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Feburary 2008

MANAGED SERVICES

Because your business depends on your network's availability, performance, and security, outsourcing the day-to-day IT monitoring and management to a managed services provider can be a strategic solution to upgrade the level of IT support and grow your business. In fact, delegating the management, monitoring, and support of your IT infrastructure to a managed services provider can boost performance, tighten security, and extend the life of your IT assets - freeing you and your staff to focus on other business activities. Managed Services can provide such benefits as quick response time, security monitoring, performance reporting, remote management and communication, as well as a site level inventory. Read the article.


TEAM NORTEC
Raisbeck


Meet Tom Raisbeck, Vice President of Professional Services for Nortec. In addition to managing Nortec's expert engineers, Tom provides strategic vision for his clients, advising them on navigating all of the technologies out there and how to make the right choices for their businesses. Today, Tom discusses Nortec Managed Services, his love of Pepperidge Farm cookies, and his wish to be able to manipulate time.


Q: Why do clients typically engage Nortec Managed Services (NMS)?

A: Our customers want 24/7 technical support on servers, such as help desk support and constant and consistent monitoring about what's going with their server and systems. We provide remote remediation of servers, and can scale up to whatever our clients need. NMS monitors patches, improves internet uptime, and improves performance of websites. Read the article.


GOOD TO GO

Monitoring Solutions

Consider the monitoring solution as a way of elevating your staff rather than a fix for one problem. Nortec Managed Services, for example, automates day-to-day tasks so you can focus on other things. This allows you to have more top-end growth for your staff because the low-end tasks are taken care of. Read the article.


D.C. METRO TECHNOLOGY EVENTS & NEWS

SPECIAL OFFER!
Get 10% off VMware's Capacity Planner by emailing info@nortec.com
Subject: Capacity Planner Offer. It's that simple!
Offer valid through February 29, 2008

MARK YOUR CALENDAR - APRIL 16, 2008
Nortec University is back in 2008 with the Roadshow giving you a rare opportunity to be introduced to cutting edge products directly from key representatives of the computer industry's to companies.
More information coming soon!

SNEAK PEEK EVENT: Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008, and Visual Studio 2008 - the generation for your business.
February 6, 2008 at 10:00 AM
Microsoft Corporation
5335 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20015
Register today!

WELCOME ABOARD
Nortec welcomes two new enterprise size clients:
The Weather Bug - Project: Windows Server 2008 Beta Program
The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. - Project: ShoreTel


Nortec QuickTip
Get an insider's tip from Nortec's expert engineers

QuickTip: NMS has a very customizable set of reports - NMS provides reports on almost anything that's going on in your server's environment. We can even tell you how fast the fans are running in your routers, if you really want to know, or how hot your server room is. Read more tips.

The Nortec Nine

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

Managed Workplace Overview

Managed Services: Features and Benefits Overview

Case Study: Community Bank Bolsters In-House IT Staff with Nortec Support

Case Study: Family-Owned Trucking Company Relies on Nortec for IT Support, Maintenance

View a sample Executive Summary Report

View a sample Website Monitoring Report

View a sample Asset Inventory Report

Window Server 2008 Launch Events

How to effectively target your IT dollars

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