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Applied
Tech Open House
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Join Applied Tech for our Open House featuring the
42-foot Microsoft Across America truck! Food, fun,
networking, tours and prizes. See feature for details.
RSVP now!
Mpowering
Madison event: “MPower your home: your earth and
your house”
Saturday, June 28, 2008 –
11am to 1pm
203 S. Paterson Street
Mpowering Madison will show people how they can
actually improve their home's energy efficiency. There
will be hands-on demonstrations and an “ask the expert”
section that will be held in Applied Tech’s office
starting at noon.
For more information contact
info@mpoweringmadison.org
Microsoft
FRx Report Training: Essentials I
Date: TBD (August 2008)
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.
8:30am to 4:30pm
Cost: $399 per person ($1200 value)
Call Julie Vike for more information – 608.257.6051 x23
MABA’s
Parade of Condos
Friday, July 25th to Sunday, August 3rd
More information
DMI – New
Faces,
New Places
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Join Applied Tech as they host Downtown Madison, Inc.’s
New Faces, New Places event. Mark your calendars now!
Did You Know...
 Windows
Vista is Microsoft’s most energy-efficient operating
system to date. In fact, for every 10 PCs that switch to
Windows Vista is the equivalent of taking an automobile
off the road in terms of greenhouse gas! (source:
Microsoft Vista Energy Conservation).
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Applied Tech Open House
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008 |
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3pm to 7pm |
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Applied Tech
203 S. Paterson Street, Ste 500
Madison, WI 53703
Between E. Wash & Williamson
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 Join
Applied Tech for our open house event that will include
drinks, food, networking, fun, and the 42-foot Microsoft
truck. Experience the latest technology first-hand and
tour our unique office space that was created by using
repurposed building materials!
Come see for
yourself why Applied Tech was voted one of the 2008 Dane
County’s Small Business Award recipients. |
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EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT
AT 6PM!
YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS THIS!
Enjoy Hors d'oeuvres by
Market Street Catering & Confections, ice cream from
Schoep’s and cold drinks! This open house is being held
in conjunction with the Madison Area Builders
Association’s networking event “Builders After Hours”.
All are welcome. RVSP
requested. For speedy registration,
click here or
email Julie at
vike@appliedtech.us. You can request a fax
RSVP form by calling 608.257.6051 x23. |
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Employee Profile - Doug Orlofske
Doug joined Applied Tech
in April 2008 as a Senior Systems Engineer. Prior to Applied Tech,
Doug worked for Wisconsin Public Power as the System & Security
Manager. The laundry-list of certifications that Doug has achieved
includes the MCSE 2000 & 2003, Cisco CCNA, RedHat Certified
Technician (RHCT), ITIL Foundations, and the Citrix CCA (Citrix
Certified Administrator), and, according to Doug, he is continually
looking to add to this collection of achievements and has no signs
of slowing down.
Doug and his wife,
Leslie, have two children: 2 boys: Ryan (8) and Jesse (6). While the
boys keep them busy, Doug also enjoys movies, fishing, bicycling,
camping and doing projects around the home, including the honey-do
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Doug Orlofske
Senior Network Engineer |
Doug’s favorite TV shows include: Deadliest Catch, House, The
Colbert Report, Monk, The Soup and the Boomerang Cartoon Network
(for the kids, or so he says. . . heh, heh. . . ).
An interested tidbit about
Doug is that he was one of the first classes of students to enroll
in the Geological Engineering Program at the UW-Madison. Doug earned
his B.S. in Geological Engineering which is fully accredited by the
Accreditation Board of Engineering & Technology.
We are very fortunate
that Doug is part of the Applied Tech Team. Please help in welcoming
Doug! |
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Congratulations to Cory Rammer!
It’s been a
busy month for Cory. Not only did he pass yet another test
towards his Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
certification, he and his wife, Nichole, welcomed their
first child, Abby, on Monday, May 19, 2008. |
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Business Interruption Planning Not
Just for Big Business:
10 misconceptions about disaster recovery
 Paul
Sullivan has seen it all. A 25-year veteran of disaster recovery and
business continuity management, Sullivan witnessed the growth of
continuity planning among the Fortune 1000 in the 1980s. He watched,
first hand, the successes and failures of business continuity plans
following the events of September 11, 2001 and in 2005 throughout
the most active hurricane season in recorded history. Today,
Sullivan is helping small and medium-sized companies plan for and
recover after significant business interruptions.
“Continuity planning has
always been associated with big business,” said Sullivan, Vice
President and General Manager, Agility Recovery Solutions. “We’re
using the same knowledge, strategies and tactics we developed with
the Fortune 1000 and implementing them among small and medium-sized
businesses across North America.” Agility
Recovery Solutions, a former division of General Electric, focuses
planning and recovery efforts on small and medium-sized businesses,
though the company continues to do work with giants such as IBM and
HP.
Why Business
Continuity? Why now? |
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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 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.
Jeff asks: “Is
Microsoft going to discontinue support for XP on 6/30/08?”
Click
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In the News. . .
by Julie Vike
This month’s “In the
News” isn’t necessarily a news update, news flash or
news bulletin. But it is enjoyable! In light of this
being summer vacation for kids, I thought parents,
grandparent and concerned persons might enjoy this
article
Some Rules Kids Won’t Learn in School. It was
written by Charles J. Sykes, best known as the author of
"Dumbing Down Our Kids: Why American Children Feel Good
about Themselves, but Can’t Read, Write, or Add."
Drastically edited by person(s) unknown, it began making
the email rounds under Bill Gates' name in February 2000
and is still far more often attributed to Gates than to
Sykes — which is unfortunate, but, like the man said:
Life isn't fair; get used to it.
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Fatherhood is pretending the present you love
most is soap-on-a-rope.
-Bill Cosby |
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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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