For years, Managed Services Providers, including Compu Mech, have sold their model based solely on the ability to keep IT costs down for provider and client alike, in addition to transforming the delivery of IT services from a remedial to preventative endeavor. Bur as energy costs rise, we have identified pre-existing benefits of Managed Services that not only save your company money, but can help you go green.
Our remote support and web-based tools, the fundamental base of our services, allow us to remotely turn on and shut down systems, thus providing a way to reduce energy use. In addition, the remote element of our services reduces carbon emissions from the vehicles that technicians use to visit customer sites by reducing the amount of onsite visits.
“Less transportation use translates into increased savings on the total carbon footprint of the IT implementation and business utilization,” according to a white paper released by one of our Managed Services Providers, Kaseya.
Along with providing our “green” services, Compu Mech can help further reduce your energy consumption by providing technologies that are earth friendly. These are newer PC’s with built-in energy management technologies- and we don’t mean the tools that are built-in to Microsoft Operating System. These are power supplies that dynamically reduce energy use based on your computer usage, chips that internally manage your computer in order to minimize overall energy use, and graphics cards from NVIDIA that also dynamically reduce power usage.
With an industry now focused on engineering technologies that will help conserve energy, reduce footprints, and build more efficiency, now is a great time to transform your business into a lean, green machine. Compu Mech can help get it done. Give us a call today and learn how Compu Mech can help transform your business.
This month we are celebrating our 5th anniversary by providing 20% off all our managed services for 5 months! There has not been a better time to try out our services, so take advantage today!
Regards,
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David Beltran, Owner
Compu Mech
dbeltran@compumech.net
www.compumech.net
Connecticut: 203-672-5928
Toll Free: 800-893-5807
Florida: 954-317-3683
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Microsoft Scheduled to Expire Windows XP
There are many jokes going around about the impending death of Windows XP, but this is not an issue your business should take lightly.
If your company still relies on Windows XP as the Operating System of choice, you may be sitting on a ticking time bomb. Starting June 30, Microsoft will officially pull XP off the shelves and out of the hands of OEM distributors, meaning that any new PC's you purchase will have neither the option of coming with XP nor the downgrade rights should you purchase one with Windows Vista.
If your company still relies on Windows XP as the Operating System of choice, you may be sitting on a ticking time bomb. Starting June 30, Microsoft will officially pull XP off the shelves and out of the hands of OEM distributors, meaning that any new PC's you purchase will have neither the option of coming with XP nor the downgrade rights should you purchase one with Windows Vista.
It is only a matter of time until XP reaches end-of-life and updates no longer become available via automatic updates. This will leave you with a functioning computer that will eventually be as vulnerable to attack as Windows 98. Where does this leave you? Pondering what to do next?
Vista has received a great deal of slack over the last year and rightfully so. Our senior engineers tested and followed the development of Windows Vista (formerly known as “Longhorn”) since November of 2004. They experienced firsthand the triumphs, failures, fixes and breaks as they happened in real time. When Vista was released to manufacturing last year, they knew it wasn’t ready.
I personally use and have used Vista at home for nearly two years now exclusively. As a home user, I experienced a few negative effects, such as games that refuse to function, some hardware/software combinations that wouldn’t work, along with a great deal of unnecessary research and time needed to make things work the way they should.
This year, Microsoft finally worked out many of the kinks that were holding the system back. With the release of Service Pack 1, Vista is now not only more compatible with a myriad of hardware and software, but it is also far more stable than it has ever been.
It is time for businesses to begin the long and painful process of finally letting go of XP. What’s the best way to do it? There are many different methods, but we prefer the beta test method. Isolate individual users in different departments who use different software/hardware configurations that are as a whole representative of your entire company. Then follow their progress over 30 days. If, during the span of 30 days, no issues are encountered, or if issues are minimal and can easily be mitigated, then contemplate a full rollout.
Don’t forget during your beta period to have a PC running XP available for the individual to use, just in case. Hopefully, you’ll find rolling out Vista to be a painless and rewarding process.
Always ensure that you are using the latest version of any software required for your business, and that your hardware is up to snuff. In some cases, you may need to purchase new hardware to ensure compatibility, but this is becoming quite rare.
Good luck. Please feel free to contact us should you need any assistance with your project- we would be glad to assist you in any way we can.
Thank you!
David Beltran, Owner
Compu Mech
Compu Mech
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