Tuor is Hiring!
We’re looking to hire a Technology Consultant.
The candidate for this position will have a solid and proven track record in technology consulting. A minimum of 5 years of full time IT experience is required for the senior level candidate. Implementing Microsoft platforms is the focus, Cisco and security knowledge is also required. This position requires a motivated, confident and ambitious individual. In addition to technical skills, it is expected that the candidate will also possess excellent customer-facing skills (both written and verbal). Full time use of an automobile is required.
Responsibilities include
– Consulting to provide all sizes of business the right solutions.
– Server hardware and software configuration, problem determination and resolution.
– PC hardware and software configuration, problem determination and resolution.
– Windows systems administration, design, setup and troubleshooting.
– Cisco LAN / WAN maintenance and implementation.
This individual must be comfortable with a variety of tasks, ranging from server installs and hardware reconfiguration to system problem diagnosis. Proficiency in the following areas of technology is required.
Microsoft Based Technology — Knowledge of Windows server platforms, Active Directory, Exchange, System Center and other Microsoft server-family products.
Security Knowledge — Employing good security practices at all stages of the project life cycle. Server / application / network hardening and lock down to industry standards.
Personal Organization — Excellence at time management; maximize efficiency in client contact; meet deadlines, commitments, and project requirements.
Communications — Develop and present proposals; interact with both technical and executive level customer contacts; prepare and conduct formal group presentations.
Education
One of the following is required: a) Degree or Diploma or b) Microsoft Certification. Other industry certifications would be an asset.
Apply today by sending your resume to careers@tuor.ca!
Happy New Year!
From all of us at Tuor, we wish you a very Happy New Year and all the best for 2016!
Happy holidays!
From all of us at Tuor, we wanted to take a moment to wish everyone a very happy holidays. Be safe, have fun and spend time with your families!
World Community Grid
Wanted to invite everyone to participate in the World Community Grid. Basically they use grid computing to help solve some of the world greatest problems such as cancer, clean energy, clean water, AIDS and mapping genomes. You get to choose what projects your computer works on, which I think is fairly cool. There’s a good description here.
I have created a Tuor Team (Tuor Networks Inc) and I’d love for anyone to join it if they can. It does use up some processing power, but from what I have seen it’s not intrusive at all. Team link is here.
I’m really behind this, I think it’s a great way to help the world.
The Kafkaesque Sacrifice
Just read “The Kafkaesque Sacrifice of Encryption Security in the Name of Security” by Daniel Solove. Very good points, definitely agree encryption backdoor is a bad idea!
We’re sponsoring WorldVision
Please help us surpass our goal and sponsor those less fortunate! http://worldvisioncan.akaraisin.com/CYOEducateaGirl/Tuor
We’ve managed to raise over $600 for this great cause! You can still contribute using the link above.
Beware of Scam Phishing Emails
A ‘new’ scam has been circulating we felt it was prudent to warn our customers about.
The scam is simple. The criminals inspect the contact us list on the company web site, identify the president and accountant names and email addresses. They then send an email to the accountant as if it is coming from the company president asking to make a quick payment of a large amount of money.
We’ve seen cases where the criminals register a domain very similar to the company they are attacking. This way they have an email address very similar to the president’s email and can reply back to any questions from the accountant without the president seeing the emails.
This type of scam is nothing new, but we’ve seen some very convincing examples of this lately.
Windows 10
Windows 10 has been released and we love it!
Some of the business features and benefits we love:
– Familiar from a user experience standpoint
– Simplified management and deployment to help lower costs
– Continuous delivery of updates (no massive fork-lift upgrades in the future)
– In-place upgrades from Windows 7 or 8 that are focused on making device wipe-and-reload scenarios obsolete
– Delivers one universal app platform, one security model, and one deployment and management approach
– It isn’t Windows 8 🙂
– Fundamentally improving security at the OS and hardware level
– Cortana (with some messing about can be useful)
– Natural file search
– Continuum, separate Tablet and Desktop modes
Office 2016 Released
Office 2016 has been released and will be available shortly!
New Website Launched!
We are happy to announce our new redesigned website! Contact us if you have any feedback, good or bad.
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