More Offerings

We can now offer a few things:

Managed Print Services to help customers streamline printing costs

Microsoft Communication Services - BPOS - OK, Exchange, Sharepoint, Office Communications, and Live meeting for $15 / month / user or less...isn't this one a bit of a no brainer- no servers, no expensive licensing, no storage..I mean really.  If you have anywhere less than 2000 users consider it, if you have less than 500 users then NIKE!

Help Desk services - NOC

Microsoft Big Easy 5

Microsofts rebate program is back until Dec 31, 2010.  if you need to buy open business or open value licenses for these items, you will be entitled to some pretty decent rebates

The Big Easy Offer 5.0 includes:

Microsoft® Office
Microsoft® SQL Server®
Microsoft® Exchange Server
Microsoft® Office Project
Microsoft® Lync™
Microsoft® Expression®
Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server
Microsoft® Visual Studio®
Microsoft® Forefront™
Microsoft® Office Visio®
Microsoft® Windows Server®
Microsoft® System Center Essentials
Microsoft® Windows Server® Datacenter
Microsoft® System Center Configuration Manager
Microsoft® Windows® Small Business Server
Microsoft® Dynamics® CRM
Microsoft® Windows® Web Server 2008

If you have any questions about what your subsidy would be, send me an email: webmaster@itinfoguy.com

or visit

http://www.microsoftincentives.com/bigeasy5/

My Mall Videos

This one is not that great, but it gets the point across quite well
Why buy from PC Mall
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io-pUWEdYbs


This one is funny!
Why work at PC Mall
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-HXq5bEoG8


This is our Halloween Day party
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BMPy8GvACg

Turn Page

I just started doing some freelance work with Turn-page.com.

We work with companies just likes yours from all over the world and we have developed a program that specifically helps Publishers increase revenue, increase readership and decrease costs.

We do this by taking the PDF files that you send to the printer and convert them to a Flash based format so now your readers can flip through the publication on their computer as if they were flipping through the printed copy in front of them.  Once we have done this we can add audio, video, hyperlinks etc… we have a stats tool that tracks each page that has been flipped, how much time spent on each page, each link that has been clicked, how many times it has been clicked and so on.  We include all of this in our price.

Would you be interested in seeing how your PDF file would look using our software at no charge?  Send me,  turnpage@itinfoguy.com, an 8-10 page PDF that I will do a demo conversion for.  If you like what we do, we can then discuss the entire publication.

Something else we can do: 

Turn-Page Mobile app developed for the iPhone and iPad. Get your publications on the fastest growing mobile platform.

Demo publications

http://digital.turn-page.com/issue/14313 - Canadian World Traveler

http://digital.turn-page.com/issue/6347 - Premium Incentive Products

http://digital.turn-page.com/issue/4768 - Vintages

http://digital.turn-page.com/issue/6360 - Pool And Billiard Magazine

http://digital.turn-page.com/issue/10733 - Golf Town

HP P2000 SAN bundle

This is a cool offer

IBackUp, do You?

How often do you back up your personal data at home? In the world of professional IT this is a fundamental which causes tremendous grief when overlooked. It always seems that disaster strikes when we miss performing this critical function. What's even more troubling is that as IT professionals, as soon as we walk through the doors at home, we do not apply the same principles in our personal life, which left me wondering what is going on in the lives of ordinary citizens the world over who are entrusting more of their data to the digital age.

Many years ago, when I went to the PC builder to buy a whitebox solution, he had asked me how much memory I thought I would need, to which my answer was the most available, roughly twenty gigabytes. This reminds me of the old Bill Gates quote, "640K ought to be enough for anybody," because the system builder mentioned, "20 gigabytes? That's too big a hard drive!" That was 1998 when 20 gigabytes seemed like overkill. We no longer speak of gigabytes with the same awe, now it is terabytes and petabytes.
Now we are on the cusp of a revolution in digital technology! Where we once had hard copy CD's, DVD's, photos, books and documents, we are now moving to delivery and storage of these same items digitally. The time is fast approaching where if a brick and mortar record store exists, it will exist for one of two reasons: A) to sell antiques; or more likely B) to download content. What is even more likely, is that we will simply download the content from the comfort of our homes.
This brings up a few issues. Old media such as CD's, VHS tapes, and DVD's will eventually either need to be converted to digital or be reacquired in a digital format. The other issue is that digital productions are not absolute. At some point backing up and storing our digital content securely from our homes will be a driving concern for us ordinary folks.
With old media, we rarely ever made copies because we never expected the house to burn down, if it did, it hurt to lose a collection lovingly established and enjoyed over the years, but that was just bad luck. Now, we have hard drive failures which is a lot more common than a burning house.
When it comes to the new age of digital content, we have our main source of storage, and some smart people keep a secondary source such as an external hard drive to mitigate against a drive failure. We may not have a completely up to date backup on the external equipment but at least we do not lose everything.
This still leaves the problem of disaster. In the case of a disaster, your digital data is at a high risk. Your now terabytes of data which you may have spent thousands of dollars on can be lost in the blink of an eye. My suggested solution is to look towards a cloud (online) backup solution for anything critical. This solves two issues, backup and disaster recovery. It does so, by backing up to a location not anywhere near your immediate vicinity. If you have a disaster at home, once you are able to log into a computer anywhere, you can retrieve your information, which means your music, movie, photos, and literature libraries are safe.
There are a few companies leading the way in online backup platforms, such as iBackUp. Do yourself the favor and make sure you backup. If you do backup, start to consider a disaster recovery solution appropriate to your means and your budget. If you can afford to, make your backup solution your disaster recovery solution.

PC Mall SBN - Small Business Network

Join the PC Mall Small Business Network.  Click the picture or use the link on the right hand side of the page.

Buying Group vs web pricing

OK, here is an example for this item

HP

LaserJet Enterprise P3015dn Printer

Get fast, high-performance printing with advanced security features. Expand as your business needs change, using an open EIO slot, open memory slot, two internal accessory ports for connecting HP and partner solutions. USB cable not included.

PC Mall Part #: 7870948       Mfr. Part #: CE528A#ABA

Web Pricing:   $376.99
Buying Group:  $359.99 


or let's look at something beefier

Buying Group:  $2222.99 

Web Pricing:   $2279.99

HP

Smart Buy ProLiant DL380 G6 - 1x Quad-Core Intel Xeon E5520 2.26GHz Rack Server - 4GB RAM, no HDD, SATA DVD-RW, Gigabit Ethernet, Integrated ATI ES1000, Smart Array P410i

1x Quad-Core Intel Xeon E5520 2.26GHz, 8MB L3, 4GB PC3-10600E-9 DDR3 SDRAM, no HDD, SATA DVD-RW, Integrated ATI ES1000, 2x NC382i Multifunction Gigabit NIC, Smart Array P410i/256MB Controller, 460W CS HE PS, iLO2, no OS Installed

PC Mall Part #: 7868407       Mfr. Part #: 470065-153

Mall Announcements

IronPort  

We are now authorized to sell IronPort. 

http://www.ironport.com/

WebEx

We are authorized to sell WebEx services.

http://www.webex.com/

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.

AutoCAD training

Just finished...boy that was no fun.

Infocus extra lamp offer

InFocus is giving away free lamps on some eligible DLP projectors 4000 lumens or less

http://www.pcmall.com/n/customPages-1282?source=PCMCPWB19915&store=pcmall

Offer expires October 31st, 2010

Small Business VoIP Phone

Tomorrow will be the hunt for a small business VoIP phone that I can plug into my computer and route calls to anywhere in the world...will advise