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We hosted a
Business Technology EXPO and customer appreciation event
Friday, Sept. 26th on a gorgeous, unseasonal afternoon!
Thanks to the 300+ people who came out to our event to
view the latest technologies available from our
partners-- HP, Lexmark, IBM, VMware, Cisco, OKI,
WatchGuard, Symantec, NEC Displays/Rise Vision,
Vizioncore, Aurora, Targus and Synnex. Local partners
were also part of the event—Cedar Rapids Area Chamber of
Commerce, Involta, Kurtz Communications, Options of Linn
County, New Horizons, Nelson Electric and Midwest
Electronic Recyclers.
The event
included a spotlight on the rebuilding of downtown from
the summer flood. A silent auction (with items including
iPods, an iPAQ, wine gift baskets, printers and other
technology items), a Wii® bowling tournament, a dunk
tank (staffed with the Erb’s management team, sales
execs and the marketing manager) and “Rebuild Downtown”
t-shirt sales all helped raise thousands of dollars
for the Job & Small Business Recovery Fund to help
local businesses recover from the devastating flood.
Erb’s will present the check to the Greater Cedar Rapids
Community Foundation later in October.
If you were
not able to join us, give us a call to learn more about
green, eco-friendly technologies that will help your
company save money. . . and be kinder to the environment! |
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Riding the Economic Rollercoaster
reprinted with permission from HP
 Stephen
Minton, vice president, Worldwide IT Markets and Strategies, IDC, offers
insight on how outsourcing can help you ride out the economic
downturn—and maybe even gain a leg up on the competition along the way.
Rising gasoline prices.
Falling consumer confidence. Subprime mortgages. Inflation. Budget cuts.
Currency fluctuations. Floods, droughts and crop shortages. Each day's
news seems to add to the torrent of challenges heading our way. No
business is immune—but outsourcing can offer a way to leverage
technology to help stem the negative tide.
Here, IDC's Stephen Minton
shares his expert views and experience on the subject—and puts some
useful perspective around when it does and does not make sense to
consider outsourcing in today's volatile economic climate.
Recession. Downturn. Call
it what you will—what's the impact on business decisions to outsource or
buy IT services?
Historically, when faced
with an economic downturn, companies do one of two things:
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