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January 26, 2012
The following article by Tony Schwartz appeared on the Harvard Business Review Blog Network earlier this month. We believe this is an ideal article to start off the new year. It lends credence to a commitment that each of us at Matson & Isom Technology have to our core values, our clients, our colleagues, and our community. If you haven’t heard of Tony, he is the author of Be Excellent at Everything (highly recommended reading) and founder of The Energy Project www.theenergyproject.com.
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January 26, 2012
Excel can be a powerful tool for your business, but it can also be daunting with its formulas, charts, and formatting. This month we’ll take a look at two simple but very useful formulas, and how to make them work for you.
You can also view the quick video version of this tip, that demonstrates all the methods of summing and averaging numbers.
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January 26, 2012
Free antivirus software may seem like a bargain, but it’s not. Learn what issues you need to consider before you download this particular "freeware.
In this tough economy, getting something for free is always a good thing, right? Short answer: It depends on your tolerance for risk.
Take free antivirus software as an example. It may seem like a bargain, but it’s not. Here are the issues to consider before you download this particular “freeware.”
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used with permission from Symantec
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January 26, 2012
Anyone who manages a network is embarking on an exciting ride. Maybe you've already strapped on your seat belt and are underway, riding through:
•A steep climb in Internet traffic and network access from smartphones and tablets
•Increased traction in cloud services and virtualization
•The growing popularity of IP voice and video
•Challenging twists and turns in security, including international hacking
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used with permission from the Cisco Small Business Resource Center
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November 23, 2011
In this month’s client spotlight, we are recognizing one of our newer clients, and one we are proud to call our own, Pacific Living Properties (PLP.) With six properties in Chico alone, PLP has been providing unique and innovative apartment homes to meet the needs of their residents for over 20 years. Their nearly 40 living communities span the entire west coast with properties in Northern California, San Diego, Central California, Inland Empire and the Northwest.
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November 23, 2011
Everywhere you turn, you hear something about "Follow us on Twitter," or "Like my Facebook Page." Social media is a communications platform that is here to stay, and if you're like many business owners, you're wondering "what does this mean for me and my business? How do I use it in my business without it becoming a distraction?"
Social media should be a part of your business's marketing plan, and controlling employees' usage on these sites will help keep them productive instead of allowing them to use company time for personal interaction.
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November 23, 2011
Interest in cloud computing is more intense than ever before. That's pretty understandable. Cloud computing promises tremendous advantages in terms of flexibility, agility, and on-demand resources that can give organizations a real competitive edge.
Despite these advantages, some enterprises continue to drag their feet. They point to a number of high-profile outages earlier this year as evidence of the precarious nature of cloud-based services. They say that companies relying on those services lost a lot of money and a significant amount of customer trust.
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used with permission from Symantec
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November 23, 2011
Microsoft held their first ever Build Conference in Anaheim in September. It’s a new annual event for Windows developers to gather and learn about building applications for the Windows platform. This one was special not only because it was the first, but also because leading up to it, all the buzz was about how much of Windows 8 Microsoft would show and what details we would learn about the next version of the most popular operating system in the world.
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November 22, 2011
This Fall I was fortunate enough to take a trip with my family the likes of which we haven’t seen in over 15 years. Mom, Dad, Brother and I traveled to Far Rockaway, New York, to meet for the first time our cousin, Sidney Shlomkowitz. Sidney is 90-years-old and is the last living relative of my great-grandmother Esther’s family who survived the Holocaust. He endured the Czestochowa ghetto, then Buchenwald and Dora, before his liberation from Bergen-Belsen.
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October 20, 2011
I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I've ever gotten to a college graduation. Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That's it. No big deal. Just three stories.
The first story is about connecting the dots.
I dropped out of Reed College after the first 6 months, but then stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months or so before I really quit. So why did I drop out?
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