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The Synertel Sentinel
Online Edition 
April, 2010   Issue 165
In This Issue
Double Whammy Patch Tuesday
LifeSize Video Conferencing
Toshiba 0% financing, 13% Market Share
Welcome New Clients!
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 We are busier than ever, and continuing to grow organically. What's your perspective? Hiring? Waiting? Shrinking?
 
This month, we are proud to introduce LifeSize video conferencing to our product offerings.  LifeSize was founded by the genius who invented the first Polycom video platform - and its lightyears ahead of the competition in features, performance, and price. Let us help you slash travel costs and enhance productivity by enabling eye-to-eye meetings with your clients, prospects, and vendors.
 
Many SynerTel clients have found value in outsourcing part or all of their IT & vendor management tasks to us, freeing up their own staff for strategic projects.
 
Interested to learn about best practices in IT spending and operations? Ask us for a free consultation and ROI analysis!
 
Have Avaya or Nortel legacy phone systems? SynerTel is now an authorized Avaya Business Partner!  Call us for support, moves, or growth on your Avaya or Nortel systems.
 
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Toshiba's 0% 36 month financing offer now continues thru June 2010. If you know you need better communication tools - let Toshiba help finance them!
  
We're always interested in your kudos & suggestions for improvement. Feel free to contact me at any time!
 
Ben Stiegler, CEO
415 746 1811
Double Whammy - Microsoft + Adobe = 27 Critical Patches on 4/13
 
Hacker at workOn top of the Microsoft "Patch Tuesday" which occurs every 2nd Tuesday of the month, April also features major security flaw fixes by Adobe for both Acrobat and Acrobat Reader. Don't delay in applying these critical patches when they are released on Tuesday -- you can be sure the professional malware industry will be taking advantage of them right away. Learn more about the vulnerabilities here. 
 
 
If tasks like this go on your "to do someday" list - there's a better way. SynerTel Managed Workplace offers 3 ways to offload the time-consuming technical challenges of patch management to our team of specialists. In fact, we'll monitor your systems 24 x 7 -- even provide help desk service and a virtual CIO if desired.
 
For a free network security evaluation and to learn SynerTel Managed Workplace can save you time and $, click here. 
 

 
LifeSize Video Conferencing
 
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SynerTel is proud to announce that we are now an authorized reseller for Life Size video products. We can provide, install and maintain the finest video product on the market.LifeSize has pioneered HD Video communications. LifeSize was founded in 2003 by industry veteran Craig Malloy, who co-invented the original Polycom ViewStation. LifeSize is
the fastest growing company in video communications industry, with revenue growth of 140%+ annually along with  20k+ units shipped to over 6000 customers in 80 countries. Price and performance is second to none industry-wide. LifeSize has  an architectural advantage over the competition, and a broad and deep intellectual property base. From boardroom to desktop to palmtop,  LifeSize is the
right choice for any company looking at video conferencing.
 
 
 

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ZeropctToshiba Telephony Solutions Retain #2 Market Share slot! 0% Financing continues
 
Toshiba LOGOToshiba Telecommunication Systems Division was ranked by T3i InfoTrack (an independent market share reporting organization) #2 for IP Sites/Systems shipped in the third quarter of 2009, with 12.9% market share. Toshiba led NEC, Avaya, Panasonic, Mitel, Nortel, Vertical, 3COM and many others. Toshiba CIX solutions with 5 and 7 year warranties, free core software upgrades for life of system, and 50 year Mean Time Between Failure ratings are a safe, value-rich, cost-effective solution for your business.
 
While many other manufacturers charge 15-25% annually for software subscription - Toshiba includes this for free!
 
 
Thru 6/27/10 - Toshiba offers 0% 36 month financing to help your business acquire and deploy the technology it needs to stay competitive and get ahead.  Call us at 415 746-1800 to learn more. Don't delay!
Welcome -- New Clients!  Thank you, Existing Clients for new projects!
   
Thank you  for entrusting us with improving your IT and telephony!
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Giampolini and Co - SF and Emeryville
Blazing Saddles - SF and NYC
Japanese American Museum of San Jose
Congregation Beth David - Saratoga
KOFY TV-20
Jim Jennings Architecture
KI Furniture - Santa Monica
The Carlisle
Cole Hardware
Gateway Worldwide Transportation
Western Hydro - Bakersfield
Selix Formalwear
Marin Mortgage Bankers Corp
Rubecon General Contracting
Prexion
Piedmont Plastics
SOMA Beverages - Valencia
Durham School Services - St. Louis
Hatter Wise CPAs
Air Cold Supply
City of Novato
Asian Inc - SF, San Jose, and NYC
 
 
For a complimentary assessment of your organization's IT and Telecom spending, practices, and resources, call Ben Stiegler at 415 746 1811 or email ben@synertel.com
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