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Garfield Jones, Sales & Operations Manager
Quadbridge, www.quadbridge.com
514-677-7653


"Quadbridge Inc. is a leading-edge, full-service IT Solution partner that specializes in hardware and software supply to medium and large enterprise clients in both the U.S. and Canada. Whether your company needs are simply hardware or a fully integrated IT solution, our experienced account managers are able to customize a strategy tailored to your company needs. For long-term solutions we are there from conception of a project to implementation and management.

We pride ourselves on our client relationships and putting together the right information from the relevant manufacturers to ensure the best price points. By partnering with the most sought after IT companies (Cisco, Apple, HP, Dell , Juniper, EMC) we guarantee the best choices available on the market today. We are the single-source professional for all of your diverse IT goals.

Experienced personnel in the areas of voice and data communications, financing, data center build and implementation, outsourcing, project management, service management, managed desktop services, managed security appliances, operational messaging, software development, ecommerce solutions, tracking solutions, CRM, BI, and self-service applications."

Data Storage, Online Storage, Enterprise Class Storage, Enterprise Virtual Array, Notebooks, Desktops, Tablets, Thin Clients, VDI, VDA, MPSA, VTSP, VSP, Vsphere, Horizon,

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PCM News

SAN JOSE, Calif., March 28, 2014 /PRNewswire/

Move and PCM Announce Agreement to Offer realtor.com® iPad Solution
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/move-and-pcm-announce-agreement-to-offer-realtorcom-ipad-solution-252889931.html

April 8, 2014, 9:04 a.m. EDT  
PCM Awarded HP Enterprise Group, U.S. 2014 Top Growth DRC Partner – Networking
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/pcm-awarded-hp-enterprise-group-us-2014-top-growth-drc-partner-networking-2014-04-08

PCM AAA Updates - autoCAD, Adobe, Apple

A couple of quick updates.

AutoCAD – PCM is now fully authorized to sell and support all versions of autoCAD.

 

Adobe – Adobe has changed the upgrade process for Creative Suite (CS) licenses.  They have eliminated upgrades, leaving two paths to the latest and greatest: purchasing the latest perpetual license; or moving to the Creative Cloud (http://www.adobe.com/products/creativecloud/teams.html).  I will send an invite to the Creative Cloud in case you wish to take advantage.

 

 

Apple –  If you plan on deploying iPads, we can provide the units, create custom apps, image the units, add mobile device management, and help secure the units. 

Deploying iPads

If your company needs to deploy Apple iPads and needs a little help, we have a great service called the Be Mobile Jump Start Kit.

50 iPads (iPad 2 16GB WiFi with AppleCare+)
AirWatch MDM (12 month license) with Secure content locker
Company Directory App
On-Site Deployment services (consulting and integration assistance)

plus of course, with our partner Griffin Technology, cases, mounts, docks and other related accessories.
http://store.griffintechnology.com/ipad

Custom App development available as well
 

Revel Systems

I'm not sure why but I am fascinated with POS Systems...this is one of the more creative uses of an iPad

 

Mapping the 2013 tablet wars

Portland Business Journal

Date: Wednesday, December 26, 2012, 7:22am PST

 

Price wars and patent battles were among the big trends in the tablet market in 2012, and this year it seemed that no matter what tablet a customer bought, they were in one of three ecosystems - Apple, Android or Windows 8.

 

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/morning_call/2012/12/tablet-price-wars-to-continue-in-2013.html?ana=yfcpc

 

 

PCM Customer Briefing Center

PCM Customer Briefing Center
 

MacMall

MacMall is a reseller of computers manufactured by Apple Inc., such as the MacBook and iMac, with both an online store and brick-and-mortar locations. They buy Apple products in bulk, which allows them to sell them at a volume discount, and are one of the only companies authorized by Apple Inc. to do so. They also sell accessories for other Apple products, like iPods and iPhones. MacMall is a wholly owned subsidiary of PC Mall, which is a NASDAQ traded company.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacMall
 

Barclays Buys 8500 iPads

By Zack Whittaker for Between the Lines | November 26, 2012 -- 11:11 GMT (03:11 PST)

Summary: One of the world's largest banks is rolling out 8,500 iPads to its front-end bank branch staff. But what lies underneath is a signal to other corporate and enterprise clients that Apple's shiny rectangles are far from consumer-only devices.

http://www.zdnet.com/barclays-buys-8500-ipads-sends-enterprise-ready-bat-signal-7000007845/
 

iPad Mini Heist

How many iPads do you need?!!!  Who the heck does that?


