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June 2009

Do More with Less: How to Get a Great Deal, Update Your Infrastructure and be More Productive

Don't let today's slumping economy get you down. There are plenty of great deals to be had that will make any IT project cheaper, more efficient, and more secure. Read more about these ground-breaking offerings and game-changing technologies in this edition of Nortec News.
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Timing is Everything:
Why Now Is the Best Time to Invest in IT Infrastructure

In all his years of developing, marketing and selling software products and information technology services, George Hammerschmidt has never seen anything like it.

Hammerschmidt, Chief Operating Officer and EVP for Nortec says that the deals being offered now in today's economic slump are unlike anything he's ever seen before. "I tell our customers about all the great deals out there right now and they don't believe me," Hammerschmidt says. "Manufacturers like Microsoft or Symantec are offering discounts on products and services that aren't typically discounted. Folks can get a great deal." Read the article. __________________________________________________________

Who says there's no such thing as a free lunch?
Tell us your project and if we can't beat or meet the price you're currently looking at for a total solution, we'll take you out to lunch.

Find out more by emailing georgeh@nortec.com.


TEAM NORTEC
Sailer

Meet Scott Sailer, General Manager of Nortec's Western Pennsylvania office, which serves the western half of Pennsylvania, Ohio, northern West Virginia and the Great Lakes area.

Scott talks about the creative ways his customers are doing more with less in this challenging economy, and why the piece of hardware he'd really like to have is a 'do-over' button.

Q: Who are your typical customers?

A: The majority of our customers are small- to medium-sized businesses with user counts under 5,000 seats. Read the interview.


GOOD TO GO
Microsoft Core IO
Core Infrastructure Optimization is a proven framework for evolving your IT infrastructure to become more agile, secure, and better-managed, while reducing overall IT costs and making better use of resources. The bottom line-IT becomes a stronger strategic asset to the business.

Core Infrastructure Optimization addresses capabilities across many critical aspects of IT including:
· Identity and Access Management
· Desktop Device & Server Management
· Security & Networking
· Data Protection & Recovery
· IT & Security Process

Read more about the benefits of Core Infrastructure optimization.

Service Pack 2 for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Released
The Office Service Pack team recently announced that Service Pack 2 for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 has been released to the Microsoft Download Center. It includes all the fixes prior to SP2, and also several enhancements to improve server farm performance, availability and stability.

The service pack install involves certain pre-installation steps and a prescribed sequence for the actual installation. Please review this process carefully before updating your environments.

Service Pack 2 for SharePoint 2007 provides many fixes and performance improvements, as well as some new features. Also with the new service pack, Internet Explorer 8 will be added into browser support matrix as level one, and Firefox 2.0 and 3.0 as level two. We recommend every customer to start planning their patch window to apply this service pack.
- Ji Lie, Microsoft SharePoint Team


Updates Resource Center for SharePoint Products and Technologies.

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Andrew Grose is President and CEO of Nortec Communications, Inc. and blogs regularly about information IT trends, challenges, and solutions.

Recent posts include:
· Managing Your Virtual Infrastructure
· Information Technology major changes in the next 5 - 10 years - How do we prepare?
· State of Virtualization


If I Owned Nortec I Would …Get a Free Cup o’ Joe?

Here at Nortec, we're dedicated to our team, our clients, and our partners, and as such, we'd like to hear from you about what you would do if you owned Nortec.

We'll read all of the suggestions and pick a winner each month who will receive a Starbucks gift card.

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The Nortec Nine

Here you'll find helpful links to whitepapers, datasheets, user guides and more.

Read an overview of the VMware TCO calculator to learn how you can reduce your overall IT costs

Try the VMware TCO calculator

To see how much return on investment your business can receive, check out the Microsoft Integrated Virtualization ROI Calculator

Reach beyond server consolidation to manage your entire IT environment and make the most of your existing infrastructure. Watch the video: Microsoft Virtualization Cost Comparison with VMware

Check out the ShoreTel TCO Tool as a comprehensive analytical guide to the decision-making process for organizations seeking to lower their communications costs.

Microsoft releases Service Pack 2 for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.

Learn about 31 best practices that can improve IT service levels at little or no new cost by downloading Microsoft's comprehensive whitepaper.

Accelerate recovery and ensure successful recovery by automating the recovery process and eliminating the complexity of managing and testing recovery plans. VMware Site Recovery Manager eliminates complex manual recovery steps and removes the risk and worry from disaster recovery.

Watch Vmware's new VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager video on YouTube to learn how to easily manage and implement your recovery plan with VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager.



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