October 2007
In this issue

Daylight Savings Time
Leveraging Technology
Era of Discovery
Lunch And Learn
Microsoft Instant Search
Employee Spotlight
 


Employee Spotlight


Peter Samuelson

Peter joined the DoubleCheck development team in September. In recent years he has done various work for WSU, such as IT support at a research institute, teaching industrial engineering courses, and writing control software for psychology experiments. He has done contract work for firms in Wichita, New York and the Silicon Valley.

Peter is excited to transition to full-time work in the private sector.

In his spare time, Peter is very active in the Wichita swing dance scene, as a group instructor and a dance team member. He also participates in several free/open source software projects around the world. He has appeared in background roles of a few opera productions at WSU. He lives in Wichita with his cat, Theo.


Employee Birthdays:

Soni McClelland - 10/11
Ben Bower - 10/16
Adella Luna - 10/21
Ian Taylor - 10/25

Employee Anniversaries

Jonathan Hall - 10/30
 

 

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Daylight Savings Time - Compliance Update!

Important information you need to know about
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Leveraging Technology Mitigates Risks, Controls Costs and Helps Meet Demands of Growing Businesses

As a small business expands, the need to manage this growth with updated technology should rate high on a company’s list of priorities. Should an organization experience rapid growth in a short period of time and fail to advance its technology to meet these new demands, the business owner may face significant challenges in the future, including loss of revenues, waning market share and adverse customer perceptions.

Incorporating the following tips into the company business plan will help ensure a smooth transition.


Era of Electronic Discovery Drives Need for Data Management

Today’s technology has created information overload for companies worldwide. We are inundated with digital data every day. In a recent study, research firm IDC reports electronic information created and replicated within the workplace is growing at a faster pace than any other segment of the digital universe. According to the IDC, about 25 percent of the data generated last year, both original and copied, came from the business world. By 2010, IDC predicts that portion will increase to 30 percent.

As this influx of data continues to rise, so does the number of lawsuits filed in Michigan each year. Currently, the state averages a total of 121,000 new lawsuits annually. What do these two issues have in common? Plenty, when you consider how recent amendments to the Federal Rules for Civil Procedure (FRCP) change the way businesses must store and manage electronic data. Read more


Lunch and Learn

Join NMGI November 14, 2007 from 11:00 AM – 1:30 PM for an informative Lunch and Learn presentation on Business Continuity. Our NetCare representative along with other guest speakers will keep you up to date on the important issues concerning backup provisioning, disaster planning, improved uptime through the use of virtual appliances and other means of assuring the uptime of your business’s mission critical systems.

For more information or to register contact Tom Hammersmith at 620-664-6000 ext. 132 or register online.


Find Needles In A Haystack
with Instant Search

If you're buried in e-mail (and who isn't?), Instant Search in Outlook 2007 can save the day for you every day.

The new Instant Search helps you quickly find e-mail messages, appointments, contacts, or any Outlook item. You don't even need to know which folder the item is in.

Watch the demo to see how to use this fast search feature, and start finding what you want instantly.    


When all is said and done,
more is said than done.

-Lou Holtz

  
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