**It Gets Later Earlier this Year!**

In August of 2005, Congress passed the Energy Policy Act, which changes the dates of both the start and end of daylight saving time (DST). DST starts three weeks earlier this year – on the second Sunday in March instead of the first Sunday in April. Why would we want to alert you about this in a newsletter that focuses on technology? It’s because your computer or computer network may not know what time it REALLY is on the second Sunday in March. The problem could compound itself when the second Sunday in April rolls around because your computer systems will want to change the time automatically to account for what it thinks is the beginning of DST. Microsoft has announced that it has released updated time zone definitions for Windows XP SP2 and Windows Server 2003. VISTA will have the correct definitions when it ships. Windows NT computers or Windows 2000 computers will not receive any kind of hot fix or update because they have passed the end of mainstream support, nor will Windows XP SP1.

How will these changes affect you? Any calendaring/scheduling applications such as Microsoft Outlook will be affected as well as any program that uses Date/Time calculations or transaction logging. You can read more about it by going to the URL listed below. If you have questions, or need assistance to be certain that your systems are running correctly, please contact NMGI to set up a time with one of our technicians.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/timezone/dst2007.mspx

NMGI nominated for VARBusiness VAR of the Year Award

December 2006 - VARBusiness Magazine, the leading magazine covering strategy and technology trends for the solution providers and technology integrators, announces the winners of the 2006 VAR of the Year. VARBusiness magazine provides strategic insight and technology direction to leading solution providers and technology integrators in the market today.

Each year, solution providers in different categories, and one VAR of the Year winner, are recognized for their innovation and ingenuity. VAR’s of the Year are chosen because they are "role models and trailblazers for others to follow".

Network Management Group, Inc. was nominated in 5 out of the 8 categories. These categories include Custom Systems, Solution Innovation, Sales and Marketing, Services Delivery, and Business Ingenuity. It is an honor for NMGI to be included in the nominations and recognized along with these other top solution providers.

By Monte Enbysk

Blame it on instant messaging. Here's the scene: A couple dozen professionals at a New York advertising agency quietly type away at computer screens congregated near each other, in an open room devoid of office walls and tall partitions.

Quietly is the key word here. An occasional laugh or chuckle punctuates the silence. But no one is talking. Why? They are communicating with one another almost exclusively through instant messaging (IM).

Microsoft Office
Tame the Chaos
of your Inbox

Learn how old standbys and new features in Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 can help you make the best use of messages in your Inbox and beyond.

►After completing this course you will be able to:
►Use your messages to schedule tasks, set up meetings, or create contacts.
►Flag messages in your Inbox to create a To Do list.
Color code messages using category labels that you create.
►Organize messages into groups with folders.
►Find any message quickly.

SEE DEMO

 

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