One of the lessons we learned from recent disasters is how important it is to have a copy of your church database and accounting system backed up to an off-site location.

By now nearly everyone knows that Microsoft has released their new operating system, Windows Vista®. The press is excited, Microsoft is excited, and hardware manufacturers are excited. But their glee over the prospect of new revenue shouldn’t yet transfer to the corporate consumer. I’m sure Vista will eventually be right for the church or ministry office, but not yet.

Most of us carry cellular or WiFi devices that can send and receive text messages, instant messages, or email. These have been fairly well protected because of the variety of operating systems they run. But some mobile operating systems are beginning to see some vulnerability.

It’s not a matter of if a computer will crash, but when. Thus it’s important to protect computer systems from problems that will arise.

Those of us who use technology a lot have a collection of little tools and utilities that we've come to rely on that help us get a lot done. Those of our friends and colleagues who use technology very little are often amazed at what we can do! Though many of these are simple, here are a few of my favorite tools that help me accomplish a lot and Wow! the masses.