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Dear Client,
Welcome to the 3rd issue of Small Business
Technology Update from Central Texas Technology
Solutions. This newsletter is designed to give
the Small to Medium business user helpful
technology information, customized "How to"
documentation and valuable savings from trusted
vendors.
Thank you for letting us serve your company's
Information Technology needs. We know you have a
choice as to who you trust your network to and
we are thankful that you allow us to partner
with you.
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Windows Vista - Are you ready?
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Still haven't seen Vista yet? What are you
waiting for?
The Windows Vista Business test-drive allows you
to try this latest operating system from
Microsoft without having to install it on your
PC. Simply log on to the test-drive environment
and experience Windows Vista firsthand. You can
explore the product on your own, or follow along
with guided exercises and videos.
Click here to begin your test-drive
experience!
Why Upgrade? Key Reasons to upgrade to
Windows Vista
Find and Use Information The success of a
business depends on the success of its people.
Making your employees more productive and
facilitating communication is the main reason
you invest in Information Technology. Yet, with
most tools today, it is difficult for employees
to quickly find the information they need and
leverage information technology to its full
potential. Windows Vista is designed as a
People-Ready solution so they can easily find
and use information.
Enable Mobile Workforce While mobile PCs
can help improve employee productivity,
supporting mobile users in the enterprise can
add complexity to the IT environment. Securely
granting access to employees when and where they
need it often requires multiple sign-ons.
Additionally, laptops can pose risks to
sensitive business information. New tools in
Windows Vista can enable your organization to
realize the benefits of mobile computing while
helping to reduce complexity and risks.
Improve Security and Compliance
Unfortunately, in today’s digital world
computers are becoming an increasingly
attractive target for criminals hoping to steal
information. Sophisticated social engineering
attacks can trick your employees into revealing
confidential information or target your
customers and damage your reputation. Windows
Vista encorporates the new government
regulations requiring high standards for
security and data protection. Vista also offers
multiple layers of protection to help your
company address the risk and expense associated
with security and compliance.
Optimize Desktop Infrastructure Windows
Vista helps empower people to make a greater
impact, but are the benefits outweighed by the
costs of upgrading and maintaining a new
operating system? Windows Vista enables IT
efficiencies by providing technology, tools, and
best practices to optimize your desktop
infrastructure and help reduce IT costs.
To read more about how Windows Vista can help
your company be more successful,
Click here.
I'm ready. Now what do I do?
We need to determine what version of Windows
Vista is right for you.
The
Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor is designed to
help Windows XP users identify whether their PCs
are ready for an upgrade to Windows Vista, which
edition of Windows Vista meets their needs, and
which features of Windows Vista will be able to
run on their PCs.
Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor will help you
determine if your current PC is ready for an
upgrade to Windows Vista.
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Google's Alerts
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Congratulations to Geoff Ryan, Assistant
Director for
United Way of Williamson County. Geoff won
last month's newsletter contest by submitting
how he uses one of Google's Search features -
Google Alerts. For his winning submission
Geoff will receive a $25.00 Gift Certificate
from
Amazon.com
What are Google Alerts?
Google Alerts are emails automatically sent
to you when there are new Google results for
your search terms. They currently offer alerts
with results from News, Web, Blogs, and Groups.
Google Alerts sends Geoff daily updates on
local people, businesses and sports. "This is
very useful in keeping up with the dynamic
growth of Round Rock. I have found corporate
headquarters of companies in Round Rock that I
did not know existed." Geoff said.
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Try Google Alerts today |
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Josh's Inbox
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Do you have a question that you would like to
have answered in Josh's Inbox? Email
Josh Wilmoth now and your question will be
answered in next month's issue.
Josh,
My computer seems much slower than when I first
purchased it. What can I do to speed it up?
T.F.
T.F.,
One of the very first things I recommend is to
defrag your hard drive. Defragmenting your hard
drive is an integral part of keeping your PC
healthy, the defrag utility which ships with
Windows is very simple to use and can give a
boost to your PC's performance.
Click here to view step by step instructions
on how to schedule your PC to automatically
defragment your hard drive.
Josh Wilmoth
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