Edison by Verdiem is a Green IT software solution that saves energy on your computer, making your IT greener!

After installing the software, you enter your regular working hours and the software agressively saves power during non-work hours, potentially saving a lot of energy. The software informs you how much you will save each year in energy!

On my computer alone, the highest power save setting will save me $72 per year in energy costs, 700 Kilowatt hours and remove 1 ton of carbon from the environment!

Let's all go green and install this software. You can call us to install it, or you can do it yourself here:

http://www.verdiem.com/edison.aspx

We also have other green IT solutions, such as virtualization of your servers and desktops which can save you substantially more energy. Visit our Green IT Solutions section in IT solutions for more information!

There is an unbelievable phone product on the market that gives you phone service for 20 bucks a year including unlimited North America long distance! It is called Magic Jack and it consists of a small USB phone jack you plug into your computer, and with an internet connection, you can start making phone calls.

I purchased a unit to try it out at home so here is a mini review:

Installation is simple; just plug the USB jack into your computer, run through a quick setup and you are ready to start making calls. One issue I did discover through the setup is that there are currently no Canadian area codes available; only US area codes are there for you to choose from. This is not a huge deal for outgoing calls as calls in North America are free, but incoming calls are a bit of an issue.

The Magic Jack comes bundled with PC software that allows you to add contacts for quick calling and it retains a call history; you can also watch the numbers populate in the software as someone dials on the phone (useful for snooping I guess).

All in all, the Magic Jack is incredible value for 20 bucks a year and I cancelled my Rogers phone service shortly after setting up the unit. Bravo Magic Jack!

Parallels is an amazing program that lets you run PC apps on your Mac with the greatest of ease; I just used it for a law firm wanting to run PCLaw on their Apple computers and am very impressed with it.

What the program does is run a virtual machine where you install Windows, and then you can put a shortcut to the PC program on your Mac desktop and run it with a single click!

It hearkens me back to the days of Bits and Bytes, the venerable old computer show on TVO, whenever I hear of a technology TV show. BNN, (channel 57 on Rogers) has a computer technology show called Get Connected. I met one of the hosts, AJ, at a JCI networking meeting last month and he was kind enough to invite my to a Get Connected networking meeting. Solid guy and a really great technology show for business owners seeking to understand technology. Some info on the show is below:

The New Digital Technology Series Helps Small and Medium Businesses Log-In to Technology

Based on the long-running radio show by the same name, GetConnected TV features digital expert, Mike Agerbo, along with co-hosts, AJ Vickery and Yolande Lougheed. Together, the hosts of GetConnected TV.

I just started EVC's first Facebook Ad campaign and am blown away by their system! You can really specifically target your ad; to illustrate, you could target women in Toronto, between the age of 53-55 who are interested in eating peanuts! Now that's specific!

I targeted our business IT help service ad to people in Toronto, between the ages of 35-60, who are interested in business. Anyone have an idea of what else might be effective? I want to target individuals who run companies.