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August High
Tech Happy Hour – 7th Anniversary Celebration
Thursday, August 21, 2008
5pm to 7pm.
Sponsored
by Applied Tech, SupraNet, and Yahara Software. This
year's Anniversary Celebration will be held at the
Memorial Union - Tripp Commons - 800 Langdon Street,
Madison
Visit
www.hthh.org for more information or to sign
up for reminders of future events.
Microsoft
FRx Report Training – Essentials I
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
8:30am to 4:30pm
This
full-day course is designed to help you gain complete
control of your financial reporting process. This course
is designed for the experienced user who wants to create
a more comprehensive financial and management reporting
package. This Microsoft FRx Training course covers
reports such as statements of cash flow, consolidating
reports, allocations and reports that include
statistical information requiring advanced calculations.
Also covered are topics such as importing amounts from
Excel, advanced formatting options, effective dates and
relational reporting.
Cost: $399
per person ($1200 value)
Call Julie
Vike for more information – 608.257.6051 x23
DMI – New
Faces, New Places
Thursday, September 11, 2008
5pm to 7pm
Join
Applied Tech as they host Downtown Madison, Inc.’s New
Faces, New Places event. Mark your calendars now!
203 S.
Paterson Street, Ste 500 – Madison.
Deadline
for Green IT applications!
Friday, October 17, 2008 – 4pm
Remember to
submit your application for the Green IT Makeover
Contest! Download the
application now!
In
the News. . .
by Julie Vike |
Imagine the
possibilities! Imagine all your devices -- PCs, and
soon Macs and mobile phones -- working together to give
you anywhere access to the information you care about.
With
Live Mesh, you can spend less time managing devices
and data and more time connecting with family and
friends or collaborating with colleagues. Take a tour by
clicking
here!
ieSpell is a free Internet Explorer browser extension
that spell-checks text-input boxes on a Web page. It
should come in particularly handy for users who do a lot
of Web-based text entry (Web mail, forums, blogs,
diaries). Even if your Web application already includes
spell-checking functionality, this utility is faster
than a server-side solution. Plus, you get to store and
use your personal word list across all your applications
instead of having to maintain separate ones on each
application.
More
info!
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 leader 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.
Old Confused Grandpa
asks: “I’ve been enjoying your ideas for “Green IT”, and thought of
a question. I have all this old computer equipment, including CRT
monitors to get rid of. Now I hear that all this stuff has to be
“recycled” and that it’s going to cost me some of my hard-earned
money. What does this mean? Why do I have to pay, and how much is it
going to cost? What is the world coming to? I just don’t get it.
Heck, I can’t even donate this stuff anymore!
Click
for answer
Is there
anything you'd like
to
see in the BrainBank?
Share your suggestions,
comments and general
feedback by clicking
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At an open
house event on July 29, 2008, Applied Tech and sponsors
announced a Green IT Makeover contest for
Wisconsin-based businesses. Businesses are encouraged to
apply for a chance to win environmentally-friendly
products and services from Applied Tech, Focus on
Energy, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, WatchGuard and
others. The Grand Prize Package is valued at over
$25,000.
With increased
interest in purchasing environmentally-friendly
products, recycling, and reducing energy use, drive
times and CO2 emissions, Applied Tech and their partners
will help a local business adopt 'green' IT practices
and improve energy efficiency at their facility. The
winner can look forward to utilizing terminal services,
a feature that allows a user to access applications and
data on a remote computer over a network. A savings of
71 miles can prevent 63 pounds of CO2 emissions being
released into the atmosphere.
"Focus on Energy, Wisconsin's energy efficiency and
renewable energy initiative, is excited to partner with
Applied Tech on their Green IT Makeover contest," said
Ken Williams, business programs director for Focus on
Energy. "This joint effort will help a local business
reduce energy use, improve efficiency of their business
and ultimately improve their bottom line."
Eligible
applicants must be Wisconsin-based with a minimum of ten
employees and ten computers. Applications must be
received by October 17, 2008 and the winner will be
notified by the end of November. For more information
and to download an application, please visit Applied
Tech's Web site at
www.appliedtech.us/GreenIT.
