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Happy New Year to you, your family and friends from all of us here at Entech!

Photo: The Entech Family at our annual dinner looking forward to 2012.

We hope you had a great 2011, excellent Holidays, and are enjoying 2012 so far!

We’re really excited about 2012, and the biggest buzz in our industry has been, and continues to be, the exponential growth of Cloud Computing.

If you’ve been following our blog, you noticed we wrapped up a series on “7 Ways Cloud Computing Will Change Your Business” (also available as a free eBook) in October.

Over the last few months, we’ve been asked how businesses are actually switching to, and using Cloud Computing.  We’re extremely excited to say we’ve compiled 8 great examples for our new free eBook that will be debuting shortly, entitled:

“8 Ways to Use Cloud Computing in Your Business”

We’ll be reviewing how Cloud Computing helps businesses continue to grow and flourish through having centralized business document storage, secure online accounting & billing (allowing business owners the ability to more closely monitor cash flow!), and even enhance the relationships you have with your clients through online customer relationship management!

Be sure to get your free copy of our “7 Ways Cloud Computing Will Change Your Business” eBook and you’ll automatically be notified of when our new eBook debuts!

As always, if you have any technology questions, or need help with your computer systems, or network, please give us a call at (800) 573-0234, or contact us online.  We’re here for you!

Thank you, and Happy New Year!

-Martin

Recently, our very own Jake Spanberger was interviewed for an article…

…that appeared in Southwest Florida’s “December 2011 – Gulfshore Business” publication.

Congratulations, Jake!

In the article, Jake talks about the most common questions he receives lately regarding cloud computing, and they are:

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Like every business owner, you are continuously searching for ways to shave off a few pennies here and there on your business expenses.

For example: You’ve learned that by using certain credit cards you can get cash back or rack up frequent flyer miles that will save you money on future trips. You’ve also learned that by marketing & interacting with your customers on social media accounts such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter, you can make a tremendous impact on your profit margins. In the past, you’d have to place an ad in the yellow pages or in a newspaper (which isn’t cheap) and pray that someone would find your ad. But now with free online advertising, through social networking, you’re saving a considerable amount of advertising dollars and potentially reaching a much larger audience online.

Want to learn to save even more money on your business expenses? Then you must know about cloud computing!

Over the past few months I’ve given you 7 Ways Cloud Computing Will Change Your Business. In fact, we wrote an eBook with the same title and if you want it, it’s yours for FREE. Simply click the eBook cover above. To recap the benefits of cloud computing, here are a few tips that you can use to increase your bottom line:

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This is the 7th of 7 Ways Cloud Computing Will Change Your Business which is available for FREE from our library of eBooks.

If you are a business owner, you are all too familiar with the process of weighing out the risks and benefits of any new venture or decision. Obviously, the decision to move your computing to the cloud is no exception. Here are a few things to consider when exploring the risks and benefits of cloud computing.

To be expected with any type of newer technology, there are still some unanswered questions and inherent challenges. This is true with adopting cloud computing for the “edge” computing of minor applications and non-critical business systems. These include:

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This is the 6th of 7 Ways Cloud Computing Will Change Your Business which is available for FREE from our library of eBooks.

For small businesses, cloud computing hits a particular sweet spot. Cloud services allow small businesses to reap the benefits of not having to deploy physical infrastructure like file and e-mail servers, storage systems or software. Plus, the “anywhere, anytime” availability of these solutions, means working with part-time or remote employees is hassle-free. Small businesses are able to easily collaborate with business partners and employees by simply using a browser.

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This is the 5th of 7 Ways Cloud Computing Will Change Your Business which is available for FREE from our library of eBooks.

O.k., let’s say you’re an executive at a large corporation. You are responsible for making sure that all of your employees have the right hardware and software that they need to do their jobs. You also have to ensure that everyone has their own computer at the office.

However, buying software and hardware for everyone isn’t enough…you also have to purchase software licenses to give employees the required tools to do their job. Anytime there is a new hire, you may have to buy more software or make sure that your current software license allows for another user.

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This is the 4th of 7 Ways Cloud Computing Will Change Your Business which is available for FREE from our library of eBooks.

Now, obviously, if there is a category 5 hurricane approaching, a hefty winter storm making its way to your town, or an out of control wild fire near your vicinity, you certainly need to have some business disaster planning in place! However, with cloud computing, this disaster management and planning is not something you have to worry about when it comes to your computer.

If you are a business owner, you most likely have a:

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This is the 3rd of 7 Ways Cloud Computing Will Change Your Business which is available for FREE from our library of eBooks.

In our current economy, it is becoming increasingly popular for companies to hire part-time or commission only employees and permit them to work from home or “on the road”. Conducting cloud business has enabled this mobility, and made it more efficient for documents and software to be available to employees from anywhere, not only the office computers. It’s the perfect solution for:

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This is the 2nd of 7 Ways Cloud Computing Will Change Your Business which is available for FREE from our library of eBooks.

Even though cloud computing has been changing how people use the web for a few years now, it is now also changing the way people operate a business. Basically, it is allowing people to store their personal or business files and documents online, offering a security that is not dependent on the security and functioning of your personal or business computer.

Here’s what we mean… Traditionally, computers were installed with software, such as Microsoft Office or Outlook, then files were created and stored on the computer. However, cloud computing allows the software to be “installed” and used, on the Internet. It can be accessed through a web browser, such as Chrome, Safari, Firefox, or even a smart-phone.

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This is the 1st of 7 Ways Cloud Computing Will Change Your Business which is available for FREE from our library of eBooks.

Cloud computing is all the rage. It has become somewhat of a catch phrase recently, so before we go any further, let’s answer the question: “what is cloud computing?” Cloud computing actually translates into “Internet-based Computing”. The name is derived from a metaphor referring to the Internet as “The Cloud”.

Computing in the cloud is something that is becoming increasingly popular. If you are doing any of the following, you are already cloud computing…

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