May 2011
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It can be tempting to avoid new purchases when dealing with a tight budget or a need to cut costs. When it comes to your office's computer equipment, however, delaying a PC refresh can actually increase your operating expenses. Maintenance and support costs go up significantly over time, and productivity goes down.

Learn about the major costs associated with maintaining and supporting PCs and the six ways in which a PC refresh can benefit your business.

1. Save on repair costs
For most businesses, it's best to replace aging equipment rather than repair it.  Maintenance costs on PCs more than three years old can run nearly two and half times higher than on a new PC [1]. From software crashes to hard drive failure, a lot can go wrong as a computer ages.

2. Increase productivity
When your computers work more efficiently, so do you and your employees. Faster processors, such as the Intel® Core 2^TM Duo and Intel® vPro^TM technology (available on select HP notebook PCs and HP desktop PCs can operate up to six times faster than a three-year old Intel® Pentium® processor. In the case of an Intel® VPro^TM PC, users experience 32 percent less system downtime.

With a newer computer, you also can multitask up to three times faster. For example, a new Intel® Centrino® 2 P8600-based notebook can compress a video, convert a document to PDF and perform a virus scan continuously in the background 30 percent faster than a two-year-old Intel® Centrino® 2 T2700-based notebook. Even simple Microsoft Excel calculations are twice as fast.

3. Ensure security
A big part of downtime and subsequent productivity loss is due to security issues. A four-year-old PC will have 53 percent more security incidents than a PC in its first year. Incidents include viruses, service denials and network attacks. Additionally, it costs more to resolve security issues in older PCs, especially when a business has a lot of variability in the hardware it uses. IT staff must deal with:

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Quick Tips for a Fast World!
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Staff News!
Spring has been a busy time for us here at CoreTech—in and out of the office! We are pleased to tell you about some wonderful happenings and new additions that have occurred in our families!

Babies. . .
Congratulations Chris and Cathy Vilim! Lucas Alan arrived April 3rd and joins his big brother Gabriel in the Vilim household. Grandparents, Larry and Rikki Vilim can’t be more happy welcoming two new grandkids to their family this year (their daughter Amanda had a baby girl in March).

Congratulations Jeremy and Tina Schechinger! You may have read the news in our March enCore about the arrival of Callen Luis on March 6. Well, we have a great picture to share and couldn’t resist putting the news in a second time.

. . . and a wedding!
Congratulations to Austin Johnson and his new wife Erin Asay! Married on April 30th in Omaha, the couple had a reception in Wyoming where their families are from. This beautiful picture of the couple was taken in Wyoming. Erin is a full-time dental student at Creighton University, and Austin provides network support services for CoreTech. We are excited for Austin and Erin and pleased to have newlyweds in our midst!

What is CoreExchange?
Hosted by CoreTech, CoreExchange is an informal, educational meeting for business owners, middle managers and staff. Formats and topics vary from roundtable discussions and short product demonstrations to happy hour events around town.

Wishing your QuickBooks system could do more?
Well, it can! Don’t miss this informative lunch and learn! You will find out how to extend your QuickBooks “Ecosystem” and take your business to new productivity levels.

For more information visit our website at www.coretech.us/coreexchange

Don’t get lost in the fog when it comes to Cloud Technologies!
CoreTech’s consultative approach to technology focuses on your business needs, requirements and operational processes. Will cloud technologies benefit you? It’s a definite possibility, and that all depends on your current climate!

There’s a lot of information, opportunities and applications available in the marketplace. We’ll help you decipher what the best approach may be for your business.

Learn more about Cloud Technologies and our limited time offer!