Newsletter Issue 1

Our first issue of our Newsletter!!

The team at SpectrumITS has introduced this newsletter focused on information technology.This is the newsletter for people who build, sell, support and use software on adaily basis. Just a bit of what’s lined up for the first issue in October is information on viruses, Web 2.0, new technologies and more.

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Understanding Computer Viruses

Practically everyone with a computer has heard of computer viruses, but not everyone knows exactly what they are or how viruses can affect their computer. A virus is a small, self-replicating program that invades your system through an e-mail attachment, download, or Web site. People create viruses or various reasons, ranging from mild pranks to malicious destruction. More…

Web 2.0

Web 2.0 (pronounced web 2 point oh) is a term coined by Tim O’Reilly referring to a generation of web based communities and hosted services. The popular ones being wikis, folksonomies and social networking sites. The thrust is meant to turn the www into a platform for software developers and end users. More…

What are the Differences Between SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005?

I’ve been asked this question every time that there’s a new version and yet I’ve never been able to give what I think is a nice, concise, logical answer that satisfies the asker. Probably it’s a lack of my ability to easily form words in my mouth and get them out in the proper order, so I decided it might make some sense to do this on paper (metaphorically speaking) and help others out. More…