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Disaster Proof your Business

We will be sharing a series of articles from Microsoft over the coming days.
Jeff Wuorio is a veteran freelance writer and author based in southern Maine. He writes about small-business management, marketing and technology issues. Send Jeff an e-mail.

By Jeff Wuorio
If you’re a business owner, you need to know how to protect your business.
Try as [...]

NY Times Article: Keeping That New PC Clean and Pure

This article has some good pointers on basic security set-up for PC users.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/03/technology/personaltech/03basics.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Buying v. Renting IT

Here’s an interesting article on buying v. renting IT.   It discusses considerations to make before deciding to buy software or use the software as a service (SaaS) model.
http://businessonmain.msn.com/knowledgeexchange/articles/expert.aspx?cp-documentid=20149998&source=msneditorial&gt1=25049

Buy Local; support your local economy

Keep it in the city; buy local and watch your local economy flourish!

Promotion from Microsoft Financing

I wanted to take a minute to let you know about a promotion that Microsoft Financing is running currently.  This is a great way to manage the cost of upgrading your outdated network environment or software with the ability to spread costs over a period of time and make no payments for the first six months. 
Read on for [...]

Our Holiday Event

This year for our holiday event, AVENDE’s employees decided to spend time helping a local charity.  We were able to schedule a volunteer slot with Coats for Kids, to help with last minute organizing and sorting.  We are proud to call Austin home and glad to give back to our community.
 

Important Changes to Section 179 in 2008

As part of the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008, the federal government has nearly doubled the deduction limits available to you for purchasing capital equipment. In addition, there is a new one-time bonus 50 percent depreciation once this limit is reached.
 
In other words, this year you might be able to write off the full purchase [...]

Pre-printed Checks and Forms for Microsoft Dynamics-GP

If you are currently using Microsoft Dynamics-GP for your accounting solution, I would like to let you know about Microsoft approved pre-printed checks and forms available to you from Checks by Deluxe.  Checks by Deluxe for Microsoft Dynamics allows you to streamline your financial operations with a wide variety of products designed to make your business more [...]

Opening the Discussion

I look forward to engaging with our clients, future clients and partners through this blog.  Stay tuned for updates on product promotions as well as upcoming events and web-casts.  I am excited about this opportunity to reach out to you as well as get feedback about how we can improve client and partner relationships specifically.  Please feel free [...]

AVENDE Launches Online Journal

AVENDE is pleased to announce the launch of the AVENDE Journal. Through this company blog, we hope to engage with our clients, future clients and partners. Our goal is to keep the blog updated with relevant information regarding business technology applications, technology planning, and hints and tricks for getting the most out of your IT [...]