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August 2012
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Costs of Aging IT Networks |
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BYOD - What Is It? |
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Get Real About Security |
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How to Use Field Codes |
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Mobile Security |
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Worth a Click! |
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Quote and Cartoon |
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Archives |
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Support is Ending for Windows XP and
Office 2003 |
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Information or Transformation |
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Simple Data Protection |
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Product Spotlight |
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Worth a
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My father
didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me
watch him do it.
~ Clarence Budington Kelland |
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Archives:Click here to view past editions of our
newsletter.
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Support is
ending
for Windows XP and Office 2003
Keeping your technology up-to-date is good for your productivity and security—as well as your bottom line.
Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) and Office 2003 will be reaching end of support in April 2014. We want to help you avoid the risk of running an unsupported version of Windows & Office, and to assist with your IT planning for 2012.
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3 Hidden Costs of Aging IT
Networks
 Network refresh. . .I’ll give you a moment to stop cringing.
Better? Ok.
It’s something that most business leaders don’t want to think about, but needs to be considered when your network reaches the three year mark. A network refresh is an investment, there’s no doubt about that, but the cost of doing nothing and continuing to work on an aging network most likely has greater costs that you may not even realize.
Consider the fact that network components begin to deteriorate after 3 years. That means they require more maintenance than new equipment.
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BYOD - What Is It?
 An
acronym that’s been popping up in businesses recently, BYOD
stands for Bring Your Own Device. It’s becoming a hot topic
of late because more and more businesses are allowing
employees to bring in their own smartphones, notebooks,
tablets, etc. This trend can be attributed to the
development of cloud technology and smartphones,
specifically the iPhone, due to their ability to view and
share documents anywhere.
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Get Real About the
Security of Employees' Tablets, Smartphones
used with permission
from the Cisco Small Business Resource Center
 How
many iOS, Android, and other mobile devices are using your company
network?
Hint: The numbers are higher than you think.
"A client thought that they only had two or three iPad users on
their business network," says Clay Ostlund, senior systems engineer
at Marco, a Cisco Premier Certified Partner.
"When we polled the network with a Cisco Identify Services Engine
ISE, it showed there were 100 iPads active."
Welcome to the new work culture of bring-your-own-device (BYOD).
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How to Use Field Codes in Microsoft Word 2010
Field codes are
one of Microsoft Word’s key elements, frequently used by
many users. If you have ever inserted a date or a page
number to a document, you have used a field code. Despite
their heavy use, many people are unaware of how they
actually work.
What is a Field Code?
A field code is “smart” text – when used, they can update
when needed. There are hundreds of various codes for various
purposes, one of the most common being the code for the
current date – 29at24-Ti1824 Pictu+-24. Any time the field
updates, the information within the field updates.
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Mobile Security:
Why
You Need to Go Beyond the Basics
used with the permission from Symantec
 Just
how quickly are enterprises adopting mobile applications?
Very, very quickly.
According to one recent survey, as many as 71% of organizations are
using or planning to use custom mobile applications.
"We have reached a tipping point in the business use of mobile
devices," concludes Symantec's
2012 State of Mobility Survey. "Most organizations are making
line-of-business applications available [to mobile devices]."
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Are you interested in
information or transformation?
by Laura Steward Atchison, www.lauraatchison.com
I spend a lot of time reading business and life transformation books and regularly attend seminars with some of the top experts in their fields to increase my knowledge to improve my life and my business. At times, I leave those events on fire to make changes in my life and business but something happens when I get home or back to work. The daily realities seem to push all the insights learned to the background and just never seem to get put into action. Does this sound familiar?
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Simple Data Protection
by Scott Graning,
Wood Networks
Businesses
everywhere are concerned with data protection, but sometimes
the simplest of measures are not taken to protect this
critical asset. One extremely dangerous security breach that
is not often talked about is also one of the easiest to
rectify - unlocked computers.
As our technicians
visit client locations we notice something quite
consistently - users tend to leave their computers unlocked
when away from their desks. This means all company data is
left unguarded and easily accessible. Anyone can view
emails, access files and confidential information, or even
change settings simply by sitting down at the desk.
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Product Spotlight
Hosted Voice Phone System
Take your company to the next
level while saving money over a traditional PBX system. With FreedomIQ, you
pay only for the phones you use at the time you need them. It’s infinitely
scalable up or down so there’s no need to “grow into” an expensive large
system or
discard a small system you’ve outgrown.
Easy to set up and use, FreedomIQ
offers more
features and functionality than a traditional PBX but requires no
maintenance technician.
It’s so effortless, anyone can control system settings, add phones and get
the newest
features the moment they’re available. Your system never becomes obsolete
like expensive hardwired systems.
Contact us to find out more about
FreedomIQ today!
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