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The revival of the Colonel Sanders ads on television brings with it a renewed interest in Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC). To go along with their renewed approach to marketing, KFC Canada has a limited time offer for smartphone users. Though the details aren?t quite known at the moment, the Memories Bucket will without a doubt shape the development of the way a select few Canadians view ?food selfies,? if such a thing exists anywhere outside of America. Introducing: the KFC Memories BucketNot only can you eat your chicken out of the bucket, you can share and print pictures of you eating your chicken out of the bucket; all using wireless Bluetooth technology. The future is really something, huh? https://www.youtube.com/embed/4NP8ju1RDkc?rel=0″frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen> According to The Verge, this isn?t the first time that KFC has tried some unconventional marketing tactics utilizing specialized technology: The company’s Japanese chapter raffled off a chicken-themed keyboard, mouse, USB stick, and sets of 3D-printed earrings as part of a social media promotion last fall, and its German outpost gave customers a thin, rechargeable Bluetooth keyboard in place of the usual grease-sopping paper sheet this May. The company’s experimentation goes beyond physical products, too. If you have a minute at lunch, you can play ColonelQuest, an 8-bit romp through Colonel Sanders’ life released in May. The Memories Bucket may raise the bar on ridiculous poultry products. Either way, at least the Memories Bucket is a conventional use for the classic KFC bucket that adapts to the ?needs? of society. If this proves anything to the world, it?s that the Internet of Things is on its way. What are some of your favorite finger-lickin?-good emerging (yet weird) technologies you?ve seen? Let us know in the comments.

Depending on your situation, you might have an internal IT department that focuses on daily operations, or one that focuses solely on innovation, leaving your users to handle the various daily maintenance and upgrades your network needs. While this is better than no IT department at all, you run the risk of user error that could potentially leave your infrastructure unguarded; or worse, breached and compromised by hackers. This is the primary reason you want your IT department to be in complete and total contact with the rest of your business?s departments. It smooths operations and makes troubleshooting issues much easier than if you?re relying on those who aren?t trained professionals. Plus, ensuring that your IT department is in contact with the rest of your team allows for them to communicate network troubles, server issues, email complications, and more. This helps to make sure that everyone is on the same page, and thus, understands that situations are under control and being addressed. For example, one of your users isn?t skilled at working with technology. They might experience simple issues, like being unable to access the network or having difficulty working within your chosen email solution. Instead of bothering your internal IT department, which should be primarily focused on implementing new time-saving solutions, they can contact White Mountain IT Services?s Help Desk. When you work with White Mountain IT Services?s experienced, helpful IT staff, you get the quality of work you expect from an internal IT department at a fraction of the cost. Not only are our technicians more than capable of solving average, day-to-day issues, they?re also skillful and knowledgeable enough to diagnose and treat more serious problems with your IT infrastructure. It?s our mission to know and understand the nuances of your network so a user can?t catch us off guard. At the end of the day, White Mountain IT Services wants to be your go-to source for any and all technology-related issues your business might encounter. We work with you to establish clear, concise expectations, so you can always know what services you?re getting, and at what cost. There are no secret fees or hidden add-on costs. For more information on how we can help your business succeed, give White Mountain IT Services a call at (603) 889-0800.

Depending on your situation, you might have an internal IT department that focuses on daily operations, or one that focuses solely on innovation, leaving your users to handle the various daily maintenance and upgrades your network needs. While this is better than no IT department at all, you run the risk of user error that could potentially leave your infrastructure unguarded; or worse, breached and compromised by hackers. This is the primary reason you want your IT department to be in complete and total contact with the rest of your business?s departments. It smooths operations and makes troubleshooting issues much easier than if you?re relying on those who aren?t trained professionals. Plus, ensuring that your IT department is in contact with the rest of your team allows for them to communicate network troubles, server issues, email complications, and more. This helps to make sure that everyone is on the same page, and thus, understands that situations are under control and being addressed. For example, one of your users isn?t skilled at working with technology. They might experience simple issues, like being unable to access the network or having difficulty working within your chosen email solution. Instead of bothering your internal IT department, which should be primarily focused on implementing new time-saving solutions, they can contact White Mountain IT Services?s Help Desk. When you work with White Mountain IT Services?s experienced, helpful IT staff, you get the quality of work you expect from an internal IT department at a fraction of the cost. Not only are our technicians more than capable of solving average, day-to-day issues, they?re also skillful and knowledgeable enough to diagnose and treat more serious problems with your IT infrastructure. It?s our mission to know and understand the nuances of your network so a user can?t catch us off guard. At the end of the day, White Mountain IT Services wants to be your go-to source for any and all technology-related issues your business might encounter. We work with you to establish clear, concise expectations, so you can always know what services you?re getting, and at what cost. There are no secret fees or hidden add-on costs. For more information on how we can help your business succeed, give White Mountain IT Services a call at (603) 889-0800.

