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After recently upgrading one of our clients servers to Microsoft SBS2011 we received the following feedback, see below. We always strive to make our clients happy and IT hassle free, and the positive feedback is always welcome. Customer Feedback: Thank YOU so much! Your staff are amazing – Rudi is such a huge asset as he really knows his way...

Introduction RAID levels are one of the key design and sizing elements for a resilient and high performing Exchange installation. Many Exchange admins will be familiar with the basic best practice recommendations for RAID, but it is important to understand which particular type of RAID configuration should be applied and where. It is intended that this article will provide a simple and basic primer, to the relevant RAID levels which can be considered with either Exchange 2010 or Exchange 2007. SAN vs DAS vs iSCSI RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 10 Cost to Benefit ratios...

If you live in the the Cape Town area and looking to be part of an exciting team please send us your CV info@techtron.co.za Techtron offers an open and enthusiastic environment for skilled people who are energetic and detail oriented.  We encourage learning and offer opportunities to experiment with new technologies. As a potential candidate you must have excellent troubleshooting skills...

Strong passwords are important protections to help you have safer online transactions. Keys to password strength: length and complexity An ideal password is long and has letters, punctuation, symbols, and numbers. Whenever possible, use at least 14 characters or more. The greater the variety of characters in your password, the better. Use the entire keyboard, not just the letters and...

We at Techtron Computers strive at all times to give our Customers the best level of Support as well as the Leading Brands that are available in the Market, enabling us to adapt with the ever changing ICT Industry and staying ahead of these Changes. That is why we are proud to announce that Techtron Computers has successfully achieved the...

The MSPAlliance (MSPA) the International Association of Managed Service Providers, today announced that Techtron Computers has become a member of the MSPAlliance. The MSPAlliance is the oldest Managed Services group and the only Accrediting and Standards based body for the Managed Services Industry. With over 9,000 members world-wide, the MSPAlliance is a very powerful and influential global organization, working to...

We have recently completed a very smooth and seamless upgrade on our remote backup services. Not a single support call logged and zero disruption to our customers, thanks to excellent planning from the Techtron engineers. With growing demand for our remote backup service we were quickly running out of storage capacity on our main backup server. We have now more...

Real Malware, Real Test, Real Solution, Real Protection for the Real World. Trend Micro Ranks #1 Again Real Malware NSS Labs sourced real socially-engineered malware on the Internet and tested each solution to see if they could block the threat at its source or during download (Caught Initially on Download) or when the threat executed on the machine (Caught Subsequently...

Recently a client of ours decided to install a CRM package on their Small Business Server. The support personnel from the CRM company logged on to their server and had difficulty configuring the CRM. He eventually decided to remove IIS (a core component for Microsoft Exchange) which caused the Microsoft Exchange Store to get corrupted. The end result was 3...

2010 has arrived with a bang. While most of South Africa are preparing for the World Cup and concentrating on this year only, Techtron Computers are planning their technology for the next few years. With the start of a new decade the inevitable change of technology has occurred. According to Gartner by the close of 2012, more than 50% of...

Purpose: Techtron staff has bravely signed up to ride the 110km cycle tour taking place on the 13th March 2010. The initial goal of each member of the team was to finish the tour within the cut off time. Subsequently we have been asked to help in a worthwhile initiative to assist in raising funds for the GCU programme (details...

Techtron Computers was recently awarded Gold Partner status with Secure Data in the Trend Micro range of products. Techtron has been working closely with Secure Data over the past year and our relationship has steadily grown. In addition to our strong working partnership the staff at Techtron all recently completed the Trend Micro training facilitated by Secure Data. The Trend...