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Here are five IT related suggestions that are designed to make your life easier, safer and more productive in 2012.

Master the Inbox. 

Email, that wonderfully productive, unobtrusive tool that enables us to get on with our day to day work lives and never becomes a burden, is always easy to manage and wait…that’s not your experience? 

If you feel like your mailbox is the master of your destiny and you’re drowning in 1000 emails, it doesn’t have to be that way!  Setting some goals around adopting a methodology for coping with your inbox and creating an effective system for storing e-mail data may be the best Christmas gift you could give yourself.  Remember, you don’t need to keep everything – used wisely, shift-delete can be your (and your server’s) best friend.

For a copy of our booklet on Hints and Tips for effective Inbox management, email info@correct.com.au with “Master the Inbox” as the subject line.

Manage better Passwords.

SplashData (a password application provider) recently published a list of the top stolen passwords posted online by hackers.  The most common password used is (you’ll never guess)… “password”.  Popular also are sequences of adjacent numbers or letters on the keyboard.  Online email, bank, social media and other accounts or network credentials protected by these sorts of passwords are simply easy targets for hackers.  For the full list, as well as some tips for improving and tracking your passwords, click here.

Store Data on the Server.

Hands up those of you reading this that back up your desktop PC every evening and take the data offsite.  Okay, now hands up those of you who save files on your PCs hard drive; important files.  Are they files that you might be really upset about losing?

Okay, hands down – on the mouse.  Now save all those files up to your company’s server!  We see time and again clients’ PCs and notebooks fail (as hard drives are wont to eventually do) and valuable data lost because it just wasn’t backed up. 

Chances are, your company server is backed up every day (and if it isn’t, we need to talk!)  Don’t risk it if it is worth keeping; keep it in a place on the server where you know it is going to be backed up.  Speak to us for advice on file folder management and backups if you have any questions or wish to know more.

Renew or refresh that UPS.

UPS batteries are not designed to last forever.  If it has been some time since you purchased your UPS or replaced its battery, you could be putting your server at risk. 

Often by the time you pay for replacement batteries and then testing of the aging unit to make sure that electrically it is still sound, it is worth considering replacing the entire unit and investing in new equipment with an extended warranty

Keep your computing safe.

Your most trusted friend just sent you a link and it looks like a good offer.  DON’T CLICK IT.  No matter how tempting attachments or web links may seem, these often lead to virus or malware infections.  If someone sends you an unsolicited link it is best to check with them first; they may not even realise they are infected.  If it comes from someone you don’t know, never open it; shift-delete!