For further
information, please contact Julie Vike at 608-257-6051
x23 or Toll Free at 866-933-7471 x23. You can also
request information by emailing:
vike@appliedtech.us.
The Green IT
Makeover Contest is sponsored by:
Applied Tech,
The Capital Region Business Journal and
Focus on Energy.
Contributing
supporters include:
Microsoft, WatchGuard, Hewlett-Packard, & MeGoGreen
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July’s
Open House was a success!
Thanks to
all the 130+ folks that joined us on the warm (okay. . . hot!) July
day for Applied Tech’s Open House featuring the 42-foot Microsoft
Across America Truck.
Erik
Kakulis, an Energy Advisor with Focus on Energy, joined Julie Vike
of Applied Tech in announcing the Green IT Makeover Contest
sponsored by Applied Tech, Focus on Energy, and the Capital Region
Business Journal. Guests received first-hand information on the
contest and were given the first opportunity of entering to win over
$25,000 of eco-friendly IT equipment and services.
 Tours of the Applied Tech’s unique office space were given
to reveal the repurposed materials used to create our office
space. Guests also enjoyed the air-conditioned Microsoft
truck where they could demo the latest and greatest in
technology gadgets and software.
To beat the heat,
chocolate sundaes were provided, courtesy of Schoep’s Ice
Cream. Guest were also able to meet the MPower Madison “M”
and learn more about energy conservation and other ways to
contribute to a healthy community to live, work and play!
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News from Home front
• Congratulations to
Mike Vilstrup of TimberLane Builders, LLC for being the winner
of Food Fight gift cards from Applied Tech during our Open House
event held in conjunction with the Madison Area Builders
Association’s Builders After HoursTM event on July 29, 2008.
• SAVE THE DATE!
Thursday, August 21, 2008 - 5pm to 7pm. Join Applied Tech, SupraNet,
and Yahara Software as we host the 7th Anniversary Celebration of
the High Tech Happy Hour. This year’s annual bash will be held at
the Memorial Union Tripp Commons at 800 Langdon Street, Madison.
• Joining Applied
Tech on September 2, 2008 will be Noah Donaldson. Noah
will part of our Network Operations Center (NOC) providing tech
support.
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Applied Tech will be hosting Downtown Madison’s New Faces,
New Places networking event on Thursday, September 11, 2007 from
5pm to 7pm.
SAVE THE DATE! Thursday, August 21, 2008 - 5pm to 7pm. Join
Applied Tech, SupraNet, and Yahara Software as we host the 7th
Anniversary Celebration of the High Tech Happy Hour. This year’s
annual bash will be held at the Memorial Union Tripp Commons at 800
Langdon Street, Madison. *If you would like to donate a door
prize and receive recognition at the HTHH, contact Julie Vike at
608.257.6051 x23 or email
vike@appliedtech.us. |
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Microsoft SharedView
Connect up to 15 people from different locations
to share documents and screen views!
Microsoft SharedView is a fast, easy way to share
documents and screen views with small groups of friends
or coworkers; anytime, anywhere. Use SharedView to put
your heads together and collaborate - create, convey,
and communicate. . . across physical boundaries, through
firewalls, and down to the smallest details. More info
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Productivity Calling
VoIP Can Dial In Rewards for Your
Growing Business
Your company's IP network
already enables your employees to use the internet, e-mail and web
resources on the job. But did you know the very same technology can help
your company save money -- by transmitting phone calls through voice
data in packets using IP rather than a traditional phone line?
If your company is like
many SMBs, you're on a fast track of growth but want to keep your
business expenses from running amuck. One way to achieve both goals is
through a robust technology called Voice over IP (VoIP).
This technology was once
touted as a solution of the future, and today is already proving its
worth for many SMBs seeking to prepare for the future.
What exactly is VoIP?
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If all the cars in the United States were placed
end to end, it would probably be called Labor
Day Weekend.
-Doug Larson |
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Madison Office
Applied Tech
Solutions, Inc.
203 South Paterson Street,
Suite 500
Madison, WI 53703
Ph: 608.257.6051
info@appliedtech.us
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Stevens Point Office
Applied Tech
Solutions, Inc.
1313 Second Street
Stevens Point, WI 54481
Ph: 715.344.3703
info@appliedtech.us |
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