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January 2008
In this issue:
 Note from the President
Accent Data Center Services
Microsoft Outlook Anywhere
Maintaining Devices at Work
Save the Date
Spotlight
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Announcing Accent's
Monthly Lunch
& Learn!
Starting
Wednesday, February 13th
and
every 2nd Wednesday
of each month thereafter,
Accent Computer Solutions will host a Monthly Lunch & Learn.
The
meetings will highlight
Protech ALL IT Services.
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Accent Computer Solutions would like to Welcome and
Introduce the newest member
of our team:
Dan Wilder
Systems Engineer
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The holidays are over and the hustle and bustle is
starting to become a distant memory. Most of us are back to the daily
grind and looking forward to our next vacation or day off. Seems like a
long way off doesn’t it?
I would like to thank all of
our customers for a great year! Your confidence in us has allowed us to
grow and expand our service offerings by hiring additional IT support
engineers, implementing sophisticated support tools, and implementing
best practices.
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I am very excited to introduce our new Data Center in
Riverside! This is a huge deal for Accent and its customers! Starting
this month, we will be providing Data Center Services such as customer
equipment co-location, hosted applications, web hosting, hosted exchange,
remote data backup, and much more. Take a look at the article below, it
outlines the technical specifications of the center.
Marty
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Grand Opening of Accent’s Data Center Services
Introducing Accent Computer
Solutions, Inc.’s new state of the art Data Center located in Riverside,
California.
Why use a Data Center? A data
center provides Accent’s “Perfect Network” and service without the up
front cost.
Secure protected equipment in
cooled environment with redundant power, redundant high speed internet,
and access to the latest state of the art technology available.
This includes:
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Equipment Co-Location
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Locate your equipment in the Data Center
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You don’t worry about it, we do
(Eg. Exchange Server, Accounting server, file servers . . .etc)
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Remote Data Backup
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Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity
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Hosted Email
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Let the people who understand your network,
manage your email
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Provide Exchange Server functionality without
the upfront investment
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Exchange servers provide great functionality
but require an upfront investment.
Just use ours.
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Spam Filtering
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If you would rather not purchase your own spam
solution, we can provide it.
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Website Hosting
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We work with the hosting company anyway, why
don’t we just host it.
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Provide Internet Access
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We have to coordinate all of the access
anyway, why not just have us do it.
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Our new facility provides
99.99% uptime and data protection capability.
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Good, Bad, or Indifferent: Microsoft Outlook Anywhere
By Blake Britton, Vice President, Axxys Technologies
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While most of us can receive
and send email from any computer that has an Internet connection via
Outlook Web Access (OWA) or through a mobile device (Windows Mobile,
Palm, or Blackberry), what I miss is the full functionality and speed
of Outlook. With Exchange 2007 and Outlook, you can now have that
functionality wherever you have an Internet connection. Outlook
Anywhere and Exchange 2007 provide your network administrator easier
configuration of the ability to use Outlook anywhere. Yes, if your
system has Outlook, and it is configured to run RPC over http (use of
your local Outlook to securely connect to MS Exchange), then you are
connected to you email system and have full Outlook functionality
whenever you have an Internet connection. Read More
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8 Ways to Help Maintain
Your Computer and Devices at Work
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You most likely couldn't do
your job without your computer and mobile devices. Everyday you use
them to work on files, connect with people, and access resources.
Keeping them running smoothly is important to working effectively.
So how do you start?
At work your computer and
devices are part of a larger network. Keeping them running means you
have to work closely with your corporate IT department. Working with
them will save you time, save your company money, and help keep the
network secure. This article includes tips and best practices for
working with your corporate IT department to keep your computer and
devices up-to-date and functioning properly.
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Who Owns the
Computer?
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