HTS Blog

Should you upgrade to iOS 9? Read this first

November 4th, 2015

Apple’s iOS 9 has been available for download for nearly two months now. If you have yet to upgrade, you may wonder whether or not you should. Not everyone has been happy with the new OS, and Apple is still working out the kinks. So if you’re on the fence as to whether or not you should update, here’s what you need to know about iOS 9 and four of its most handy features.

Office 2016 for Mac is here

November 3rd, 2015

For Mac users who have been waiting with great anticipation, Office 2016 for Mac is finally available. The new version is worth the wait; Microsoft has implemented exciting new upgrades to improve the user experience. Office 2016 possesses far superior functionality and user interface than its predecessor, Office 2011. We’ve highlighted some of the new features of Microsoft Office’s core applications and cloud-based services that you need to be aware of.

Communication before the storm is key

November 2nd, 2015

As it is only a matter of time before the first winter storms hit in many places, you might want to consider taking a look at your company’s business continuity plan. Each year heavy snowfall and other weather-related incidents interrupt services and cost businesses money.

Are You Paying too Much for Your Consumables?

June 19th, 2015

Heritage Technology Solutions is confident that we can help you save on your consumable purchase. In most shopping experiences, what matters most is the quality & price of the product and the customer service experience.

AT Heritage, we make it a point to address both these points to your satisfaction.

Village of Countryside – Life in the Fast Lane – May 2015

May 15th, 2015

The Village of Countryside in preparing their network infrastructure for technology upgrades made the first step by replacing their structured wiring to accommodate the higher data rates of future appliances.

The Village Hall and Police station data wire was all older Cat 5E. The decision was made to rewire the buildings with Cat 6. Cat 6 provides a higher signal-to-noise ratio, allowing higher reliability for current applications and higher data rates for future applications.

The Ultimate Website Package For Your Growing Business

March 10th, 2015

Heritage Technology Solutions has partnered with Pronto Marketing to take the hassle and headache out of building and maintaining your website Design, copywriting, hosting, SEO and unlimited updates 24 hours a day

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CUSTOM, CUSTOMER-FRIENDLY DESIGN We’ll create a completely customized design that accurately reflects your brand and makes you proud.

Please join me in congratulating Cassandra on her significant milestone achievement

March 9th, 2015

It will be 15 years tomorrow since the very YOUNG Miss Niebauer walked through our doors and changed our world forever

Cassie as our Operations Manager is our HTS HUB, center gear – that everything flows around and through

Every sale, contract, customer, employee, bill, PO and even car repair comes across her desk and through her hands

WE love you Cas – Happy Anniversary!

Thanks for every little thing you do here for all of us

Lead the path to IT innovation today Windows Server 2003 support is ending July 14, 2015

March 3rd, 2015

1. Discover

Determine which applications and workloads are running on Windows Server 2003 today.

2. Assess

Categorize applications and workloads by type, importance, and degree of complexity.

Are you in PCI compliance with the new policies for 2015?

March 2nd, 2015

New requirements in PCI DSS 3.0 include:

Methodology-based penetration testing to verify that the methods used to segment the merchant cardholder data environment (CDE) from other IT infrastructure
Inventory of all hardware and software components within the cardholder data environment
Documentation detailing which requirements are managed by third-party vendors vs.

SEEING SEWAGE IN A WHOLE NEW LIGHT

January 9th, 2015

Lockport IL -The City of Lockport sewage treatment plant needed a way to monitor the entrances to the plant both on site and remotely.  One of the challenges was the extreme distance from the main building to the back entrance.  The current camera system was pointed in the general direction of the rear entrance but could not produce any useable images of those entering and leaving the plant, causing a security risk.