May
2009
In this issue:
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Note from the President |
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Practical Productivity - Being
Productive Anywhere |
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Make
Social Networking Work |
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Barracuda Web Filter
Demonstration Lunch &
Learn |
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Employee
Spotlight | |
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Barracuda Web Filter
Demonstration Lunch &
Learn
Wednesday, June
10th from 11:30-1:00
You’ll learn how web filtering
helps your company:
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Enforce Internet usage
policies by blocking access to websites and
Internet applications that aren’t business
related |
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Stay
productive |
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Easily and completely
eliminate spyware and other forms of malware from
your organization |
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And much
more! |
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Look how far
you have come.
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 A couple of weeks ago, my racing buddies and
I loaded up our dirt bikes and headed for Primm, Nevada
to race in the Big 6 Grand Prix held at Buffalo Bills.
We lined up on Saturday morning just a little after 10am
and the green flag dropped. Normally our race consists
of three 8-mile laps that last 13-15 minutes each, for a
total of about 45 minutes of hard-charging fun.
But this race
was a bit different. When I came around on lap three—the
lap I assumed was the last one, I had already started my
shut-down when I saw the white flag (white flag means
one more lap). I actually said out loud to myself, “You
have got to be kidding! Another lap?!” I was so tired
that I didn’t think I would be able to make the last
lap.
 As it turns out, my buddy Mike and
I finished third and fourth respectively, and we passed
about 50 riders along the way . . . fun! It seems that
we did well enough to be moved up to the next class of
racers. We were both kind of bummed because now we will
be with much faster riders and it’s unlikely that we’ll
see a third or fourth finish for quite some time, but we
will give it our best.
 It is interesting— I looked back
and thought about how far we have come in just one year
of racing. During these busy and trying times, the
economic pressures may cause you to lose sight of just
how well you have been doing. I find myself always
thinking we have so far to go, but sometimes you need to
stop and take a look back so that you can see just how
far you have come. Try not to let the economic and
business pressures get to you.
Marty
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Practical
Productivity – Being Productive
Anywhere!
By Jane Cage, HTS
COO
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 I've always worked beyond normal
business hours. Twenty years ago that meant going back
to the office after dinner if I needed access to files
that were on our network. In those early days, there was
no internet, no connection to the office and having a
computer at home was a luxury that few people could
afford – including me.
Fast forward
– it's Sunday night, I'm sitting in the den. There is an
HD movie on TV. I've just gotten a cup of coffee, let
the dog in, and if my timing is right, the accounts
receivable batch that I've started posting will have
just finished. I can look at my network drive for the
excel spreadsheet that I need and then send a report to
my printer at work so that it's there when I get to work
in the morning. And to think I'm doing everything from
my laptop. Maybe I don't need to go to the office after
all . . . well, not really. |
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Make Social
Networking Work: 7 Tips
by Christopher Elliott
reprinted
with permission from the Microsoft Small Business
Center
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 Social networking sites like
Facebook, MySpace and Twitter connect millions of
like-minded people every day through the Web. But did
you know they also can help your small business connect
with customers?
"Social
networking can help promote a small business in two
ways," says Susan Barnes, a professor and associate
director for at Rochester Institute of Technology's Lab
for Social Computing. "Loyal customers can create small
networks and provide testimonials for the business and
employees can share information with each other through
social networks."
More than
half of all small-business owners believe social
networking sites have a place
in the business world,
according to a 2008 survey by SurePayroll. And one in
five companies has generated business from a social
media site.
What's the
appeal of social networking? There are practically no
barriers to entry, for starters. |
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Quote of the
Month
Buy land.
They've stopped making
it.
– Mark Twain |
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