CPR e.news - December 2009

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A Look Back at 2009 and Even More to Come in 2010!

Holiday Hours

Exchange 2010 is here!

Corporate Technologies' Client Referral Rewards Program

CPR Learning Center Specials

Upcoming Events:
•	ITMA December Monthly Meeting
•	Technology Advantage Webinar
•	Protect Online Backup Webinar

Phone Numbers: Grand Rapids: 616.575.8500 Kalamazoo: 269.375.9094 www.cprgr.com

A Look Back at 2009 and even more to come in 2010!
We want to extend a special thank you to our valued customers, teammates and partners for helping Corporate Technologies celebrate a year of accolades, certifications and successes. In 2009, Corporate Technologies was recognized by various industry publications for our continued growth. These included:
•	CRN Fast Growth 100 – Ranking 18th
•	Inc 5000 – Ranking #2362
•	Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal Fast Growth 50 - Ranking 10th
•	MSP Mentor Top 100 Managed Service Providers – Ranking 48th
In an industry that’s only constant is change, we want to recognize the achievements of our engineers who are dedicated to continually researching and achieving the latest certifications. With over 150 engineers on staff, there is a lot of brain power shared across our 6 branches including over 700 certifications from the industries’ major technology manufacturers such as HP, Microsoft, Cisco, Citrix, IBM, EMC and VMware. This year hundreds of Technology Advantage clients have trusted us to monitor and manage thousands of servers and desktops. Enterprise Organizations and have allowed us to manage their Help Desk and integrate our engineers seamlessly into their IT departments. In addition, many companies have turned to Corporate Technologies to implement new technologies from virtualization and storage to voice and data solutions. Dozens of companies have found the right person to fulfill staffing needs, and hundreds of students have engaged in our technology and application courses in our Learning Center. Without the dedication of our employees, and the trust our customers have placed in us we would not have achieved such success. Thank you! We encourage you to stay connected with us to hear about what exciting things are in store for 2010. Stay in touch with your Account Managers, follow us on our Corporate Technologies blog, watch for updates on our seminars and events calendar or check us out on Facebook!

Holiday Hours
CPR extends a heartfelt thank you to all of our customers this Holiday Season. We appreciate your friendship, your loyalty, your commitment to local services, and your business. We look forward to serving you in 2010.

CPR will be closed during these Holiday Hours:
Christmas, Thursday, Dec. 24 and Friday, Dec. 25
New Year’s Day, Friday, January 1

Exchange Server 2010
is here!
Now you can accomplish more with less effort and greater confidence. Let us show you how.

We are experts in Microsoft® Exchange Server solutions and the 2010 release is a messaging and collaboration solution that helps you achieve new levels of reliability and performance. With our assistance, you can discover how its features help simplify your administration, protect your communications, and meet increasing demands for greater business mobility.

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Flexibility and Reliability—Exchange Server 2010 gives you the flexibility to tailor your deployment according to your company's unique needs and a simplified way to help keep e-mail continuously available for everyone.

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Anywhere Access—Exchange Server 2010 helps people get more done by giving them the freedom to securely access all of their communications—e-mail, voice mail, instant messaging, and more—from virtually any platform, Web browser, or device.

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Protection and Compliance—Exchange Server 2010 delivers integrated information, loss prevention, and compliance tools aimed at helping you simplify the process of protecting your company's communications and meeting regulatory requirements.

Ask us about Exchange Server 2010 today.
We can help you bring simplicity and power to your company's messaging and communications. To learn more about how CPR can help you put Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 to work for your organization, contact us.

In addition, The Big Easy Offer 3.0 from Microsoft is back! For a limited time, earn partner subsidy funds from Microsoft for qualifying purchases. Then use your subsidy dollars to purchase additional services or products from CPR to enrich your solution. Now through January 2, 2010, 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, visit http://www.microsoftincentives.com/BigEasy3/

Corporate Technologies' Client Referral Rewards Program
Nothing says success like a referral from a happy client. Because it is the gift giving season, we have created the Technology Advantage® Client Referral Program. Our success is based on our clients’ satisfaction with our service and we want to reward our clients for passing along referrals. How does it work? Simply send us a referral by going online or calling 1-800-680-8415 and provide some basic information about the company you are referring. Once the referral has met the criteria and signed a Technology Advantage agreement, you choose your reward - a Garmin nüvi® 260W Portable GPS, an Apple iPod nano 8GB MP3 Player, or a $150 American Express Gift Card and we send it to you. It's that easy!
For complete details, visit www.gocorptech.com/referral/holiday.

Special Training Offers

For the most up to date list of upcoming events, seminars and webinars, visit our Events page on our website at http://www.gocorptech.com/IT-consultants-seminars.php

ITMA December Meeting - The Future of Application Delivery Thursday, December 10, 20098:00am – 12:00pm Location: CPR's offices, Grand Rapids, MI ITMA’s December meeting will explore the future of Application Deliver – Living the Cloud. Presented by Jennifer Marsman, Developer Evangelist from Microsoft’s Developer and Platform Evangelism group, we will explore the breadth and depth of cloud computing including the different types, the benefits, and concerns and the business case.
This session will discuss:
•	What is cloud computing and what are the different flavors
•	Benefits of cloud computing
•	Concerns about cloud computing
•	Business case for doing (ROI)
•	Examples of what’s been successful
•	Demo

Technology Advantage® - Managed Services Webinar
Wednesday, January 6, 2010 11:30am – 12:15pm Eastern Time

What if you could cost effectively devote a whole team of qualified IT specialists to maintaining and monitoring your business's technology? Better yet, what if you were able to identify potential technology issues early and take actions to fix them before they ever became problems? Corporate Technologies will be hosting an informational webinar on our exclusive technology solutions service offering, Technology Advantage. If you are a small to medium business in need of affordable IT support, you won't want to miss this informative webinar.

This webinar will review:
•	What is Technology Advantage?
•	Why Managed IT Services make sense
•	How you can budget for your IT needs
•	The benefits of Technology Advantage

Protect - Online Backup Solutions Webinar
Thursday, January 14, 2010 11:00am – 11:45am Eastern Time

CPR will be hosting an informational webinar to share with you the latest in online backup. Protect is a unique alternative to traditional backup methods, replacing conventional tape based systems with a fully automated online solution. It provides centralized and automated backups of PCs, file servers and application/database servers with secure offsite storage and immediate online restoration.

This webinar will review:
•	Why online backup?
•	An architectural overview of *Pro*tect
•	Tools available for a backup and archiving strategy
•	Implementation process for *Pro*tect

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