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BUSRide February 2010 – Red Carpet Charters Outsources their IT

tammy — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:25:21 +0000

BUSRide Magazine – Take a few minutes to read the article about our cloud services in February’s issue of BUSRide magazine. Featured in this story is Red Carpet Charters and how outsourcing their IT helps them achieve their business goals.

http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/68172226#/68172226/19

Independence IT Renews the SAS 70 Type II Certification

tammy — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:42:01 +0000

Independence IT, today announced that it has completed its semi-annual SAS 70 (Statement on Auditing Standards No. 70: Service Organizations) Type II audit. This certification verifies that Independence IT has the proper internal controls and processes in place to deliver high quality services to its clients.

SAS 70 Corp., a licensed CPA firm, performed the audit and appropriate testing of Independence IT’s controls that may affect its clients’ financial statements. Tested on five elements of internal control, including Control Environment, Risk Assessment, Control Activities, Information/Communication and Monitoring, the SAS 70 Type II audit report includes Independence IT’s description of controls as well as the detailed testing of its controls over a minimum six-month period. Independence IT completed its first SAS 70 audit in 2006.

“Serving as the virtual IT department for our clients, it is critical that they have peace of mind that solid internal controls and processes have been established at Independence IT,” said Tony Whitton, CEO at Independence IT. “We are committed to providing our clients with the highest quality services and this evaluation process demonstrates our ability to deliver consistent and reliable services and helps our clients meet the requirements of governmental and industry regulations, such as Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPAA.”

“Many of the Independence IT clients rely on their systems to process or store sensitive data,” said Joseph Kirkpatrick, senior auditor with SAS 70 Corp. “As a result, Independence IT has implemented best practice controls demanded by their customers to address Information Security risks. Our third-party opinion validates these controls and the tests we perform provide assurance regarding the managed solutions provided by Independence IT.”

SAS 70 Type II is a widely recognized auditing standard for service organizations that was established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). The standard demonstrates that an organization has adequate controls and processes in place. Federal regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley, Gramm-Leach-Bliley and the Health Insurance Profitability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) require corporations to audit the internal controls of their suppliers, including those that provide technology services.

“On the Road” with IndependenceIT Photo Contest

tammy — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:17:22 +0000

Independence IT announced today its “On the Road” Photo Contest. The purpose of this contest is to demonstrate the mobility of the company’s hosted desktop service.

To enter, individuals must send a photo of themselves or a group while traveling on business or a personal vacation holding the official contest sign that says “On the Road with Independence IT”. Extra points will be given for those photos that include a communication device, such as a laptop or smart phone. Photos must be submitted between March 1 and June 30, 2010. A panel of judges will select “The Best Picture and the winner will receive a $250.00 American Express gift card.

“Serving as a virtual IT department for our clients for more than a decade, we have heard many stories about the wonderful or whacky places they have logged into their remote desktop accounts to accomplish some type of work task,” explained Tony Whitton, CEO at Independence IT. “We thought this photo contest would be a great way to collect pictures and show the world what you can do with our service.”

More contest details and official rules can be found on the Independence IT website at: www.independenceit.com/ontheroad or on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=311872065162&ref=mf.

8 Reasons to Outsourse Your Desktop in the Cloud Whitepaper

tammy — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:04:33 +0000

Download Our Free Industry Whitepaper – 8 Reasons to Outsource Your Desktop in The Cloud

http://independenceit.com/whitepaper.asp

IndependenceIT’s COO featured on Lehigh Valley Entrepreneur TV

tammy — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:21:31 +0000

Happy New Year!

