CPR e.news - March 2010

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Introducing the Essential Technology Bundle

Storage is simple when you choose HP

Manage spam and email with mailMAX

CPR Learning Center Specials

Upcoming Events:
•	Lean I.T. - Manage Services Webinar
•	Tech Talk Series: Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
•	ITMA April Monthly Meeting

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

Introducing the Essential Technology Bundle Are you tired of big investments every couple years to upgrade your server? CPR has launched an entirely new and unique way of delivering technology to our customers. Introducing the Essential Technology Bundle – *hardware, software and support* all bundled into *one monthly payment. This solution is ideal for businesses that are ready to upgrade their technology without wanting the expense of an infrastructure upgrade. Geared towards businesses with 50 or fewer users, CPR’s Essential Technology Bundle* allows you to keep your capital investments low, by paying for only what you need including a flexible, secure and high performing environment. You get a server with support and the flexibility to pick and choose from the following options:
• Microsoft Server OS	• Firewall	• Remote access
• Exchange email	• Spam Filtering	• Web Content Filtering
• SQL Database	• Offsite Backup service	• and much more…
• SharePoint Services	• Mobile Phone connectivity
CPR is the *first in West Michigan* to offer this solution and we want to share this exciting news with you. To learn more and to see if this plan is right for your organization click here.

Storage is simple when you choose HP Be cost-effective. Get change-ready. Change is inevitable, especially in today’s unpredictable business climate—adapt with simple, scalable and affordable storage virtualization from HP. These are storage solutions that are designed to work seamlessly with your virtualized servers & BladeServers. Whatever the environment, HP servers, storage, management software and services can help businesses realize the full cost and agility benefits of server and storage virtualization.
HP storage for virtualized environments Discover the full power of virtualization by virtualizing your storage
•	Could you benefit from a virtualized solution that more fully utilizes your server and storage resources, leading to lower costs?
•	Would you like to take advantage of the benefits of virtualization, but don’t feel you have the storage expertise or the budget to do so?
•	Are your IT Managers kept busy just putting out fires, making it difficult to break the pattern of reactive storage management?
Virtualization—the must-have technology, now and in the future Don’t let the hype fool you—virtualization is more than a passing trend. Virtualization can help any size organization consolidate resources, enhance infrastructure utilization, improve disaster recovery and better allocate resources. That’s why HP has focused on creating end-to-end, server-to-storage-to-software, virtualization solutions for all environment sizes.
		Now's the time for your company to benefit from the power of virtualization. Contact CPR today to find out more.

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Do you struggle with spam? How many hours of productivity are you losing? Assuming that each employee spends just 5 minutes per day either deleting or reading unwanted email, the cost to your organization is surprising.
The mailMAX Spam Filtering solution is an affordable managed service which is specifically designed to prevent spam from clogging your network and diluting the productivity of its users. mailMAX uses filtering technologies to identify likely spam content and block unwanted messages from entering your network.
The mailMAX filtration process:
•	Consistently blocks 95% of spam directed at a typical domain
•	Conserves system resources
•	Saves valuable employee time
If you are tired of dealing with spam and junk mail, click here or call your Account Manager for more details.

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

Lean I.T. - Managed Services Webinar
Thursday, March 25, 2010 3:00pm – 3:30pm Eastern Time

What if...
•	You could have unlimited access to a technology help desk, staffed by certified engineers.
•	You had a team of onsite engineers were at your disposal for setting up new users, or fixing system or network issues.
•	Your network was being monitored, maintained and updated while you slept.
•	You *received more and paid less* than you are for your IT support today
Enough with the ”What If’s”— Learn how it can be done! This 30-minute webinar will demystify technology support and provide a clear vision how lean businesses are managing and maintaining their technology while focusing on growing their businesses.

2010 Tech Talk Series: Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 8:00am – 10:15am
Location: CPR's offices, Grand Rapids, MI (Click here for Grand Rapids event details)
and
Tuesday, April 6, 2010 8:00am – 10:15am
Location: BlueGranite's offices, Kalamazoo, MI (Click here for Kalamazoo event details)

Back by popular demand! CPR is hosting two more VDI Tech Talk sessions. Presented by CPR technical experts that have been there and done that. We will provide a forum of facilitated discussion, demonstrations of the technology, and case studies to help you determine the best solution for your environment.

Who should attend: IT professionals, managers, network and system administrators. IT Professionals evaluating Microsoft Windows 7.

Grand Rapids session, March 31st:	Kalamazoo session, April 6th:

ITMA April Meeting - Microsoft 2010: Beyond the Product Roadmap Thursday, April 15, 20108:00am – 12:00pm Location: CPR's offices, Grand Rapids, MI With the release of Exchange 2010 and the soon to be release of Microsoft Office and SharePoint 2010, ITMA has invited Microsoft to present on key features and changes. Hear how the new communication and collaboration features will enhance the productivity of your people and your business. See demos of business intelligence features and co-authoring tools in Word, PowerPoint, Excel, OneNote and Office Web Applications. Review changes in Outlook and Exchange 2010 that allow you to easily organize and manage information overload. Understand how changes in the Microsoft Office System and Cloud services can enable your organization to work together in real time, use multimedia to express ideas and allow your business the freedom to work virtually anywhere with IT flexibility and control. In addition, Microsoft will highlight how to prepare your organization for these changes.
The ITMA Steering Committee has asked Microsoft to cover the following:
•	Changes in Microsoft Office 2010
•	Changes in the desktop
•	Changes in the server
•	Microsoft’s cloud computing capabilities and vision
•	Co-existence with current/existing Microsoft products
•	How it will impact us?
•	Why upgrade?
•	How to gain buy-in from end users and decision makers

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