We’ve spent some Fridays pulling together 15 minutes worth of targeted technology tips, demos and conversation. Check out our Fandotech Friday 15s below:

• Managed Firewalls, The Smart Choice: Current firewall technology can look “inside the packets” of data as it travels into your network and intelligently filter services within services. For instance, need your employees to be able to access Facebook, but don’t want them playing Farmville? No problem.
  
• Benefits of Virtualization: Michael Archick, Fandotech’s Director of Virtual Infrastructure, will discuss the benefits of virtualization from the data center to the desktop. Topics include standardization, lowering TCO and longevity of application platforms.
  
• A Few Minutes with Microsoft Outlook: We’ll show you how to manage your Microsoft Outlook folder structure and organization, the dos and don’ts of attachments, and contacts versus autofill.
  
• More Microsoft Outlook Tips & Tricks: We’ll discuss creating simple and complex rules to automate your inbox tasks.
  
• Email Encryption for Secure Messages: Learn what email encryption is, how it benefits its users, and see a demonstration of one system in action.
  
• IT Panel Discussion: The Fandotech team discusses some of the hot issues today: SOPA/PIPA, cloud services and when to migrate, and some recent changes to Google.
  
• IT Security Tips for Business Networks: Learn about user account p0licies (passwords, auto locking workstations, etc.), a layered approach to network security, security monitoring, limiting network traffic inbound and outbound, and why security is so important in the era of the cloud.
  
• Disaster Recovery, Business Continuance and the Square One Story: We discuss disaster recovery and business continuance and what your preparation options are. And, with just a little over 6 months since a tornado tore through Western Mass., we tell you how Square One recovered due to their forward thinking, their disaster recovery plan and their technology partner.
  
• A Few Minutes with Microsoft Word: Explore the hidden features of the Office Ribbon and Quick Access Toolbar, visual clues, and the trouble with the Insert key.
  
• More Microsoft Word Tips & Tricks: We discuss using page breaks, section breaks, and headers & footers in Microsoft Word 2010.
  
• Content Management with WordPress: WordPress isn’t just for blogs anymore! We’ll show you how easy it is to manage a website using this content manager.