Senior IT Consultant Jay  Ritchie has been with  NSK Inc. for exactly one  year last week. Prior to  joining NSK, Jay worked  as an IT Manager for  several local software  companies. Jay’s  experience includes  managing data center  environments and hosting  Point-of-Sale and  business to business  applications in tightly  regulated industries.  He  enjoys working in the IT  industry because it  allows him to solve  complex problems while protecting his clients from digital threats. 

In an earlier post, we discussed the pros and cons of using RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disk) as a data recovery solution. RAID uses a disk drive component that distributes and replicates data across several levels of drivers. In a world that is becoming increasingly digital, RAID employs a physical disk drive, which is why it is important to note where physical data storage originated—tape backup. 

NSK Inc. newbie, Jose Calixto has only been with us for six months, but he is already interacting with clients on a daily basis. You may have even spoken with him if you have recently called the NSK Help Desk. His job consists of fielding calls from clients regarding server maintenance, MS Office and other IT problems and other computer issues that Jose can fix right from his desk.

Last month I wrote a comparison of Microsoft’s Office 365 and Google Apps.  Microsoft 365 had just been released from a beta version and I expected there to be a lot of buzz about the new service.  Office can be considered the “golden boy” of Microsoft’s software line and is trusted by many and with 365 being a cloud based service I could only expect a lot of speculation.  But my intuition failed me.  It seems as if Office 365 has come and gone without much buzz, which made me even more curious about the product.  Was it not living up to expectation?