Architel | Managed Service Provider | Outsourced IT Support | Unified Communications | Outsourced NOC » Open Source http://architel.com IT Support Made Simple! Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:14:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Disruptive Barcode Scanning for FREE? http://architel.com/disruptive-barcode-scanning-for-free/ http://architel.com/disruptive-barcode-scanning-for-free/#comments Fri, 09 Apr 2010 01:31:43 +0000 Scott Ryan http://architel.com/?p=2705 Alex, my business partner, likes to be disruptive (just ask his 1st grade teacher). His team built the break away iPhone and Android App called ShopSavvy. The iPhone version is the 174th all time most downloaded iPhone app and the Android version is still in the top 10 all time most downloaded Android app. Earlier today his team released the ‘keys to the kingdom’ of ShopSavvy (i.e. their barcode scanning library) for free. You can download the technology behind ShopSavvy for free right now. From the Big in Japan blog:

There never seem to be enough hours in the day to do all the cool stuff we want to do. We have planned on releasing our barcode scanning libraries for quite some time. Many of you have been patiently awaiting their release. I am happy to announce that we are releasing our iPhone Barcode Scanner SDK today.

Our scanner library works really well on all flavors of iPhones (2G, 3G and 3GS). You guys are getting EARLY access to this new library (it isn’t even released on ShopSavvy yet). The SDK support 1D (UPC and EAN) as well as 2D (QR and Datamatrix) scanning.

If you previously requested it I emailed the link earlier today, for the rest of you feel free to download it right now. There is no cost, but you will need to execute our license agreement within 30 days.

If you have any questions please email support@biggu.com and include the following information: name of app, description of app, your name, email, phone and your issue. Support will be provided to all licensees (i.e. if you haven’t executed our license agreement please do so before requesting support).

We are really excited to see what you all come up with using our library – definitely keep us posted and let us know if we can help you be successful. There will be a second release of the library next week that includes some additional features (FYI – our license requires that you update within 30 days of a new release).

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…as popular as SharePoint has become, administrators and users don’t always like its restrictions. When you install SharePoint, you must also install Microsoft SQL Server, even if your standard database is Oracle or DB2 or MySQL, and you must install it on Microsoft Server 2003 or 2008. When you use a SharePoint site, you must also use Microsoft Internet Explorer to be able to access its full functionality, even if your standard desktop is a Macintosh or your standard browser is Firefox. Alfresco removes those restrictions, as well as being open source.

]]> http://architel.com/open-source-sharepoint/feed/ 0 Managed Services Audit Program http://architel.com/managed-services-audit-program/ http://architel.com/managed-services-audit-program/#comments Mon, 09 Jun 2008 23:36:23 +0000 Scott Ryan http://architel.com/?p=522 Earlier this year we launched something we call our ‘Managed Services Audit Program’.  The program is designed for business owners who employ their own in-house IT staff.  To start our engineers will install our network monitoring device within the business owner’s network.  The alerts and notifications will be delivered to the business owner’s IT staff via email or SMS.  Next we set up our online backup service (up-to 100GB of backup) offering the business owner’s IT staff access to the same tools we offer to our fractional IT clients.  Finally, we conduct a complete audit of your systems each quarter, providing the business owner a third-party’s opinion of your IT infrastructure.  All of this for $5,000 per year (paid in advance).  To summarize:

  • Network and System Monitoring
  • Online Backup (on-site and remote storage of data)
  • Quarterly audit of IT infrastructure

Businesses who purchase our Managed Services Audit Program can switch to our fully managed fractional IT solution at any time and we will waive our installation fees.  Contact Scott Ryan at 214.550.2010 if you would like to schedule a meeting to discuss our Managed Service Audit Program.

]]> http://architel.com/managed-services-audit-program/feed/ 0 Hanging out with Rocky Bleier http://architel.com/hanging-out-with-rocky-bleier/ http://architel.com/hanging-out-with-rocky-bleier/#comments Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:16:57 +0000 Scott Ryan http://news.architel.com/2008/04/17/hanging-out-with-rocky-bleier/ Two weeks ago I had the opportunity to hang out with a living legend, Rocky Bleier. Rocky was drafted by the Steelers after graduating from college only to be drafted by the Army a year later. Rocky was injured in the Vietnam War and upon returning was told he could not play professional football due to his injuries. The attached article is the contents of the June 9, 1975 Sports Illustrated cover article on Rocky’s experience in Vietnam. His
experience was so remarkable a book written and a made for TV movie titled “Fighting Back” was made to immortalize his accomplishments. Post Vietman he fought his way back onto the Steeler’s and helped lead them to 4 Super Bowl titles as a running back for them. I was fortunate enough to book him to speak at the Dallas Roundtable, pictures available here http://www.dallasroundtable.org/

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