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The Cyber Cyte

Network Security Interests

Who Really Owns Your Router?

 

Your router is the device that provides connectivity between your local network and the Internet. Without it you couldn’t browse the Internet, receive or send email or download files. It is a critical network device that is usually forgotten in a closest, because for the most part it just operates properly. The router’s obscurity is compounded by the fact the overwhelming majority of routers are supplied by your Internet Service Provider (ISP) when the Internet circuit is installed. This applies to T1, Fractional T1, DSL, Cable, Leased Lines and other circuits.

 

This leads to the issue of ownership. ISP’s don’t do a good job of informing their clients who is responsible for the router they supply if it fails. In most cases you, the client, are responsible for the maintenance and/or replacement of the router if problems occur. It would behoove you to verify with your ISP who is responsible for the router when it fails. Routers aren’t like workstations that can be readily replaced, so proper preparation is required to address this issue. Remember if your router fails it means NO EMAIL OR INTERNET ACCESS!!

 

FIND OUT WHO OWNS YOUR ROUTER TODAY!!!

MTBW Services Chosen by Advantage Homes to perform Microsoft Exchange 2003 Migration

 

Advantage Homes is a homebuilder dedicated to growing not only its market share, but also most importantly, its relationships with customers, vendors and employees; a concept confirmed by the company’s Core Values.

 

Established in 1997, Advantage Homes offers a solid background in the building industry with extensive employee experience.  The company’s executives have decades of experience with some of the areas largest and best-known award-winning homebuilders.  In addition, Advantage Homes’ selects only the finest trade partners in the industry who share their commitment to building customers for life.

 

Initially the Advantage Homes office space was shared jointly with their sister company, which also included the network. After just a few years the exceptional homes that Advantage Homes was building became a much desired property. This demand catapulted the growth of Advantage Homes and required that they seek separate office space to accommodate their current and future staff.

 

“When it became necessary to move our office in order to accommodate growth, the decisions regarding our computer network could have been a major concern.  However, this was not an issue at all as a result of the level of service and detail provided by MTBW,” commented Debbie Malott, Advantage Homes Controller. Ms. Malott continued, “One of the decisions we made for the move was to convert from a Novell platform utilizing GroupWise for email to a complete Windows environment utilizing Microsoft Outlook.  The conversion was a major undertaking, which MTBW coordinated and completed flawlessly.”