Apple just launched their newest OS version named Snow Leopard, obviously in an early shot at Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 7.  With Microsoft still the dominant player in desktop and laptop platforms, does Apple have a chance of seriously infiltrating the business computing sector? Microsoft missed out on an entire generation of business computer upgrades due [...]

In a follow-up to some of our tweets on social media restrictions on law firms I thought it made sense to post some notes on our blog.  What types of policies do you see at your business and more specifically Indianapolis metro are law firms, regarding social media?  Not only professional policies but are restrictions [...]

“The pen is mightier than the sword.” We’ve all heard the old adage about the importance of information in warfare. Well, our data is equally important in business. As our ability to gather and digitize information grows our need to categorize that information for easy access and search grows as well. Certain industries and professions [...]

I posted several times about how I have not been hearing as much about cloud computing as I did a year ago.  Well, I think I’m wrong.  Lately i’ve been reading much about cloud services, SaaS (Software as a Service), hosted applications and cloud security.  In an update on Slashdot they remark about a story [...]

C level executives and small business owners don’t care to know, and don’t necessarily need to know, which mail server they’re running.  Fortunately, successful executives and business owners surround themselves with proven and trusted business advisors to help them implement the changes needed to achieve their business goals.  As always, email and communications are at [...]

I was in a business a while ago, one of our customers, and they have a picture of a fox and two rabbits stating something to the affect of “if you chase two targets you won’t catch either of them.” One thing all successful small businesses do is focus on their core and find other [...]

Remember the good ol’ days of Napster and people trading music for free?  There are still many free peer-to-peer sites and applications to get free music, and practically any other digital media you want.  However, just because it is free does not mean you don’t pay a price in the end.  Malware.  Malicious software, such [...]

10-12 months ago cloud computing was all the rage. Google, Amazon, Dell and others were and still are investing serious sums of money building massive data centers to host your business applications and data. Hosting data offsite for a fee on another larger company’s servers is not new. However, placing your business applications, such as [...]

Have you ever wondered if anyone still cares in business anymore? We do care about our customers and the success of their businesses. That’s why we’ve positioned L5 Solutions not just as a computer service and IT support company but as a committed partner to your company focused on realizing your business goals through the [...]

We’ve all received one of those emails… we know we shouldn’t open it, but what if it is true? Unless you really know what you’re doing and understand how to read mail headers, verify links, etc… you should never open anything from a bank, credit card, store, etc that is asking about your account. I [...]