Amnet - ITs News - August 2008

August 2008
In this issue

►Welcome
►Benefits of Remote Network Monitoring
►Tips for a Paperless Office
►Protecting Your Back at Work
►Meet the Team
►Just for Laughs

Welcome

It happens—employees take vacation or an unforeseen event keeps them away from the office for a while—either way, we still have you covered! Don’t forget that when you hire Amnet as your outsourced IT department, you’re not getting a single technician, but a entire team! While we do try to keep a ‘primary’ technician with you for ease of continuity, any of our technicians can step in to fill each other’s shoes, for a day, a week, or a month! Put our team to work and let us handle your IT, so you can focus on what you do best!

Enjoy the Benefits of Remote Network Monitoring

Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind -- Enjoy the Benefits of Remote Network Monitoring Without The IT Burden

Your network or application is down and you need it corrected quickly or your business suffers through loss of productivity, revenue or image. With managed services from Amnet corrective action is already underway to get you up and running again.

Today’s remote network monitoring can help us generate valuable information about your network health and performance. This data, pulled from firewall and VPN logs, helps our network administrators quickly determine which of your network components are overburdened, underutilized or at risk.

By hiring out this service, you can gain all the information you need to make critical decisions, without placing an additional burden on your busy IT personnel.

If you are an SMB with numerous PCs, servers and a Web site — but a small IT staff — remote network monitoring may prove to be an ideal solution.

Here's why

6 Tips for a 'Paperless' Office
by Joseph Anthony
reprinted with permission from the Microsoft Small Business Center

Many people who use computers — whether it's for their home or business — are moving toward a "paperless" office. Simply, they are tired and overwhelmed by scraps of paper, clunky old file folders, envelopes — and they want to reduce the clutter.

Don't believe me? Take a look at how many messages are stored in your e-mail's in-basket. Now imagine how much paper would have been generated if they hadn't come to you from cyberspace.

Many folks have made at least a partial move to a paperless office. They're doing so this way: by using scanners instead of copying machines, sending electronic faxes instead of paper faxes, storing information electronically instead of in filing cabinets, giving friends, clients or vendors information on CDs or through Internet attachments instead of in bound folders. In short, they're getting greater return on their hardware, software and technology investments.

Want to join the anti-paper campaign?

Here's how

Protecting Your Back At Work

Back pain is one of the most common medical problems in the United States. The cause is often poor posture and body mechanics in the workplace.

A supervised program of back protection and exercise may be the key to alleviating and even preventing such problems.

Correct posture and body mechanics play a vital role in preventing back pain because pressure on the discs and strain of the muscles, ligaments and back joints is aggravated by incorrect posture and body mechanics. At the same time, when your posture is good and you move your body correctly, you reduce the strain on your back.

Check out these tips.

Meet the Team