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Welcome to this month's issue! The Technology Advisor provides technology advice, strategy, tips and trends to help you manage and grow your business!

New Years Resolutions for Your Computer
It's a new year, and the perfect time to get things right for your computers and network.

A couple of thoughts to start the new year right:

Domain Registration:
Will your domain name registration expire this year?  Go to NetworkSolutions/WHOIS to check your domain name registration.  Your domain name registration establishes the legal ownership of your domain, and if you let it lapse, your email and website will stop working, and you could risk losing the rights to the domain entirely.  Login today to check the expiration date, renew if you need to, and make sure the contact information is up to date. 

Data Backup:
Have you checked your backup to make sure you're backing up everything you think you're backing up?  Have you tried to restore a file so you're not learning this the first time you have a frantic need? 

Going Paperless:
The New Year is a great time to clear out clutter.  After helping many medical offices, accounting firms, and law firms in the process to go paperless, we're finally working on controlling our own paper problem.  Visit our blog for some recent posts on our process to go paperless.  Is it time your office started scanning instead of filing?

If you're looking for more tips and strategies for getting your computer systems fit, please sign up for our webinar on January 27.
Tech Headlines
Kentucky and Oklahoma Issue First U.S. EHR Incentives - The Medicaid electronic health record incentive program opened Monday and the two states have already announced the first awardees. Read more in InformationWeek HealthCare.

5 Predictions for Small Business in 2011 -
Predictions on how small businesses will adapt to rapidly changing technologies in 2011.  Read more in Mashable/Business.

The Key Mobile Trends Emerging at CES 2011 - At this weeks' Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, its all about mobile technology.  Read more in InfoWorld.
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Lunch & Learn Webinar - New Years Fitness Resolution... For your Computer! 
  • How do you know your antivirus is up to date?
  • What are the critical technology tasks that need to be done and how do you know they are being done?
  • Are you maintaining the health of your server and is it secure?
  • Have you performed all the necessary patch updates to your desktops/servers?
  • Are you compliant with the new MA Data Protection Law? 
  • Is your back up working?

In this webinar, you'll learn the things you need to do to keep your computer systems healthy.  You'll learn the options for self-help, or going with fully managed proactive support, or a blend.  Make it a resolution to keep your computer systems fit so your technololgy will be there for you when you need it most!

When:  Thursday January 27, 2011 @ 12:15pm - 1:00pm

 

Register Today On-Line! or call our office at 978-692-4200.

Happy New Year 2011
Happy New Year ! 
     - Your Friends at Ekaru
Introductory Technology Assessment Over 450 local small businesses have chosen Ekaru to manage their computers and networks. We offer a free, no-obligation initial consultation to get started. We'll visit your office, review your network, and make recommendations. Call us at 978-692-4200 or email us to schedule a no-obligation assessment. If you know someone who could benefit from this offer, simply forward this email to them. Thank You!

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