CPR e.news - January 2012



What are your business' technology New Year resolutions?

Microsoft Office 365 meets HIPAA requirmements

The Essential Technology Bundle brings Small Businesses IT Benefits

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What are your business’ technology New Year resolutions? It is the time of year when people set both professional and personal New Year Resolutions. We think it is also a great idea to consider technology resolutions for your business. We have compiled a list for you to review:
	Consider the Cloud. There are affordable and reliable solutions that help manage your technology while you focus on your business.
	Manage your IT Budget. Working with a managed service provider like CPR, you can reduce cost, downtime and increase productivity.
	Simplify Storage. Assess storage utilization and consider virtualization to consolidate resources.
	Backup your Data. Identify, document and confirm you have a backup strategy that meets your recovery time objective. Test your backups to verify your data is recoverable.
	Apply Critical Patches. Easy to do - yet often overlooked. CPR can easily and affordably maintain this for your organization.
	Protect your Data. Install a business class internet firewall or edge device.
	Stay Connected from Anywhere. Consider Unified Communications. Technology can keep your staff and customers connected.
Whether you maintain your own technology infrastructure or it is managed by CPR, reviewing the list of best practices should make its way to the top of your business’ priority list. For help assessing your technology infrastructure priorities contact CPR or visit us at www.cprgr.com.

Microsoft Office 365 is now the first and only Cloud Service to meet the U.S. HIPAA requirements
As more and more businesses moving towards the cloud, security is always a valid question that is raised. Now, customers can be more at ease when going with Microsoft Office 365 knowing they’ve met the rigorous HIPAA requirements. No other major cloud vendor has met these requirements and it shows another reason why so many companies are choosing Microsoft Office 365 as their hosted solution for Email (via Exchange), Presence/Collaboration (Via Lync) and document storage (via SharePoint).
Read more about Microsoft's achievement by visiting their blog, or ask your CPR Account Manager for more information on Office 365 today.

The Essential Technology Bundle Brings Small Businesses IT Benefits…Let us Count the Ways The Essential Technology Bundled powered by the Intel® Hybrid Cloud platform, is basically your IT infrastructure “in a box.” It is a locally hosted Intel and Microsoft server software solution offered through an affordable monthly subscription based model, all remotely managed and maintained by CPR via the cloud. However, as opposed to many “cloud” models, your data is securely housed on-site, on your server. Here are just a few benefits of the Essential Technology Bundle:
•	Cloud-like flexibility with simplified licensing
•	Only pay for what you use
•	Control of your data
•	Remotely managed by CPR
•	Access to catalog of small business software
But don't just take our word for it, hear what our customers are saying about the Essential Technology Bundle. Watch this short video:
If you have questions about these benefits and how you can realize them at your own company, please contact us for more information.

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Hands Free I.T. - Technology Advantage & Cloud Solutions Webinar
Wednesday, January 18, 201212:00pm – 12:30pm Eastern Time

There is a lot of talk about “moving to the cloud” these days. Corporate Technologies has a portfolio of services that are uniquely tailored to meet the needs of small to medium sized businesses.
Learn how many functions of technology can be securely and affordably managed remotely. This 30-minute webinar will demystify the cloud and provide a clear vision how lean businesses are managing and maintaining their technology while focusing on growing their businesses.