JMR SoftwareSystems

Social Media Niagara

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:07:54 +0000

Following up on our successful Social Media Lunch & Learn and Workshop we’re excited to announce the launch of SocialMediaNiagara.com! In the comings weeks the site will develop into a resource for Niagara area businesses looking to bring their business and their brand into the social media sphere. Our vision is for an ongoing list of resources, case studies, and spotlights on companies in Niagara. We’ll soon be launching a full directory of Niagara businesses getting involved in Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other communities.

Social Media is about Listening

admin — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:08:40 +0000

JMR software developer Adam White has started writing about social media topics for the Niagara Business Link newspaper. You can find the first article, an introduction for the paper’s readers, online here. It’s titled “Social Media is about Listening.”

Stop Blackberry Spam

admin — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:14:03 +0000

Does your Blackberry need an extra weapon in the ongoing battle against unsolicited junk email? JMR staff and clients have had great success with the Antair Blackberry Spam Filter. It runs right on your handheld with no need for additional desktop or corporate filters. You can find a 30 day trial at antair.com.

Dropbox is easy!

admin — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:11:34 +0000

At JMR we’re constantly impressed with how easy Dropbox automatically synchronizes files between Windows, Mac and Linux computers. Just drop a file in a folder on one system and it instantly appears on the others. Dropbox is great for online backups and moving data between sites. You can get 2 GB of storage for free at getdropbox.com.

Spinning Security at 500 Feet

admin — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:58:22 +0000

The Revolving Dining Room at the Skylon Tower overlooking Niagara Falls is a world famous attraction. With a 360 degree vantage point soaring 775 feet from the foot of the falls, there are few other places like it in the world — and this past February, they were tearing up the floorboards.

As part of a full overhaul of the facilities JMR was on site to give the restaurant’s Aloha Point Of Sale system a boost. The very location of the RDR presents a challenge. With a more than 500 foot span from the central computers at the bottom of the tower to the terminals at the top, fibre optic connections are necessary to bridge the gap. In the dining room stations are located on both the revolving floor and the stationary centre, making wireless connectivity for the system a must. Radio signals are blocked by the tower’s concrete core, so a series of access points strategically placed in the ceiling blanket the moving floor with signal.

Our focus this February was security, ensuring that those wireless connections both met and exceeded the new rules for credit card transactions set by the PCI Security Standards Council. To this goal WPA2-AES standard encryption was put into place. The new Revolving Dining Room has been open and wowing visitors all summer and the network has never been more secure.

Niagara Employment Help Centre

admin — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 01:56:26 +0000

“JMR SoftwareSystems has provided us with exceptional service from day one! Their commitment to our business has exceeded every expectation. They are invaluable to us with the combination of their experience, ﬂexibility, efﬁciency and work performance among their staff. The Niagara Employment Help Centre thanks them for their support and suggestions for all of our needs. JMR SoftwareSystems comes highly recommended!”

Ethel Churchill
Executive Director
Niagara Employment Help Centre
Niagara Falls, ON

Brainstorming 2.0

admin — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 01:50:28 +0000

For your next brainstorming session, check out bubbl.us. This slick, free web application lets you create quick, colourful mind maps that can easily be shared, emailed and printed. Why waste time copying notes from whiteboards?

MX Toolbox

admin — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 01:44:40 +0000

Computer viruses often attempt to use infected machines to send out spam. You may not even know that it’s happening! If your corporate mail servers are blacklisted it could have severe repercussions on your ability to do business. With MX Toolbox you can quickly ﬁnd out if your company has been listed on a spam list, and take steps to set things right.

Dale Carnegie Grads

admin — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 01:39:47 +0000

JMR is proud to announce the graduation of their software development team from the Niagara Dale Carnegie Project. Under the coaching of Neil Thornton they studied human relations principles and set exciting new goals for the company.

Maid Of The Mist

admin — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 01:37:01 +0000

JMR is honoured to be working with the historic and world famous Maid Of The Mist. The landmark Niagara Falls attraction, operating on both sides of the international border, will beneﬁt from JMR’s experience providing technical solutions in tourism and hospitality.