In fact, according to the Worldwide Cloud IT Infrastructure tracker for the first quarter of 2015, cloud IT will soon trump spending on traditional IT models sometime in the next decade. There are several noteworthy observations to make concerning this image: Traditional IT is still the main player for 2015, rolling in at just over 65 percent of all deployments. Public cloud IT accounts for around 20 percent of all deployments. Private cloud IT makes up over 10 percent of all deployments. Over the next five years, traditional IT will continue to decrease in usage, while the public cloud will make a significant jump in use. Private clouds will continue to grow, but not as quick a rate as the public cloud. On the financial scale, here are some statistics: Spending on cloud IT infrastructures will reach $33.4 billion in 2015 alone. Spending on private cloud infrastructures will grow to $11.7 billion. Public cloud shows projected expenditures and growth of up to $21.7 billion. These numbers show that the cloud industry is growing at a staggering rate, and that while traditional IT expenditures continue to fall, they?re not being mitigated slowly enough to be considered an afterthought yet. Whether or not your business wants to integrate a cloud solution shouldn?t be a question. The benefits greatly outweigh the costs in the long run, and there are a plethora of options to choose from; be it private cloud, public cloud, or even a mix of the two in a hybrid cloud solution. It must be emphasized that the cloud can not only benefit your business model, but it can also increase your company?s mobility. By giving your employees the ability to access mission-critical applications and information while out of the office, you?re opening up more opportunities for productivity outside of the workplace. This lets your team choose how they want to work, and on what device. It?s safe to say that the cloud is revolutionizing the deployment of information and applications, but what are your thoughts on it? If you have questions or concerns, feel free to call White Mountain IT Services. We can discuss how the cloud can benefit your business, and what complications you need to look out for. We can even help you integrate your own customized cloud solution. Contact us at (603) 889-0800 for more information.

Note that most of the threats that come from forgetting to logout are from within your office, like your co-workers. Now, you might think that all of your workmates are trustworthy, but this may not be the case. After all, ?It?s always the person you least suspect.? Before Logging Out of Your PC, Log Out of Your Online Accounts…This might come as a surprise to many computer users, but just because you close your web browser, doesn?t necessarily mean that you?re logged out of your online account. Many online accounts require you to manually click ?Log Off? for you to actually log off. The danger of not manually logging off like this is that the next person who opens your web browser will find your account to be open, and have easy access to it. …Or Be Embarrassed.On the annoying-yet-harmless side of this problem, leaving your account open like this could lead to some mischievous activity on your social media pages. A co-worker may post something in your name that?s completely out of character and everybody will have a good chuckle the next day. …Or Worse.However, that?s a best-case scenario. A less-than-kind person who comes along and finds your account open could easily have access to your email or bank account, which could lead to some serious identity theft issues. In the same way, a hacker could remote into your PC while you’re away and take control of it. This is often done via a trojan-type malware, or a variety of other ways. If you haven?t manually logged out of your accounts, then the hacker who controls your PC could easily access your accounts by opening your web browser, checking your bookmarks and history, and visiting each and every site of value. If they come across a site with an account still open, then they?re in. Next, all they have to do to lock you out is change your password as if they were you, and send the new password to their email account. This is one major headache that could have easily been avoided by just clicking ?Log Off.? The biggest disadvantage of falling victim to malicious activity like this is that you?re not around to stop it. Instead, you?re away from your desk, completely oblivious that your identity is being ripped off, and you won’t figure it out until it?s too late. This is where remote security monitoring from White Mountain IT Services saves the day. With this service, we?re able to monitor your network?s activity and bring to your attention anything that seems suspicious, like the activity of a hacker, or even unauthorized access from an employee. You may not always remember to logout of your accounts before going home for the day, but at least with White Mountain IT Services watching over your system, you won?t have to worry about it.