Lehigh Valley Entrepreneur is an online video magazine for entrepreneurs and the business community. Chip Buck was this month’s featured entrepreneur and explained the concepts of cloud computing. You can find his video on the home page of their web site. It is also located on their Technology Page under the title: Cloud Computing Defined.

http://www.lehighvalleyentrepreneur.tv/

Free Setup Fees until 12/31/2009

tammy — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:27:46 +0000

From now until 12/31/2009, IndependenceIT will waive all setup fees for new clients signing up for our hosting services.
　
Every little bit helps. You’ve heard that phrase a hundred times. In the current economy, we are all striving to live those words and search for cost savings for our organizations. With IndependenceIT’s hosting services, our clients are able to stretch their IT budget and improve technology practices—a true win/win. We hope over the coming weeks we can reach more companies and show them how using our state-of-the-art information technology can reduce costs, improve technology and breath new life into an organization.

Many IndependenceIT clients view their decision to embrace professional hosting and IT management as a “game-changing” moment. Whether your business sees economic recovery on the horizon or you are fighting for every advantage, IndependenceIT can help you meet your challenges.

　
If you have any questions on our setup fees or any of our services, please contact IndependenceIT’s Sales Team. We will be glad to discuss this information in greater detail.

www.independenceit.com/contactus.asp

888.299.4552 888.299.4552 ext.3

Top 10 Technology Strategies for 2010 from Gartner

tammy — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:55:34 +0000

Recently, Gartner held its annual Symposium and has released articles and videos on their discussions. One of these articles, which I found very interesting, was their top 10 technologies and trends for 2010. This article discusses some of the hot topics in business’ today – Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Saving Money, Going Green, and a few others.

If you are interested in discussing any of these topics, please give us a call. IndependenceIT is able to help you implement many of these trends very quickly. Our solution has been created for small to mid-size companies. Your organization now has a resource to stay on top of the new IT trends – just like the big boys!

http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1210613

About Garner – Gartner, Inc. is the world’s leading information technology research and advisory company

Help with Spam in my Inbox

tammy — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:52:01 +0000

Should I add my own email address to the trusted senders list within my Postini?

Our answer is NO.

A majority of spammers will “spoof” your own email address. This trick will make their spam messages appear as if it was sent by you; thus by-passing any spam-filtering engines. We have received many calls from end-users asking why they are receiving so much spam directly into their inbox and why is it not getting block by our Anti-Spam service? Only to find out, they trusted their own email address.

You may ask, “what if I forward an email to myself; won’t it be at risk of being blocked as spam?” No, when you are utilizing independence IT’s email infrastructure and send or forward an email to yourself, the email goes directly into your inbox and it is not scanned by the anti-spam management system. If you remove yourself from the safe senders list, you should see a dramatic drop in the amount of spam in your inbox. If you find that you are still receiving spam directly into your inbox, you should take the next step by adding your own email address to the blocked sender’s list. In most instances, you should not receive an external incoming email from your own email address.

If you have any questions on this matter, please contact IndependenceIT’s Customer Support at 610.366.0090 ext. 1. We will be glad to discuss this information in greater detail.

Thank you and have a spam free day!

Cloud Virtual Desktop Service

tammy — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:55:57 +0000

Have you read the ads or seen the TV commercials for the new offering from IBM? Smart Business Desktop Service.

WELL…

IndependenceIT has been offering this exact service since 2000. We have the clients to prove it!

Please check out our website to see how we can offer your organziation a Virtual Desktop or Cloud Computing.

www.independenceit.com

Hackers Target Small Business – Not Just the Big Boys!

tammy — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:47:01 +0000

Just today, I read an article about hackers who are targeting small businesses and gaining access to their bank accounts. The link to this article is listed below. No organziation, no matter how small, is exempt from becoming a target of computer or data theft.

We are constantly on the lookout for these types of stories to make sure we know what the “enemy” is doing and to help us protect our clients from these invasions.

Please make sure that you have excellent security in place to prevent this from happening to you. If you have questions about the level of security in place for your organziation, please call us to discuss how we protect our clients and how you can benefit from our services.

http://blogs.moneycentral.msn.com/topstocks/archive/2009/08/26/gangs-scam-small-businesses.aspx