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7 Things Nonprofits Should Know About Virtual Desktops

TechImpact

User accounts are stored on the server with the OS, allowing individual employees to access their version of the virtual desktop. Hardware costs will not only drop, but nonprofits can see decreases in costs from electricity, maintenance, and licensing. Access from outside the office. Disaster recovery.

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Chromebook for Nonprofits: Are Web Apps All You Need?

Tech Soup

This is a disaster waiting to happen. I can migrate their Microsoft Access applications to a free Salesforce account. They can take them anywhere they need, access all their applications and data, never worry about malware, backups, disaster recovery, etc. Photo: slgckgc , CC license Nothing is lost or compromised.

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Nonprofit Technology News: 2013 Year in Review

Tech Soup

Tablet sales are up 53% while laptop and desktop computers are down 11% from the previous year. Office 365 is basically a full-featured online version of Microsoft Office that includes Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, OneNote, Publisher, and Access. in Namibia is showing the way for providing Internet access in Africa.

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My Organization is in “the cloud”! – What does that mean?

3rd Sector Labs

When someone tells you that their software or data is “in the cloud”, they are typically referring to the location and means of accessing said software or data. The risks: #1 – Access. How do they access data? They work from a single office, and everyone in the office has access to the software.

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Tech Policies for Virtual Teams: A Leader’s Responsibility

Non Profit Quarterly

And you do not want, obviously, to be having your data and your applications being accessed on an open network that is open to anyone in the vicinity essentially. Automation and remote-access support. And I said, well, what if somebody wants to watch Netflix on their company laptop? And commercial purposes as well.

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