December 2006
In
this issue...
>Happy
Holidays
>SBS Mobile Workers
>Strong Security
>Quick
Recovery
>Word Tip
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Microsoft Word
By Kim
Komando
Reprinted with permission from the Microsoft Small Business Center
Most people don't use
every feature built-in with their software applications. We tend to
pinpoint those we find helpful and call it a day.
Here are five features
within Microsoft Word, the word-processing software in Microsoft
Office, that I use in my business to save time and money.
1.Create and
design your company's letterhead, choosing from an array of free
clip art from Microsoft.
2.Send the same
letter to many people without addressing each separately.
3.Add a
watermark to a document so everyone knows that it is a draft.
4.Keep an eye on
changes that people are making to documents.
5.Use a shortcut
for many of your tasks.
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 All of us at Panurgy would like to wish
you and yours a happy and healthy holiday season. We thank you
for your continued business and look forward to continuing to
work together in the New Year.
Sincerely,
Stan
Nice - CEO |
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4 Ways Small
Business Server
Empowers Mobile Workers
By Christopher
Elliott
Reprinted with permission
from the Microsoft Small Business Center
You probably know
what a server can do for your office. But do you know what it
can do when you're out of the office?
 A 2003 survey of Small Business Server users
conducted by Lawrence Associates LLC offers a clue. It found
that employees were able to perform an average of 20% more
revenue-producing tasks, thanks in no small part to functions
that allowed them to stay connected to their office computers
while they were away.
Ann Westerheim
knows about these productivity gains firsthand. As the
president of Ekaru, a Westford, Mass., small-business
technology adviser, she's seen the benefits in client after
client.
One of her
customers is a small law office in which the principal
attorney's home is linked to the main office through a
server's remote-connectivity features. Another small-business
client is a marketing firm with employees constantly on the
go. "Thanks to the server," Westerheim says, "the
connection between employees is seamless."
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How to Stay
Compliant with Strong Security
Learn security measures
you can take to help your business meet regulations and stay
compliant.
 Regulatory mandates require compliance. Here are
some security measures you can take to help your business meet
regulations and stay compliant:
Establish
Information Security: Information is an important asset
for any business. Many regulations require businesses to show
what controls are in place to ensure proper management
practices. It's important to establish policies for how
information--including customer data, client records, and
confidential information--is handled. Protecting confidential
information and financial and accounting records is also
important. You should consider using password protection for
important documents and files, as well as monitoring user
access logs, especially if questions arise at a later time
regarding any unexpected changes to information or data theft.
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Planning
for a Quick Recovery
Learn about what you can
do to quickly and effectively recover your business' systems in the
event of a disruption.
For most small and
mid-sized businesses, computing systems and electronic information
are necessary to conduct business on a daily basis. You shouldn't
have to think about disasters causing you to lose valuable resources
and data, but the reality is that the risk of unforeseen
circumstances and disruptions to IT systems is always present. If
your IT systems go down, it's not only inconvenient, it could cost
your business a substantial amount of money. A study by Forrester
Research estimated that the average cost of downtime for an
e-commerce site is $8,000 per hour.
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Panurgy Corporation
100 Ford Road
Denville,
New Jersey 07834
Phone:
1-877-PANURGY
1-877-(726-8749)
Fax:
973-400-3701
http://www.panurgy.com/
info@panurgy.com
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