Microsoft Tips and Tricks
Create and Use an E-mail Signature
 If you're like many people, e-mail is a regular part of your
workday. You send mail to business associates, customers, friends,
and family — and you most likely end your message with a different
closing depending on the recipient. Over the course of a day, that
can add up to a lot of repetitive typing. Why not use automatic
e-mail signatures instead?
Creating, managing, and
using automatic e-mail signatures are easier than you think, and
quick to set up, too.
Watch the demo to see how.
Of mice and keyboards: the case for wireless
peripherals
by Christopher Elliott
reprinted with permission from the Microsoft Small Business Center
 'Fess
up. It took awhile for many of you to really believe how much more
productive you could be with wireless networking, didn't it?
I'm here now to make a case
for how wireless peripherals — that is, wireless mice, keyboards,
printers, monitors, and so on — can also make your business more
efficient, more productive, and, to boot, a more desirable place to
work.
I'll start by asking if you
or any of your employees have workstations cluttered with cables and
cords? Wireless peripherals, instead of the wired version, can simplify
and boost the appearance of your workspaces by getting rid of those
meandering streams of wires contributing to the clutter.
Add to that the increased
flexibility and unrestricted movement your workers will have. And to
that, the ability to go mobile with more than just a laptop. And to
that, the head start your business will be getting on the
not-too-distant future, when wired devices and peripherals are outmoded.
"We've surveyed our clients
and found that they become more productive when they're unwired," says
Ralph Bard, manager of technical services for Willow Computing
Technologies, a consulting and integration firm in Raleigh, N.C. "I
believe it will become the norm in the future."
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As
we start a new year, I like to look back at the
previous year and see where we have been. All in
all, 2008 was a good year. We showed a 12% growth in
year over year and stayed profitable in some tough
times. Gas was over $4 a gallon before hitting a 5
year low of $1.37 a gallon. The financial markets
made our 401k to a 101k. But it was also a year
personally of great joy with watching Jennifer grow
up. But I feel this year will be even better.
Internally we are working on processes and
procedures to better manage your hardware through
its life cycle. Automating more and more processes
that either your company now does manually or items
that we are doing manually. Getting more done with
less server hardware with server virtualization. All
of these items we will be calling to setup a time to
sit down and go over some of these new offerings.
But in closing I want to THANK EVERYONE - from
you our client/friends to everyone here at
Technology Specialists for a great year last year. 
Stephen
Minton, vice president, Worldwide IT Markets and Strategies, IDC, offers
insight on how outsourcing can help you ride out the economic
downturn—and maybe even gain a leg up on the competition along the way.
The
purchase and search for IT products and services to make the
business operate more efficiently can be a daunting task. While
Technology Specialists is pleased to be able to help our clients with
this “search”, there are questions that need to be asked when
looking at a replacement or even a new technology. The main
question: What is the strategy of the business from an IT
perspective? I have selected a few products that have recently been
upgraded or purchased new by some of our clients. In each of these
cases I have given a few strategic questions that should be asked
before the solution is selected.
