot up in the morning.  2nd Opinion Technology can ease this burden by remotely monitoring key systems for less than the price of a cup of coffee.  We also help companies with planning and budgeting I.T. purchases throughout the year to help you save money by reducing the risk of obsolete or older equipment crashing and causing downtime.  An unforeseen crash of a critical component can be very...

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Are You Cloud Ready?

Are You Cloud Ready?

Cloud computing has been around for awhile but it is increasingly being used for more and more purposes. If you have used an email system such as AOL, GMail or Hotmail you have been technically using the cloud.  Websites are also all mostly hosted on remote servers and while outages happen they are usually infrequent. Cloud storage has also been gaining in popularity, but has been slow to catch on due to privacy risks.  Configuring cloud storage for secure access can be confusing and difficult and very few standards exist.  Amazon’s...

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App and Web Development

App and Web Development

Custom Application and Web development can get expensive rather quickly, but 2nd Opinion Technology has been providing affordable robust applications and sleek looking CMS based websites for its clients for many years.  By using a mixture of off the shelf software, templates and a vast library of code we can meet the most demanding challenges head on. All of our websites use a CMS backend and an enhanced feature rich template, once the look and feel of the design is finished it is easy to maintain using basic word processing skills.  A...

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Protect Your Network

Protect Your Network

While anti-virus and anti-malware are a good start to protecting your network it’s really just the last line of defense. Modern networks need a layered defensive strategy to prevent unwanted intrusions. The costs have come down tremendously in the last few years and seamlessly protect your network and data without much user intervention. 2nd Opinion Technology can design a perimeter defense system to protect your network from outside attacks as well as hardening your computer systems and implementing policies to guard against internal...

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