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March 2nd, 2011

Yes it has!  And, we will be there.  Will you?

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  Infor ERP/Storefront User Group Meetings: March 27, 2011 |  Conference : March 28-30, 2011 | The Peabody Orlando

Click here for a preview of our ad in this year’s TUG Conference brochure.

March 1st, 2011

What do CSI: Miami, ACR Supply and Pro Chem, Inc. have in common?  They are all businesses who recently decided to leverage enterprise computing services here at Matrix.  What is Matrix delivering to these new-comers?  Let’s take a closer look:

Pro Chem of Alpharetta, Georgia (www.procheminc.com) manufactures and distributes a wide variety of environmentally sound chemical products.  While still considered a “small business”, the owners of Pro Chem recognized that to be truly world-class in their approach to international markets, they needed to leverage enterprise-grade information technology tools and infrastructure in order to elevate the availability and reliability of their applications and data.  Matrix is delivering this world-class computing environment.

ACR Supply of Raleigh, North Carolina (www.acrsupply.com) distrubutes HVAC and refrigeration components and supplies from 10 locations across North Carolina.  Part of their very aggressive growth plan looking out over the next 5 years includes use of Matrix infrastructure to deliver their applications and data uniformly to a wide variety of devices and user skill levels.  Using the DataServe virtual environment, ACR users can securely access their systems via any Internet connection using just about any workstation, tablet, iPad or Smartphone device.

CSI: Miami (www.miami-csi.com) is, well, I’m sure you have heard of the wildly successful CSI television shows.  CSI has tapped Matrix for special IT security needs.  That’s all I can say about that.

Tom Colton is Vice President of Business Development at Matrix.  He can be reached at 803-978-2051 or Tom.Colton@Matrix-IBS.com

February 16th, 2011

TUG • U2U is the annual conference for licensed users of Infor Distribution Software products. Over 150 sessions of technical, managerial and executive content over three days along with a marketplace of third party solution providers make this THE distribution event to attend this year.  More…

February 15th, 2011

McAfee announced on February 14, 2011, that services users saw several new enhancements incorporated into the McAfee® SaaS Email and Web Protection services.  Click here to see the complete list. 

January 25th, 2011

It’s the logical first question I get asked most often by business owners and managers: Why do businesses outsource to Matrix and what kinds of businesses are a good fit?

Here are the 5 top qualifiers: 

1.       Your business is looking for a way to mitigate/avoid capital expenditures associated with hardware/software purchases and upgrades.

2.       You and your senior staff need to be less tactical and more strategic regarding your information systems management.

3.       You are tired of being held hostage by your “IT guy”.

4.       Your business is facing expensive compliance (SOX, HIPAA, DOI, SAS) requirements.

5.       Your business needs to enhance the availability and security of information systems critical to its existence (i.e., you need to sleep more soundly!).  

Tom Colton is Vice President of Business Development at Matrix.  He can be reached at 803-978-2051 or Tom.Colton@Matrix-IBS.com

 

January 11th, 2011

Here is a short, clever sketch that is sure to make even the mosted jaded of us smile…

December 2nd, 2010

Who can resist the iPad? Not your employees.

Who can resist the iPad? Not your employees.

And neither should you. With desktop virtualization from Citrix, give into the inevitable without worrying about IT setup, support and security headaches. 

Learn how you can turn the iPad into a powerful business tool.

Support your employees’ passion for the latest, most innovative, technology without worrying about IT setup, support and security issues. Contact us to learn how you can:

Enable simple, fast access to corporate applications and resources
Attract and retain high quality employees with increased productivity and satisfaction
Streamline business processes, lower overhead and reduce IT device management
Ensure a high-speed, visually compelling experience for any application over any network

So celebrate your power to say “yes” to the iPad for business!

Tom Colton is Vice President of Business Development at Matrix.  He can be reached at 803-978-2051 or Tom.Colton@Matrix-IBS.com

November 23rd, 2010

 Cybercriminals Take Advantage of the Holiday Season Aiming to Steal Consumers’ Money, Identities and Financial Information

 

SANTA CLARA, Calif., November 15, 2010 – Consumers would be wise to beware of the most commons scams of the season before heading online to book travel and do holiday shopping. McAfee (NYSE: MFE) today revealed the “Twelve Scams of Christmas” – the 12 most dangerous online scams that computer users should be cautious of this holiday season.   More…

October 27th, 2010

3 Reasons to Consider Archiving your EmailLet’s face it, email has become an integral part of our business presence. One could even say email is “critical” to our professional well being! If you agree, then having a secure, dependable and cost-effective email archiving solution should be considered fundamental.
Here are 3 reasons why this is true:

    1. Your company’s email left on individual workstations is subject to accidental (or intentional) deletion.
    2. Your company may be held responsible for producing email records by state or federal courts.
    3. Advanced search capabilities allow for quick and easy retrieval greatly reducing wasted time poring over old email messages

Interested in learning more about email archiving?  Click here to read about how Garfield County, Colorado has profited from deploying McAfee’s SaaS archiving solution or contact us.

October 22nd, 2010

 A friend sent me a Gartner article reprint today.  Worth a quick review:

  • The downturn during the past two years has forced many IT organizations to focus more on cutting costs than investing in improving the capability of the IT workforce.
  • IT organizations remain cautious about increasing their staffing levels. The small increase in IT head count during the past 12 months was in short-term, temporary contractor positions more than in permanent staff positions.
  • Employees’ fear of market uncertainties continues to linger well after the initial round of layoffs, which has contributed directly to low turnover rates in recent months. The median IT voluntary turnover rate (with retirements) reached a new record low of 3.0% for the period between 1 March 2009 and 28 February 2010 — a 2.4% drop from the level reported in our 2009 study.
  • IT organizations will continue to focus on containing workforce costs in 2010-2011. Some organizations plan to keep salaries frozen; some only set a small budget for salary increases; and some report even further cutbacks on IT workforce training. The median salary increase budget for IT jobs is 2.5% in 2010, and the projection for 2011 is around 3.0%. The median IT workforce training budget for FY10 dropped by nearly 50% from the level reported for FY09.
  • Despite a soft job market and high unemployment rate, IT organizations still experience difficulty in finding qualified candidates with hot skills such as Oracle, SAP, service-oriented architecture (SOA), project management, Microsoft .NET, virtualization and SharePoint.  More…