September 2009
In this issue
> Databranch Lunch
Seminar
> Lock Up
Your Servers
>
E-Mail Etiquette
> Win Over Dream
Client
> FREE
Windows 7
Upgrade
> Just for
Laughs
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Free Windows 7 Upgrade
Available
reprinted with permission from the HP Small&
Medium Business Site
Windows€ 7 promises exciting new functionality
for PC users, so maybe you're set on waiting until the final release
date to get your new PC [3]. Wait no more! HP's Windows 7 Upgrade
Option Program allows you to order an Upgrade Kit for free if your
PC purchase qualifies [1]. Just order now and your kit will ship
after Windows 7 becomes publicly available on October 22,
2009.
What is the upgrade
program?
If you purchase one to 25 eligible HP desktop PCs,
notebook PCs, or workstations, just meet these simple Eligibility
Requirements to receive a free Windows 7 Upgrade Kit
[1,2]
1. Your PC must be
purchased on or after June 26, 2009 and before January 31,
2010.
2. Your PC must have one
of the following Windows Vista versions
factory-installed:
►Windows Vista Business
►Windows Vista
Ultimate
►Windows Vista Home Premium
►Windows XP Professional downgraded
by HP from Windows Vista Business.
3. Your PC must be on the
Eligible Models list [2].
The upgrade program
supports "like-to-like upgrades," so customers who purchase Windows
Vista Business are eligible for upgrade to Windows 7 Professional,
Windows Vista Home Premium to Windows Home Premium, and Windows
Vista Ultimate to Windows 7 Ultimate.
Additionally, you must
have proof of purchase, in the form of a receipt, invoice or packing
slip that clearly shows the vendor and date of purchase. Please
visit HP's Windows 7 upgrade program website to learn
more about eligibility requirements.
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Please forward this newsletter to anyone else in your
organization who might be interested!
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Join us on
October 15th for a
Databranch Lunch Seminar
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In
today's economy cost savings are more important than ever, and
the role of IT is vital to the success of every organization.
With desktops representing a significant portion of IT
spending, it is now time to change the game.
"The
desktop manager's role has changed dramatically over the last
few years. Five years ago, most
desktop managers focused on
software deployment and patch management and measured their
success with factors like meeting patch compliance objectives.
Today is a different story.
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Lock Up Your Servers!
Jason Appel,
Security
Practice Manager, Sage Computer
One aspect often
overlooked when securing our information is physical security.
The goal of physical security is to control who can walk up to
the information and touch it. The idea is to prevent unwanted
information disclosure, loss, or corruption, the same as when
securing the information across the network or from the
internet. The difference is that physical security deals with
the "real world".
For most of us,
this doesn't mean training your Chihuahua as an attack dog or
outfitting your employees with dark shades, cheap suits and
sleeve microphones; it simply means using some common
sense.
Read more
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E-Mail Etiquette
for Wireless Devices: 7 Tips
by Christopher Elliott
Reprinted with
permission from the Microsoft Small Business Center
This isn't another lecture about minding
your e-mail manners. This is a story about a new subset of
e-mail etiquette. Call it wireless politeness.
An increasing
number of e-mail messages are being received on small,
wireless devices with limited screen space — devices such as
Windows Mobile-based Smartphones. Being polite is still
important. But so are a number of other considerations,
including brevity, diction and consideration for bandwidth.
Reader Terri
Thornton aptly sums up the frustration with today's wireless
transmissions. "I hate checking my e-mail and having the
subject line be so long that it scrolls forever until I can
figure out what the topic is, or whether it's important," says
Thornton, a Cincinnati marketing executive. "Worse is the
one-word subject line that says nothing and you have to open
it to find out what it is and discover it's 30 lines of
nothing."
So what is the
etiquette for sending e-mail messages to and from wireless
devices? Here are seven tips.
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5 Ways To Win
Over a Dream Client
by Jeff Wuorio
Reprinted with
permission from the Microsoft Small Business Center
Every business has
a dream client — one prospect they'd give just about anything
to land.
The gap between
that wish and reality can often be substantial. But it's not
hopeless. Here are five different issues that may
separate you and the customer of a lifetime, along with
strategies that may turn your wish list into a working
relationship.
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Just
for Laughs
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Quote of the Month
A high school teacher
hung this sign
under the clock
in her classroom,
"Time will
pass. . . Will you?"
- James E.
Myers
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