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June 2010
In this issue:
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June Coffee Break
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Do you need TotalCare™?
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Benefits of Microsoft Volume Licensing
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Why Small Business Needs an Intranet
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How New PC’s Can Maximize Uptime
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Monthly Cartoon & Quote
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How New HP PC’s Can Maximize Uptime
Did you know that putting
off replacing an older PC can actually cost you more in the long run?
That’s because PCs older
than three years can experience up to 60 percent more downtime
compared to new PCs. This loss of productivity combined with
maintenance costs can really add up over time.
True, upgrading PCs every
few years may not seem cost-effective if you think about it purely in
terms of the purchase price of the replacement PCs. But if you look at
it from another perspective — how much you can gain with a new PC — the
picture starts to look very different.
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Quote of the Month
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The
successful person makes a habit of doing what the failing person
doesn’t like to do.
- Thomas Edison
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Just for Laughs
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June Coffee Break
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Is your
Virtualization plan 3-dimensional?
Servers
and desktops deserve much attention, but disks represent an excessively
large share of recurring capital expenditures and a constant source of
upheaval.
 DataCore
software overcomes incompatibilities
among different generations, models and manufacturers to maximize their combined value by virtualizing disks across pools of
tiered storage devices. It eliminates
storage-related
disruptions,
bottlenecks and funding roadblocks that jeopardize virtualization
projects.
Mark your
calendar to join J4 Systems and DataCore
Software on June 30th for a complimentary informative
presentation and discussion and demonstration that will show you how
your organization can benefit from a highly available virtualized
environment.
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Do You Need TotalCare™?
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Here are four
questions for you to answer.
Is TotalCare™ by J4 Systems a better choice than
the way you are doing things now? Like everything else in your office,
the answer will depend on how you want to measure it.
Your first step is to answer these four
questions.
 Do your
employees need to regularly enter data or retrieve information
from a centralized server or database? The more they rely on this,
the stronger the case for TotalCare™.- Do your
employees rely primarily on e-mail communication with important
clients, vendors and partners? Again, the higher the impact on
your bottom line, the more you should consider TotalCare™.
- Do you
use e-commerce? You don't want that capability lost for a minute -
period.
- Does
your network go south occasionally? And, consequently, are your
employees unable to use e-mail or access network data? One of the
ways to justify TotalCare™ is to calculate the cost of your people
sitting on their hands.
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The Benefits of Microsoft Volume Licensing: Discounts
and More!
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 There are precious few slam dunks in
the world of running a small business.
But volume licensing of
software products is one of the notable, if misunderstood, exceptions.
In a universe where cost control and options are often few and far
between, volume licensing offers a hard-to-beat combination of dollars
saved and flexibility.
"Once
small-business owners really come to understand what volume licensing
is, it just makes all the sense in the world," says Eric Ligman,
business development manager for Microsoft's small-business segment.
The rub is in knowing precisely what volume licensing really means,
says Ligman, who acknowledges that the term is not clearly understood
among many.
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Why Your Small Business Needs an Intranet
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Most large corporations use intranets.
One thing I like about running a small company is
the ability to act quickly. Decisions are not bogged down by layers of management.
In fact, most moves are made with the interested parties meeting around
a conference table.
But there can come a point when your business
outgrows this arrangement. You need constant, reliable and secure communications
with others in the company to ensure successful growth. You need an
intranet.
An intranet is similar to a Web site, and it uses
Internet protocols, but it's an internal network exclusive to one
company. (An "extranet" also is an internal or private Web
site, but access privileges are extended to designated customers, partners
and/or others.)
Information distribution is a huge task when you
have 10,000 or more employees. Intranets can help cure that headache. I
hear you, "I don't have anywhere near 10,000 employees!" But
I can give you three major reasons why your small business should
invest in one.
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