December 2009
In this issue:
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Happy Holidays |
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Virtualization Saves Money |
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Flying with Cell Phones |
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Like Waves on an Ocean |
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Contact Maps |
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Protect Your Home Computer |
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Make a Referral |
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Just for Laughs |
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Locate an Address with Contact Maps
Microsoft Office Outlook can do more than just store your contact information. Outlook Contacts has a map feature that can help locate a contact's address for you.
If you have entered a complete address for a person or business in your contact list, it takes only a few clicks to bring up a map for that location. And if you want written directions, that is only another click away.
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“Protect your
home computer, Don’t lose those family pictures!
More and more of you are working from home and have critical home office needs. Losing your business or personal data is not an option. We have 2 plans available to you. *To qualify you must have ”technology peace of mind” support at your office with Crown.
We recently had a client lose 5 years worth of their digital family pictures.
That would be devastating to any of us so we wanted to give our clients the opportunity to keep that from happening.
Executive Home Office Support Silver $50 per month per workstation*
- Offsite backup of critical data
- Patch management
- Disaster recovery image onsite (just need an extra drive to store it on)
Executive Home Office Support Platinum $119 per month per workstation (2 workstation minimum)*
*biz hours support included (after hours additional)
- Offsite backup of critical data
- Patch management
- Disaster recovery image onsite (just need an extra drive to store it on)
We’re Thankful You’re A Customer And Hope You’ll Help Us Find More Just Like You
Know anyone struggling with their technology? We can help. To thank you for the trust you have put in us we will send you a special gift for each referral you make to us. This months free gift is a $100 gift card to South Coast Surf Shops.
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4 Reasons 'Virtualization' Saves Money
by Heather Clancy
reprinted with permission from the Microsoft Small Business Center
 Most articles about virtualization discuss the technology in the context of "big" business. They are glowing about the potential for "data center consolidation" or "reduced system maintenance expenses." Or they rave about the prospects for a better disaster recovery plan, better security and extra flexibility for employees.
What about small business? The good news is if you are a small business owner, there are plenty of short- and long-term benefits from virtualization-and you don't need a big budget. (That makes virtualization attractive in a brutal economic climate.)
So what is virtualization? Quite simply, it is technology that explodes the traditional one-to-one relationship between computer hardware and the software that runs it. Virtualization software allows you to create two or more complete computing environments on a single piece of hardware. The proliferation of systems with multi-core microprocessors has made virtualization possible across a wide range of business applications.
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Flying with Cell Phones: 5 Myths
 reprinted with permission from the Microsoft Small Business Center
It's difficult to imagine a time when people looked forward to flying on a commercial airline. Yes, even when they were traveling on business. But that was before airline deregulation, when seats still offered ample leg room, plane food was palatable (and free) and fellow passengers actually dressed up for trips. Now all of that is gone, replaced with narrow seats, $7 sandwiches, lots of first-time fliers with loose-fitting clothing worn for the ease of getting past airport security, and soon, cell phones.
I know. Talk about adding insult to injury. The airborne cell phone hasn't become widespread yet, but that hasn't stopped people from speculating about the demise of having civilized conversation from an airplane. I'm not here to do that, mostly because airline travel was never civilized to begin with, at least for those of us who traveled after the 1970s.
But if the buzz is to be believed, onboard wireless may actually offer a terrific opportunity to reclaim the two, three or four hours that used to be downtime. For you, cell phones on planes could very well be the best thing that's happened to airlines since electronic tickets.
Or maybe not. There are several misconceptions about in-flight cell phones, from whether they are permitted to how they work, that you could end up with the wrong idea about flying wirelessly. Here are five myths about the rapidly-evolving world of onboard wireless communications — and why knowing about them can make your next business trip more successful.
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Like Waves on an Ocean
used with permission from JOEL H. WELDON & ASSOCIATES, INC. http://www.SuccessComesInCans.com
Unconsciously, you are influencing the lives of those around you
 Four of the greatest physicists in the world came from a small town in Germany. Tracing their lives, someone discovered that all four were taught by the same high school physics teacher. Obviously, that teacher touched each of these men in a special way, when they were just boys.
Without knowing it, he touched the entire world.
It’s the same with you. You may not be aware of it, but you too touch the entire world. Your influence flows out from you, often imperceptibly, like waves on an ocean.
Remember that the next time you feel you’re just an average person, powerless and insignificant: there are no average people; the problem lies in thinking you’re just average.
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Quote of the Month
We would accomplish many more
things if we did not think of them
as impossible.
- Vince Lombardi
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