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Microsoft Tips
and Tricks
Create and Use an E-mail
Signature
If
you're like many people, e-mail is a regular
part of your workday. You send mail to business
associates, customers, friends, and family — and
you most likely end your message with a
different closing depending on the recipient.
Over the course of a day, that can add up to a
lot of repetitive typing. Why not use automatic
e-mail signatures instead?
Creating, managing, and using
automatic e-mail signatures are easier than you
think, and quick to set up, too. Watch the demo to see
how.
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Employee Birthdays:
David Johnston – 2/12
Lorie Taylor –
2/28
Employee Anniversaries
Ron Williams – 2/13/2006
Ben Bower –
2/19/2007
Jim Decker – 2/26/1996
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NMGI
makes
MSPmentor
100 list for Managed Service Providers
 NMGI has landed on
the MSPmentor 100, a distinguished list of the
world’s most progressive managed service
providers.
“Our investment in people, processes, and
technical procedures has positioned NMGI to
rapidly grow and scale this new aspect to our
firm,” said Steve Harper, president of Network
Management Group, Inc. “NMGI is committed to
service excellence and this award is a step in
validating our expertise.”
“Qualifying for the MSPmentor 100 is an amazing
accomplishment,” said Joe Panettieri, editorial
director of MSPmentor, published by Nine Lives
Media Inc. “We analyzed the business performance
of more than 500 technology consulting firms and
managed service providers worldwide. Only the
‘best-of-the-best’ landed on the MSPmentor 100.”
The MSPmentor 100 recognizes managed service
providers, integrators, consulting firms and
VARs that leverage managed services to vastly
improve customer service. Through managed
services, solutions providers deliver proactive,
24x7 customer care to small, midsize and even
large enterprises. The net result for customers
is a dramatically improved IT infrastructure
that
speeds the flow of business.
The complete MSPmentor 100 report, along with
comprehensive coverage of the managed services
market, can be found at
www.mspmentor.net. |
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7
Rules for Managing a Mobile
Workforce
by
Joanna L. Krotz
reprinted with permission from
the Microsoft Small Business Center
 It's 10 a.m. Do you know where
your employees are?
The
ranks of mobile workers are swelling, fueled by
the wireless Internet, powerful handheld
devices, VPNs (virtual private networks), and
WLANs (wireless local area networks).
As many
as nine out of every 10 employees now work from
locations other than company headquarters,
according to Nemertes Research, a New York market
researcher that specializes in emerging
technologies. In addition, some 40% to 70% of
employees work in locations remote from their
supervisors.
No
wonder. Hiring remote workers can provide big
benefits for small business. "Employers can cut
the costs of office space as well as recruit from
a much larger talent pool," says Manny Avramidis,
senior vice president of global human resources at
the American Management Association (AMA).
But
managing untethered workers also creates thorny
challenges. How do you oversee performance? How do
you keep communications moving at the speed
business now demands? What about training and
camaraderie? With so much information flying
around, how can you secure intellectual
property?
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How
to Make a Wi-Fi Connection (Almost)
Anywhere
 The
promise of a free wireless Internet connection
enticed Lynn Fox into booking a room at the
Holiday Inn Express in Madison, Wis. Who could
blame her?
Fox,
a community relations professional from Iowa
City, Iowa, relished the thought of no more
wires. No more clunky dial-up connections. No
more phone bills. When she checked in, she
thought she was home free.
But
even though the signal showed up loud and clear on
her laptop, Fox couldn't
find her way online. "The
technician I spoke with diagnosed it as problem
with my
firewall. He said I should disable it and
try connecting again," she remembers. "I said,
'Forget it.'"
Not
being able to get a Wi-Fi connection when you're
counting on it is costly to small-business pros
like Fox. A 2004 survey by the Omni Consulting
Group found that the use of mobile data services
such as Wi-Fi led to an average productivity gain
of 13.7% per employee.
Take
away wireless access and you could be losing
productivity and profitability. In a recent
article, I offered four tips for hitting hotspots.
But there's much more on this
subject to tell you about.
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MSPmentor 100