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On January 14th of 2020, Microsoft will end extended support for two of their cornerstone operating systems – Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008R2. 12 months may seem like a long time, but it’s really not when you think about the computing life cycle and all the tasks and requirements that will go into meeting this deadline. It’s important to start thinking about it and planning now, so you’re not...

With December here and the year coming to an end, most of us find ourselves answering those family group chats asking what you want for the holidays. If you’re anything like me, obviously technology is on the holiday wish list, not only for my personal life, but even more so for my professional life. If we take a step back and look at the business and technology advances that impacted your...

It’s that time of the year again and before your local mall gets packed with holiday shoppers scrambling to buy gifts for loved ones, we at CHIPS always find it be a good idea to have your list of holiday gifts mapped out and ready to go. And when it comes to those technology gifts we have the hottest gifts that will surely bring a smile to any ones face!

Thanksgiving is a holiday for spending time with family and friends, eating a ton of turkey and stuffing, and playing a “friendly” game of football outside. Technology may be the furthest thing from your mind on Thanksgiving, but believe it or not, you are relying on it, especially on this holiday. Before you dig into your thanksgiving meal with friends and family, let’s take a minute to...

An Article by, CHIPS Technology Group

Throughout the year, there has been an alarming amount of security vulnerabilities in the most common of applications such as Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft and more. Just last week we reviewed Microsoft’s patch released to combat a cyber attack by a group that unleashed a virus that would infect the host and ultimately install malicious programs, view or...

An Article by, David Tan, CTO, CHIPS Technology Group

We are likely all familiar with the concept in computers of bots. A bot is essentially an automated program that runs with no user intervention and mimics the behavior of a human user. Many times a bot is used to automate simple processes a person would traditionally do. Like update spreadsheet with daily numbers or archive off old files....

Used With Permissions From Microsoft AI Blog: An Article By, John Roach

Used with Permission from Microsoft Next Blog: An Article By, Kevin Scott

Take a look around your house, office or even the next store you visit, and you’ll start to notice that internet-connected devices are bringing us closer than ever before to a world of ubiquitous computing and ambient intelligence. As these Internet of Things (IoT) devices become increasingly commonplace, people will start...

An Article By, David Tan, Chief Technology Officer

I had the honor of speaking at an event earlier this month put on by CompTIA, the largest technology industry trade association in the world.  The session I spoke at was about trends in emerging technology, and what IT companies should be looking for and talking to their clients about.  The session grew out of a new CompTIA community around...

An Article By, David Tan, Chief Technology Officer

In the last 24 months or so, Microsoft has released dozens of new applications.  Many of them targeted specifically to users of Office 365.  I’ll guarantee they have programs you have never heard of.  Sway, Flow, Teams, Planner?  Any of those ring a bell?  They are all examples of new point applications Microsoft is churning out to help make...