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January High Tech
Happy Hour
Thursday, December 18, 2008
5pm to 7pm
Sponsored and located at Scatz Sports Bar and Nightclub
2248 Deming Way, Middleton.
Visit
www.hthh.org for
more information or to sign up for reminders of future
events.
SharePoint Lunch & Learn
Thursday, January 15, 2009
11:30am to 1:00pm
Applied Tech – Madison
203 S. Paterson Street, Ste 500
Register now
The
Business Value of Windows Vista
Thursday, February 19, 2009
11:30am to 1:00pm
Applied Tech – Madison
203 S. Paterson Street, Ste 500
EVENT IS FULL –
Second date added: See Below
The
Business Value of Windows Vista
Thursday, February 26, 2009
11:30am to 1:00pm
Applied Tech – Madison
203 S. Paterson Street, Ste 500
Register now
Portage County Business Expo 2009
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Noon to 6:00pm
Holiday Inn Convention Center – Stevens Point
Stevens Point Small Business Server Launch Event
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
11:30am to 1:00pm
Portage County Business Council
Register now
Wausau Small Business Server Launch Event
Wednesday March 25, 2009
11:30am to 1:00pm
Stoney Creek Inn - Wausau
Register now
Wausau Business Expo 2009
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Noon to 5:30pm
Marathon Park – Wausau
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Does your business have more than one server?
See how Virtualization (short description:
consolidating of physical servers ) could help
you cut costs and save energy. Simply enter the
number of servers you have and the expected
consolidation rate to see what your anticipated
energy savings could be.
Virtualization Me |
The first rule of any technology used in a
business is that automation applied to an
efficient operation will magnify the efficiency.
The second is that automation applied to an
inefficient operation will magnify the
inefficiency.
-Bill Gates
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Applied Tech Announces Clean Wisconsin as the Green IT
Makeover Contest Winner!
On
November 24, 2008, Clean Wisconsin, an environmental advocacy
organization, was informed that they were the grand prize winners of
the Green IT Makeover (Valued over $25,000).
“Clean
Wisconsin is proud to be selected as the winner of Applied Tech’s
Green IT Makeover Contest!” said Mark Redsten, Executive Director of
Clean Wisconsin. “This makeover will allow our staff to be able to
better communicate with and respond to the needs of our members, our
donors and our community in an effective and efficient manner. We
look forward to maintaining this professional relationship as we
work together to solve energy issues facing the state of Wisconsin.”
The top
Five Finalists included (in no particular order): Design
Concepts (Madison, WI), Clean Wisconsin (Madison, WI),
PDC Midwest (Hartland, WI), All-Color Powder Coating
(Oregon, WI) and the Association of State Floodplain Managers
(Madison, WI).
Read the full press release here.
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Ideas
to Help You to Use
SharePoint Effectively in Your Business
Top 20 ways that SharePoint can solve your common
business needs. And I want to emphasize that these 20
are only a few of the many ways to utilize SharePoint .
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Store all your emails on a secure and
centralized Website for easy archive. |
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Keep a central task location for assigning tasks
to team members. These tasks will automatically
show up in your team's Outlook 2007 To-Do List.
Those tasks will also link to your projects so
you can easily find out what tasks are still
open for each project. |
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Organize large events and store the related
documents, assigned tasks, and generally post
anything and everything related to the events.
It will also integrate with Outlook for added
efficiency. |
Read more
ideas |
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Applied
Tech's Tim Barrett Earns MVP Status for a Second Year in a Row!!
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excited to announce that staff member Tim Barrett, Systems
Specialist, has been awarded by Microsoft as a “Microsoft Most
Valuable Professional®” for Windows Small Business Server for a
second year in a row.
The Microsoft Most
Valuable Professional (MVP) Award is an annual award that is
given to outstanding members of Microsoft's technical
communities, and that is based on contributions made during the
previous year to offline and online technical communities. Each
year a panel of Microsoft employees reviews the contributions of
each nominee for quality, quantity, and level of impact on the
technical community.
Customers and
technology users who work with Microsoft technologies are
encouraged to visit user groups, conferences, and training
sessions that are led by MVPs. MVPs are objective technology
experts who are eager to share their knowledge. They have no
obligation to Microsoft and freely share their expert opinions
and experience, earning users' respect and trust. |
Tim Barrett
Systems Specialist
Microsoft Most
Valuable Professional
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Read more about Tim |
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7 Things to Know about Virus Writers
by Monte Embysk
 reprinted with permission from the Microsoft Small Business Center
I spend a growing percentage
of my time getting rid of unwanted e-mails that contain viruses. If I
open one of them, it potentially could overwrite files and disable my
antivirus software.
What exactly is in the heads
of these virus writers? Anything?
I took my inquiry to Sarah
Gordon, an expert on the psychology of hackers and virus writers. She
did her best to answer an overly broad question. Gordon is a senior
research fellow at Symantec's security response unit, and previously was
a researcher for the antivirus research and development team at IBM's
Thomas J. Watson Research Center.
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Ask Sparky!
Do you have an
IT question or concern that you’ve been hung up on?
Now’s your chance to “Ask Sparky”! Sparky is what we
loving call our company logo. Sparky is our fearless
leaders who encompasses all that is IT. Applied Tech
works hard at keeping IT as pain-free as possible and
Sparky is with us every step of the way! Send your IT
questions to Sparky at
sparky@appliedtech.us.
Keith
asks: “I’ve been hearing about “Windows 7” lately.
Didn’t Windows Vista just come out”
Click
for answer
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Madison Office
Applied Tech
Solutions, Inc.
203 South Paterson Street,
Suite 500
Madison, WI 53703
Ph: 608.257.6051
866.933.7471
info@appliedtech.us
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Stevens Point Office
Applied Tech
Solutions, Inc.
2417 Post Road, Bldg B
Stevens Point, WI 54481
Ph: 715.344.3703
866.933.7471
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