Go Green – Trade-In, Donate or Recycle your HP Equipment The HP Storage Trade-In Program provides a simple way to make purchasing newer technology more affordable while ensuring that outdated equipment is reused or recycled in an environmentally friendly way. HP helps you reduce the costs of storing or safely disposing of out-dated equipment while saving on new HP products — a combination that is good for the planet and good for business. To find out what storage products qualify and to receive a trade-in quote, go to www.hp.com/go/storagetradein for details.
	HP also offers alternative end-of-life options such as donation and recycling to manage aging or unwanted IT assets. Both options offer a great alternative to sending products to the landfill and can be done through a simple online interface. For more information on donating or recycling click on the following links:
	•	Donate
	•	Recycle
If you have questions on any of the options mentioned above, email or call your CPR Account Manager.

IT Staffing Solutions can help your business
during tough economic times
In today’s competitive employment market your ability to recruit top talent can impact your bottom line.  Finding the right candidates with the right skill set is both time consuming and expensive. 

With budgets tightening, you may not be able to afford a full time resource.  CPR - A Division of Corporate Technologies offers both permanent and contract positions.  We also provide the option to convert a temporary employee to full time status when you are more confident in the need for a new resource.

In the current economy, there are many skilled candidates looking for employment. However, higher unemployment means more resumes to sift through when looking to fill a position.  This can be a time consuming task and it may be difficult to find the diamonds in the rough.  CPR can save you the time and headache by doing the search for you.

What sets us apart? At CPR - A Division of Corporate Technologies we are your Fast Track to an IT Staff providing you with qualified candidates in a timely manner.
•	No contract to start your company’s employee search with us. Let us prove our value first.
•	15% fee – only if you hire our candidate (based on gross annual income only)
•	Non-exclusive – We would like that you only use us, but we understand you are looking to get your positions filled with the best talent, we know we can deliver
•	Partner with a nationwide company who understands your business needs.

We also offer a 60 day guarantee period where we will replace the initial candidate with another qualified candidate at no cost to you. If we cannot replace our candidate in the 60 day guarantee period, we will not charge for our services.

CPR can help you find the right candidates and fill your open IT positions; contact us today to get started.

Microsoft brings back The Big Easy Offer

Announcing The Big Easy Offer 3.0 from Microsoft—a limited-time promotion featuring many popular and well-known Microsoft products. Make a qualifying purchase and earn partner subsidy funds to help with the implementation of your Microsoft solution including hardware, software and services. Purchase from more than one product group and earn more in partner subsidy funds.

For more information on this program, visit http://www.microsoftincentives.com/bigeasy or contact CPR for complete details.

Create your own economic stimulus
Why wait? Let CPR and Cisco help you power your upturn. 

Build your recovery on the strength of our partnership.  With the global economic slowdown, it can be difficult to overcome today’s business and financial obstacles. But you are not alone. CPR is putting the power of Cisco, our strategic business partner, behind you.  Together, we can work through these challenging times, with practical, actionable programs that can help your business thrive, not just survive.

CPR and Cisco have a stimulus package that can help you:
•	Focus on your customer base, and be better able to meet their challenging needs
•	Obtain financing and funding, with programs to guide you through the credit crunch
•	Plan for the future, and get ready for the recovery ahead of your competition

If you are uncertain about the future of your current voice system, consider Cisco Unified Communications (UC). We have incentive packages that can put the industry’s best unified communications and collaboration solutions to work for your company. Whether your business is small or Fortune 500, we can help you reduce costs and prepare for the future.

iPrism Web Filter: The Only Citrix Ready Web Filtering Appliance on the Market
Deploying software-based solutions can adversely affect user productivity and workstation security and place an additional strain on IT personnel and resources. They often require more time and troubleshooting for deployment and maintenance. The resulting complexity adds up to an increased total cost of ownership that Citrix users are forced to absorb.

The iPrism Web Filter is the #1 choice for Citrix environments. iPrism, long recognized as the best out-of-box Web filtering solution for Citrix users, recently became the only Web filtering appliance to be designated as Citrix-Ready. The Citrix-Ready designation is awarded to third party products that have successfully met verification criteria set by Citrix, and have demonstrated product and solution compatibility with the Citrix Application Delivery Infrastructure. With the Citrix Ready designation, you can be confident that the iPrism Web Filter will perform flawlessly in Citrix environments.

To read more about iPrism in a Citrix environment, click here to download the Citrix Data Sheet or click here to request more information.

Special Training Offers

To see a complete list of upcoming classes as well as the latest training promotions, click the link below for this month's Learning Center News.

B.O.S.S. - Business Owner Seminar Series
Protecting Your Business From Risk
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 7:45am – 11:15am
Location: The Campbell Group building

Every business experiences two kinds of risk - business and financial. Both kinds of risk can be anticipated and managed. In this seminar you will learn about many risks that you may not be aware of from employment law and contracts to employees and customers. Learn new strategies to protect your business and personal assets from a legal and insurance perspective.

ITMA April Meeting - Cost Cutting Ideas in Today's Economy
CPR hosts The Information Technology Management Association meetings at our facility every month. The April meeting will feature John Dean, who will present on how to take a strategic approach for managing IT spend.

This session will discuss:
•	Establish ongoing cost savings as a key way to fuel innovations or position you to quickly reduce or increase costs to match business cycles and demand
•	Understand the key concepts of the strategic approach
•	Understand a series of approaches that have worked for other ITMA members
•	Establish your action plan for managing IT spend in a strategic way

The meeting is at CPR on Thursday, April 23 from 8:00am to 12:00pm.

Maximizing Your IT Investments in a Tough Economic Climate
Microsoft Webinar Series: Session 4 - What's your gamePLAN?
Thursday, April 23, 2009 11:00am – 12:00pm EST

We are all feeling the bite of a tough economic climate. So let’s work together to develop a strategic approach that will help you get the most from your current IT investment.
This webinar will explore how to:

• Take cost out of IT budget by minimizing resources and infrastructure management
• Take cost out of your business by using conferencing and collaboration tools
• Save on your software investment using Microsoft tools and promotions
  

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