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  Have you outgrown your accounting software?
Lunch & Learn
Thursday, May 28, 2009
11:30am to 1:00pm
Applied Tech – Madison
203 S. Paterson Street, Ste 500
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  May High Tech Happy Hour
Thursday, May 28, 2009
www.hthh.org

  Document Management Doesn’t Have to Be Rocket Science
Lunch & Learn
Thursday, June 18, 2009
11:30am to 1:00pm
Applied Tech – Madison
203 S. Paterson Street, Ste 500
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  CRM 4.0 – A Scalable Solution for Any Enterprise
Back by popular demand!
Lunch & Learn
Thursday, July 16, 2009
11:30am to 1:00pm
Applied Tech – Madison
203 S. Paterson Street, Ste 500
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  MABA - Parade of Homes^TM
June 13-28, 2009
www.maba.org  for more info

Green IT Corner

Last month, Applied Tech requested and received an Energy Audit from our energy partners at MG&E. This informative audit educated us about the average use of energy and natural gas for an office of our size. We were pleased to learn that, in part to our Green IT efforts, Applied Tech is using a third less of electrical energy and less than half of natural gas of an office space similar to ours. Find out what you can be doing for your office and request an energy audit for your business by visiting MG&E’s Business website.     Do you Tweet? Follow Applied Tech here

Winners!
Congratulations to Dana Kobylarz of RMR Financial Advisors for being the winner of the Grand Prize giveaway at the “Enhancing Your Business Communications with Applied Tech and TDS” seminar on May 6, 2009. Dana received a golf Package for four at the Bull at Pinehurst Farms, which includes four rounds of golf with cart, a one night stay in a 3 bedroom Villa at Harborside Villas and $200 worth of gift certificates valid at the Champions Restaurant, courtesy of TDS.

Second Prize, an 8MB ZUNE MP3 Player went to Justin Reddeman of Sara Investment Real Estate LLC and third place prize, a gift card redeemable at any of the Food Fight Restaurants, went to Diana Mahaffey of Mahaffey Consulting, courtesy of Applied Tech.

During our NAS, SAN & Blades event on April 30, 2009, Mikka Roessler of Sani-Matic won an 8 MB ZUNE MP3 Player and Candice Kasprak of Continental Mapping received a gift card redeemable at any of the Food Fight Restaurants.

Congratulations to our winners and thank you for all that attended these,
and past, Applied Tech seminars!

Thinking About Hiring Your Own Internal IT Staff –
Think Again!
Outsourcing your IT brings additional business value
by Stuart R. Crawford, V.P., IT Matters, Inc.

Businesses today wrestle and grapple with the thought of hiring their own technology support staff to support their daily need for IT support without fully understanding the risks and the costs associated with having their own team of technology professionals.

Business owners, C level execs and Managers are attracted to the idea of having a team or a consultant readily available within shouting distance down the hall, basically having an IT resource committed to them 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. However, many of today’s business owners across the country are not aware of the total risks their business is exposed to by electing to bring their technology support in-house.

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Cool Computer Tools to Make Your Life a Little Easier
presented by Applied Tech

Microsoft SharedView
Working effectively isn't easy in a vacuum. Getting people together to share information, share ideas, and share work can really make a difference when you need to get things done. But what if all the people you need are not close at hand?

With your computer, an Internet Connection, and Microsoft SharedView, the people you need can be as close as your keyboard. And unlike better-known meeting services (such as WebEx and GoToMeeting which cost upwards of $49 per month or more), SharedView doesn't cost a dime. That's why it's Applied Tech's latest Cool Tool.

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In case you haven’t heard, in the beginning of April, Microsoft released “Windows Server 2008 Foundation” (or WSF for short).

Tim Barrett, Systems Specialist of Applied Tech, put together a short blog post about it to give everyone the quick “What the heck is WSF?” rundown.

The WSF article with two short videos (both under 2.5 minutes) can be found on Tim’s blog, HERE

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