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First and foremost, we'd like to thank the Nebraska Educational Technology Association (NETA) for putting on a great conference at the Century Link Center last month. We had a great time exhibiting and were thrilled to welcome the fine folks at Google to our booth. If you didn't get a chance to chat with Crystal, Josh or Jason, you missed out!

And now... with a little help from our office mascot, we'd like to announce the winners of our 2TB flash drive giveaway. MELISSA HINKLE, SHANDA HALL & MORGAN COOK, come on down! (Sorry, apparently I'm channeling The Price is Right today.)

THANK YOU to everyone who submited a business card for the drawing. After going through them all we counted 450+ cards (that's not including all of the duplicates we found)!

Getting the biggest bang for your buck as a small business owner

AUTHOR | Microsoft for Work

It’s National Small Business Week! It’s the perfect time to focus on small businesses and offer suggestions on smart tech investments and other tips that can help save money—something that’s always useful to new and growing companies.

Companies are always looking for places to save money without really cutting corners, but in a lot of cases, it’s smarter to make investments up front that will pay dividends for a longer period of time. At other times, the best way to save money is to control expenses by buying only what you actually use. The seven tips below concentrate on different technologies and how they can save you money in the short and long term.    Read More

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introducing - Garrison Solutions

We're proud to welcome the Garrison Solutions line of managed services to our lineup so that we can better take care of our customers! This comprehensive set consists of a BDR and backup solution (Garrison Data Secure), a managed firewall and web content filtering solution (Garrison IP Security) and a managed email filtering solution (Garrison Spam Solutions).

By partnering with Garrison solutions, we have the ability to provide the ultimate one-stop shop for all your IP security & backup needs. When paired with our Total IT Management solutions, you truly are safeguarded with the best possible hardware and software out there, which means you can focus your attention on other things.

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Windows Server 2003 & Windows 10 news

WINDOWS SERVER 2003 | As of July 14th, Microsoft will no longer issue security updates for any version of Windows Server 2003. What exactly does that mean? If your organization is currently running either Microsoft Windows Server 2003 or Exchange 2003 on any servers in your office, you need to know about a dangerous security threat to your organization that must be addressed very soon.

As your local Microsoft Partner, we're aggressively reaching out to all local business that use Server 2003 to alert you to this serious security risk and inform you about what you need to now to protect your company. This is such a serious threat that the US Department of Homeland Security has issued an official warning to all companies still running this operating system because firewalls and antivirus software will NOT be sufficient to completely protect your business from maliciuos attacks or data exfiltration.Running Server 2003 will also put many organizations out of compliance.

If you are still running on a Windows Server 2003, contact us today discuss your personalized migration strategy.

WINDOWS 10 | Microsoft just released the full list of Windows 10 editions that are set to be released this summer in 190 countries and 111 languages. Included in the lineup are: Windows 10 Home, Windows 10 Mobile, Windows 10 Pro, Windows 10 Enterprise, Windows 10 Education and Windows 10 Mobile Enterprise. For a complete breakdown of the newest editions to the Winows OS family check out this handy blog article courtesy of Microsoft.

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20 uses for evernote that you probably haven't thought of yet

AUTHOR | Emily Price @ Macworld

When it comes to getting organized, Evernote can be a powerful tool to have in your arsenal. In fact, it’s our favorite note-taking platform—by far—because it lets you do so much more than just take basic notes. Through Evernote’s web and mobile apps, you can create digital notebooks for everything from your grandmother’s lasagna recipe to ideas for your next great novel, and everything in between. But you can also use it to backup your photos, create slideshow presentations, and manage your calendar. Read on for more cool Evernote uses that you might not have thought of.     Read More

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