It's like something straight out of Goodfellas.
Two thieves skirted security at JFK International Airport and got away with part of a cargo shipment of Apple's (AAPL) iPad minis worth $1.5 million, according to a report from the New York Post.
The crooks pulled off the heist late Monday night, just before midnight, and used one of the airport's forklifts to lift the heavy shipment of iPad minis, which were being stored in a cargo building, into their get-away truck, according to the report.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/crooks-pull-off-1-5-163231321.html;_ylt=AhV9dmEV0_31OnnlDp._xnSiuYdG;_ylu=X3oDMTQ4ZTFpNGdwBG1pdANDTkJDIFRvcCBTdG9yaWVzBHBrZwNlYWNmZTYyYy01ZjM5LTNiMzctYTdkMy1lMjZiYzA4ZTE4YTQEcG9zAzUEc2VjA01lZGlhQkxpc3RNaXhlZExQQ0FUZW1wBHZlcgMzZWQ5YjQ4Yy0yZjQ1LTExZTItYmJjOS02NTdkZDQyMTc0MGI-;_ylg=X3oDMTFpNzk0NjhtBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDBHBzdGNhdANob21lBHB0A3NlY3Rpb25z;_ylv=3

 

Storage and Backup

Consumer Electronics

Dragon Medical 10

Dragon medical is a powerful tool for those who type slowly. It's also a powerful tool for those whose hands are not free to type such as medical professionals; doctors nurses caregivers. My suggestion for hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, and VNAs, is a motion computing tablet coupled with a copy of Dragon medical.

Currently there are a lot of tablet computers at a marketplace: Apple iPad, HP touchpad, HP slate, Acer iconia, Cisco Cius, Dell Streak, Motorola xoom, Lenovo ThinkPad, Samsung galaxy tab, Toshiba thrive, Blackberry playbook, HTC Evo View, T-mobile slate, ASUS EEE pad, HTC flyer, Vizio via, ViewSonic viewpad, velocity micro cruz, Coby Kryos, Archos 70, archos 101, Maylong universe, ViewSonic G, Sony dash, Entourage edge, Arnova 10, Nextbook Next3, Sony S1, Sony S2, Arnova 8, MSI windpad, Sylvania 10, Curtis L t7028, gigabyte S1080, AOC breeze, Augen gentouch, creative ziio, Pandigital, Elocity A7, Huawei mediapad, Lenovo ideapad, fusion garage joojoo, Motion Computing, and the Apple ipad2.

At the moment the only pad that will work with Dragon medical 10 is a pad that runs on a Windows platform. HP makes the slate which runs on Windows platform but the processing power of the slate is inadequate to the task of running Dragon medical 10 because the slate currently runs on QUALCOMM snapdragon APQ8060 1.2 GHz processor.

The minimum specifications for Dragon medical 10 is an Intel Pentium 4 or later or AMD Athlon 64 or later. The faster the processor the faster the performance. You need at least 512 MB RAM; one gig of RAM for Windows Vista, and at least two gigs RAM for Windows 7 32 -- bit and 64 -- bit. The RAM on the slate is 1 GB.  HP will be coming out with a new slate and if they can boost RAM capabilities then it will be a nice machine to use with Dragon medical 10, especially if they can keep the costs down.

Motion computing has a couple different products that can be used with Dragon medical; the CL 900 tablet, J3500 tablet, C5v tablet, and the F5V tablet. Would be prepared to spend more for these devices than you would for the devices listed earlier. If you're prepared to wait until some of the other tablet manufacturers catch up then do so, but if you're not, and you want to simplify your notetaking and dictation, especially in a medical environment buy a Motion Computing tablet and Dragon medical to test.

Apple v RIM

Oh, oh RIM, better watch out seems Apple is taking a bite out of you.

http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/07/05/7020504-apple-passes-rim-in-us-to-be-no-2-in-smartphone-market-share

By Suzanne Choney

It was on track to happen, and it did: Apple passed Research In Motion as the No. 2 smartphone in the United States, with Google's Android phones not only retaining the top spot, but increasing their lead.

Mac VS Windows

CNET Buzz Report

IT Info Guy Buying Group

Join the buying group.  I have negotiated pricing that is better than what you see on the PC Mall web site for my members...I'll post a few examples in future posts.

1.      From your Internet Browser, go to the following link:

·        http://cap.pcmall.com/ 

2.      This will bring up the PC Mall Corporate Access Pages Login Page

3.      In the User Name field, please enter gaj and in the Password field, enter employee

4.      Please DO NOT check / click on the Remember Me box at this stage

5.      You should now see a page, which has “Create Your EPP Account for GAJ Ventures”. Below is the form that you need to complete to create your EPP Account.

6.      Complete the form, remembering to give yourself a User Name and Password that you will be able to remember in the future. Note that fields labeled with red characters are required.

7.      Please remember to check the box after the User Name and Password fields to confirm that you have read and understood PC Mall’s Privacy and Return Policy. You won’t be able to move past this page unless the box is checked.

8.      Once you have completed all of the details, press the SUBMIT button.

9.      You have now fully registered into the program.

10.   On your future visits to this site, please remember to use your new Login Name and Password.