independenceIT http://blog.independenceit.com Leave IT to us. Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:17:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 “On the Road” with IndependenceIT Photo Contest http://blog.independenceit.com/2010/03/01/on-the-road-with-independenceit-photo-contest/ http://blog.independenceit.com/2010/03/01/on-the-road-with-independenceit-photo-contest/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:17:22 +0000 tammy http://blog.independenceit.com/?p=55 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.

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http://independenceit.com/whitepaper.asp

]]> http://blog.independenceit.com/2010/02/15/8-reasons-to-outsourse-your-desktop-in-the-cloud-whitepaper/feed/ 0 IndependenceIT’s COO featured on Lehigh Valley Entrepreneur TV http://blog.independenceit.com/2010/01/05/independenceits-coo-featured-on-lehigh-valley-entrepreneur-tv/ http://blog.independenceit.com/2010/01/05/independenceits-coo-featured-on-lehigh-valley-entrepreneur-tv/#comments Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:21:31 +0000 tammy http://blog.independenceit.com/?p=48 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/

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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

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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

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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!

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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

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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

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My personal opinion is that the Town Officials should seriously consider this request.  While a cell tower may be a necessity in today’s world; it does not mean that everyone should have to look at the ugly thing.  There are so many options available to turn this structure into another Landmark for that area.  Such as the old water tower was for the town for so many years!!!

Please click on the following discussion link and feel free to add your comments and/or suggestions.

http://www.obxconnection.com/outer-banks-message-board/showthread.php?t=12057

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Charles Buck was recently promoted to Chief Operating Officer (COO).  Chip will also continue to act as the Chief Technology Officer.

Jason Shivok was promoted to Technology Manager.  Jason moved up from the Technology Group where he held the title of Senior Engineer.  

Michael Kincaid was promoted to Operations Manager.  Previously, Michael was the Senior Operations Engineer and Supervisor.

Congratulations everyone on a job well done and good luck in your new positions.

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