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November
High Tech Happy Hour
Thursday, November 20, 2008
5pm to 7pm
Sponsored by
The Team Companies.
Event hosted at
The Brink Lounge – 701 E. Washington Ave - Madison
Visit
www.hthh.org for more information or to sign up for
reminders of future events.
SBS 2008 Launch Event - Lunch & Learn
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
11:30am to 1:00pm
Applied Tech – Madison
203 S. Paterson Street, Ste 500
Register Now
Or
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
11:30am to 1:00pm
Applied Tech – Madison
203 S. Paterson Street, Ste 500
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SharePoint Lunch & Learn
Thursday, January 15, 2009
11:30am to 1:00pm
Applied Tech – Madison
203 S. Paterson Street, Ste 500
Register now
In
the News. . .
by Julie Vike |
Microsoft
has set the End-of-Sales (EOS) date for Windows XP to
January 31, 2009. Microsoft will continue to provide
Extended Support for Windows XP for six more years,
until April 2014.
Why move
to Windows Vista®? It has great features you are
sure to love—it’s more secure, it’s reliable, it’s fun
to use, and it makes work easier. If you buy PCs
preinstalled with Windows® XP, you should know that
Microsoft® will discontinue selling Windows XP on
January 31, 2009. However, they will continue to offer
Extended Support for six more years, until April 2014.
Now is the time to make the transition—once you see you
can get more done and have more fun with the latest
operating system from Microsoft, Windows Vista, you will
be glad you did.
As businesses plan their
operating budgets for 2009, this is a good time to think
about doing fleet upgrades and taking advantage of
Section 179.
Not what we say about our blessings, but how we
use them, is the true measure
of our
thanksgiving.
-WT Purkiser
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Decide Now to Elect For the Section 179 Deduction
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Economic Stimulus Act of 2008
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Section 179 Deduction
= Big Savings for Small Business! |
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By now you’ve
heard about the Economic Stimulus Plan and have,
hopefully, already you’re received your tax rebate
check. What you may not know it that there are
significant benefits in the Economic Stimulus Act for
businesses as well.
In fact, Small
Business stands to benefit a great deal from the
Economic Stimulus Act of 2008. This is because the
Section 179 Deduction limits have been generously
increased, and small businesses across the country will
reap the rewards.
Read more
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From Russia, With Love
Don’t say we
didn’t warn you! Cyber criminals are earning big bucks
to conduct “drive-by download” attacks by selling fake
anti-virus software. Computer users typically receive
annoying pop-up messages telling them their computer is
infected and they can clean their machine by clicking to
buy a $49.95 software package called Antivirus XP 2008
or Antivirus XP 2009.
The pop-ups
are either delivered through ads on websites or, more
commonly, directly to the user's computer if it has been
infected with a virus and subsequently recruited as part
of a "botnet" of PCs controlled by hackers.
Don’t
become victim to this at work or at home. Find out what
to look for to protect yourself.
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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
Applied Tech corrective action is already underway to
get you up and running again.
Today’s remote network monitoring applications — such as
Cisco Works, HP OpenView, Ipswitch and Netarx — 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.
And 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:
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Applied Tech is pleased to announce New Hire,
Heather Marker
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Applied Tech is pleased to announce our newest
hire, Heather Marker. Heather began at Applied
Tech on Monday, October 13, 2008 as a Help Desk
Technician.
Heather will provide help desk support and
troubleshooting alongside our Network Operations
Center staff.
Heather is a graduate of PC Pro School of
Madison. She has certifications as a Microsoft
Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST),
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
certification, Support Center Analyst (SCA) and
is currently perusing her Microsoft Certified
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Heather Marker
Help Desk Technician |
Heather can be
reached at 608.257.6051 x27 or
marker@appliedtech.us |
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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.
Kathy
asks:
“With Windows Small Business Server 2008 now being
available, do you think it will have less bugs than SBS
2003?”
Click
for answer |
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Did
You Know?
 Did
you know that you can turn off email notifications in
Outlook? Desktop Alerts are turned on by default. There
might be times when you want to turn Desktop Alerts off
and then on again. For example, if you are making a
presentation to a public audience, you might not want
Desktop Alerts to appear on your screen, revealing
information that you prefer to keep private. Although
Microsoft Office Outlook will not display Desktop Alerts
when you are running a Microsoft Office PowerPoint
presentation, the display of alerts will resume if you
switch to another program or a Web site during your
presentation.
Click here to read how! |
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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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